BEVERLEY OWEN OG MARILYN FROM 'THE MUNSTERS'DEAD AT 81

Tmz ^ | February 25, 2019

[lowbridge]

Beverley Owen -- the actress who originally played Marilyn in "The Munsters" -- has died.

Beverley's daughter, Polly Stone, tells TMZ ... the actress died on February 21 after battling ovarian cancer. Beverley was surrounded by friends and family at her home in Vermont. We're told Beverley was diagnosed in January 2017 and had kept it private.

[ScottinVA]

RIP...

[Waverunner]

[dragonblustar]

She was good in McClintock.

[dragonblustar]

oops, wrong actress...

[\/\/ayne]

[mad_as_he$$]

lol...go Fred!

[Army Air Corps]

Rest in peace. I have a lot of fond memories of watching the show in syndication.

[Buckeye McFrog]

The first Marilyn. The second Marilyn’s mother was US Treasurer during the Eisenhower Administration.

RIP

[Red Badger]

Rest in Peace! And thanks for the adolescent memories!...............

Dang! Peter Tork last Week now this!............The 60’s they are a dyin’...................

[mewzilla]

Interesting link on Ms. Owen, why she was cast, later left the show, and Pat Priest, the 2nd Marilyn.

Marilyn Beverly Owen and Pat Priest as Marilyn Munster

[Huskrrrr]

She deserves a lot of credit for playing it straight amongst all the monsters.

[Texas resident]

Boy if that isn’t a **** eating grin.
But she was probably too much of a Yute for him.

[lee martell]

Wasn’t she also in an episode of either The Outer Limits or
Twilight Zone? In this episode, a woman was in a surgery recovery room. She had her entire head bandaged. The doctor slowly removed the cotton bandages from her face.
When the last bandage was removed, there was an audible gasp from one of the nurses. Everyone seemed to be staring at her in abject horror and sympathy.

Turns out, she has a beautiful face, and all the doctors have an ugly, twisted duck like face! They considered her as the Ugly Duckling.

[ssaftler]

Wasn’t she also in an episode of either The Outer Limits or Twilight Zone?

That was Donna Douglas, Ellie May on "The Beverly Hillbillies"

[lee martell]

Ah, yes. Another very famous, very attractive blonde.
Donna never got over presenting herself as Belle of the Ball.
Even when she became much older, Donna often dressed like Ellie May. She refused to dress what most considered
‘Age appropriate’ for a woman of a certain age.

[neal1960]

Is that Chucky Shumer and Paul Ryan on the right side of her?

[Yardstick]

What a good natured show that was. Zero cynicism or snideness.

[notdownwidems]

The first Marilyn. The second Marilyn’s mother was US Treasurer during the Eisenhower Administration.

Pat Priest, if I remember correctly?

[Antoninus II]

Beverley Owen was born Beverley Ogg in Ottumwa, Iowa, on Thursday, May 13th, 1937. In high school and college, she was always doing television, theatre, and radio programs. She then moved to New York to pursue an acting career after graduating from the University of Michigan. She was fired many a time for her lack of typing skills while working at CBS, and for Ed Sullivan. She later became senior typist for the children's program, Captain Kangaroo (1955) show. She did many small parts in shows until she got the role of "Marilyn Munster" on The Munsters (1964). But after just thirteen episodes, were filmed, she left the show to get married. She is now divorced, but has two daughters, Polly and Kate. She is not always recognized as "Marilyn" because, on the show, she wore a blonde wig. In 1989, she got her master's degree in Early American History.

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