Beverley Owen

 Beverley Owen (May 13, 1937 – February 21, 2019)

She was a television actress, best known for having played the original role of Marilyn Munster on the sitcom The Munsters before the role was taken over by Pat Priest. In 1956, Owen appeared in her first TV role in As the World Turns. Owen appeared on the shows The Doctors, Kraft Mystery Theatre, The Virginian, Wagon Train, and Another World, and in the feature film Bullet for a Badman, starring Audie Murphy, after which she got the role of Marilyn Munster on The Munsters. Owen left The Munsters after 13 episodes to marry Sesame Street writer and producer Jon Stone. They were married for eight years, and had two children. After her divorce in 1974 she continued to pursue her studies in early American history and earned a master's degree in 1989. In 1972, she played Dr. Paula McCrea for nine months in the soap opera Another World. Owen's daughter Polly confirmed that the actress died of ovarian cancer on February 21, 2019, at the age of 81.