{"id":5143,"date":"2019-02-25T15:35:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T20:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=5143"},"modified":"2019-02-25T15:35:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T20:35:31","slug":"beverley-owen-the-original-marilyn-in-the-munsters-dead-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/25\/beverley-owen-the-original-marilyn-in-the-munsters-dead-at-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Beverley Owen, the original Marilyn in &#8216;The Munsters,&#8217; dead at 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5144\" style=\"width: 537px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5144 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/beberly-owen-color-feat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/beberly-owen-color-feat.jpg 537w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/beberly-owen-color-feat-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/beberly-owen-color-feat-260x133.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/beberly-owen-color-feat-160x82.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beverley originated the role of Marilyn Munster &#8211; the &#8220;unattractive,&#8221; niece of Herman and Lily Munster in the first season of the CBS sitcom., <em>The Munsters<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Actress Beverley Owen, who originated the role of Marilyn Munster, passed away peacefully last Thursday following a two-year battle with ovarian cancer while surrounded by friends and family at her home in Vermont, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2019\/02\/beverley-owen-dead-the-munsters-first-marilyn-1202564882\/\">TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Beautiful Beverley Owen has left us,&#8217; Butch Patrick &#8211; who played Eddie Munster &#8211; wrote on <a id=\"ext-gen111\" class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ewmunster\/posts\/2317767041601719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0Sunday.<\/p><div id=\"morty-791750222\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ewmunster\/posts\/2317767041601719\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5145 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/butch-patrick4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/butch-patrick4.jpg 744w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/butch-patrick4-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/butch-patrick4-560x426.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/butch-patrick4-260x198.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/butch-patrick4-160x122.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beverley Owen was born Beverley Ogg on May 13, 1937. Owen received an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan. She was a student of Sanford Meisner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/beberly-owen-color.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5146 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/beberly-owen-color-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/beberly-owen-color-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/beberly-owen-color-560x870.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/beberly-owen-color-260x404.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/beberly-owen-color-160x249.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/beberly-owen-color.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a>Owen is best known for having played the original role of Marilyn Munster during the first season of <em>The Munsters<\/em>. She left her role on The Munsters to get married to writer and producer Jon Stone. They were married for seven years (1967\u20131974). She has two daughters, Polly and Kate. She continued to pursue her studies in Early American History, for which she earned a master&#8217;s degree in 1989.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Beverley_Owen_1964.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5147 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Beverley_Owen_1964-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Beverley_Owen_1964-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Beverley_Owen_1964-260x337.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Beverley_Owen_1964-160x207.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Beverley_Owen_1964.jpg 519w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a>Beverley&#8217;s daughter confirmed that the actress died on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at the age of 81. Butch Patrick, her co-star on The Munsters released a statement on Facebook on February 24, 2019 saying \u201cBeautiful Beverly Owen has left us. What a sweet soul. I had the biggest crush on her. 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