by Dawn McElligott
“Oh my stars!,” Samantha Stephens would have said if she could have seen the gathering of admirers and entertainment professionals at the “BEWITCHED Fanfare 2018,” forty-six years after the show’s cancellation.
On July 28th, I stopped into a “Meet and Greet” event, part of the fan festival at the Beverly Garland Hotel in North Hollywood. Mark Simpson, Co-owner of Spooked in Seattle Ghost Tours, emceed the event. Simpson had founded a club, Bewitched Fanfare, out of sheer devotion to the show.
Suzanne Hunt, who played “Nurse Often,” spoke to the group. Her character was the nurse that Dr. Bombay called often, most likely because she’s beautiful and flirty. After working on “Bewitched,” Hunt continued working and developing as a professional. The actress and model appeared on such shows as “The Fall Guy.” In 1991, Hunt played Dr. Latimer opposite Barry Jenner as Lieutenant Bradley in the 1991 horror/comedy film, “POPCORN.” Ten years later, they would marry.