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This is what baby Tabitha from Bewitched looks like now

<p>It's been 49 years since Erin Murphy played Tabitha Stephens on the much-loved '60s sitcom, Bewitched.</p> <p>The now 56-year-old starred as the daughter of a twitchy-nosed witch between 1966 and 1972 and opened up about her iconic role as Tabitha.</p> <p>Erin and her fraternal twin sister Diane initially nabbed the role of Tabitha through a casting call for the series' third season.</p> <p>"They had previously shown it in black and white, so the big push of the third season was that the show was going to colour and that they were going to focus more on the character of Tabitha," the actress previously told<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/04/18/bewitched-star-erin-murphy-elizabeth-montgomery-had-dirty-sense-humor-and-so-do.html" target="_blank">Fox News</a>.</p> <p>"So they were looking for someone who looked like Elizabeth Montgomery [who played Tabitha's mum, Samantha Stephens] and wasn't afraid of the lights. I auditioned with my fraternal twin sister Diane and we got the part."</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMxWUeHpP-r/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMxWUeHpP-r/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Erin Murphy (@erinmurphybewitched)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Throughout the seasons, Erin and Diane began to resemble each other less so Diane moved on from the industry while Erin played the role alone for the remaining seasons.</p> <p>Erin said the late Elizabeth Montgomery — who passed away from colon cancer at age 62 in 1995 — was like family to her both on and off-screen.</p> <p>"She really was like a mum to me," Erin recalled. "I definitely think of her more like a family member than a co-worker. And I think it's because when I was on set, it was just me. My parents weren't standing there next to me… So I looked up to her as family, as a parent almost."</p> <p>Erin fondly remembers Montgomery for making her laugh on set.</p> <p>"She and I are very, very much alike. She had a really dirty sense of humour and so do I," she said. "She was just one of those people who was so beautiful, but she wasn't afraid to look silly."</p> <p>The mum-of-six had delved into acting once again in the last few years.</p> <p>In 2017, she starred in the TV movie Life Interrupted and she also appeared in an episode of TV Therapy as Tabitha in 2019.</p> <p>Most recently, on March 24, Erin attended the Family Film Awards at Universal City in California — and she looked as sweet and fresh-faced as she did on<span> </span><em>Bewitched</em><span> </span>all those years ago.</p> <p>And if you ever see her on the street, feel nostalgic, and want to say hello, go ahead. Erin loves that.</p> <p>"I think any moment that someone comes up to you just to say they liked you on a TV show, that's flattering," she said. "I think it's very kind and I'm very open to posing for pictures, meeting fans and answering questions about<span> </span><em>Bewitched</em>.</p> <p>"I'm thankful that people appreciate what I did. I think it's awesome."</p>

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5 minutes with author Tabitha Bird

<p><span>In <em>5 minutes with author</em>, <em>Over 60</em> asks book writers about their literary habits and preferences. Next in the series is Tabitha Bird, poet and writer. After working as a teacher in Hong Kong and the US, Bird returned to her home state of Queensland to work on her books and live with her husband and three sons. Earlier this month, she published her first novel, <em>A Lifetime of Impossible Days</em>.</span></p> <p><em><span>Over 60</span></em><span> spoke with Bird to discuss reading for happiness, rediscovering creative passions, and wisdom from Maya Angelou.</span></p> <p><strong><span><em>Over 60</em>: What is your best writing tip?</span></strong></p> <p><span>Tabitha Park: Write from that place inside where the most honest words come from. Write the things that scare you and excite you and move you. Come alive when you write and be yourself on the page. People tend to be attracted to the authentic and the vulnerable. Connect with your truest self when you write, and later on readers will also feel invited to connect to your words. </span></p> <p><strong><span>What book(s) are you reading right now?</span></strong></p> <p><span><em>The Sparkle Pages</em> by Meg Bignell, which is laugh out loud funny! I’m also reading <em>The Artist’s Way</em> by Julia Cameron, which is a brave non-fiction book meant as a study guide to give your art a voice. My pen and ink drawings have been flourishing under her guidance. </span></p> <p><strong><span>What was the last book that made you cry?</span></strong></p> <p><span>Trent Dalton’s <em>Boy Swallows Universe</em> stole a piece of me. The book is both beautiful and raw and I was inspired by Trent’s willingness to let his life talk. His courage in using his novel to speak about the pain, struggles and messiness of being human really paved the road for me to stand beside my own book. <strong> </strong></span></p> <p><strong><span>What book do you think more people should read?</span></strong></p> <p><span>I think people should read what makes them happy. I’m a big believer in reading the books that find you. The ones that you cannot put down, the stories that make you laugh or cry. Don’t read what others say you must. Read for you.</span></p> <p><strong><span>Paperback, e-book or audiobook?</span></strong></p> <p><span>Tough question! Paperback because I love to hold books the way a mother might enjoy holding a baby. I even enjoy that new book smell! But audio books are probably where I get most of my reading done. We live way out in the country so I like to listen to books on long drives. </span></p> <p><strong><span>What do you do when you’re not writing?</span></strong></p> <p><span>I run around after three boys! I also love to draw. This is a side of my creativity that has been long dormant and I’m enjoying rediscovering it. </span></p> <p><strong><span>Which author, living or deceased, would you most like to have dinner with?</span></strong></p> <p>I’d love to have dinner with Maya Angelou! I think I’d sit there the whole night hanging off her every word. I’d love to hear her recite <em>Still I Rise</em> in her liquid-golden voice. Then I’d soak in whatever wisdom she wanted to pass down. Secrets of womanhood, sisterhood, writing stories born of our blood and bone, whatever she had to say!</p>

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Then and now: Tabitha Stephens from “Bewitched”

<p>Back in 2015, <a href="/entertainment/tv/2015/11/tabitha-stephens-bewitched-now/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>we got a rare glimpse</strong></span></a> at what Erin Murphy (who famously played Tabitha Stephens in <em>Bewitched</em>) looks like now. Today, she’s given us an update, posing for photos and chatting with <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/04/18/bewitched-star-erin-murphy-elizabeth-montgomery-had-dirty-sense-humor-and-so-do.html" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fox News</span></strong></a> – and you won’t believe how different she looks from her <em>Bewitched</em> days.</p> <p><img width="500" height="323" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/35590/image__500x323.jpg" alt="erin murphy bewitched" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/></p> <p>These days, the 52-year-old is a busy mother of six, but reflects fondly on her time on the iconic show, which ran from 1964 to 1972. “[Elizabeth Montgomery] really was like a mum to me,” she tells Fox. “I definitely think of her more like a family member than a co-worker […] We were friends outside of the set and she had three children around my age, so we grew up together. So it was a close relationship for sure.</p> <p>“I was very lucky because I stayed in touch with people after the show was over, so I had the pleasure of hanging out with Dick Sargent as an adult and having phone conversations with Dick York. As a kid, I was very close with both of them. I grew to admire them as adults because they were such great men.”</p> <p>Murphy is set to return to screens with a web comedy series titled Life Interrupted, in which she will star alongside a number of other child stars including Alison Arngrim (<em>Little House on the Prairie</em>), Dawn Wells (<em>Gilligan’s Island</em>) and Michael Learned (<em>The Waltons</em>).</p>

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