Erin Murphy received a nice paycheck for her role on Bewitched six decades ago. In June 2026, the former child actress posted to Facebook to share a throwback newspaper photo that announced contract details when she was hired on the ABCsitcom in the mid-1960s.
The newspaper clipping, which appeared to be from the Los Angeles Times, featured a photo of Murphy and her twin sister with Superior Judge John A. Scott, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who often contracted for child performers in the 1960s.
The accompanying blurb revealed that Judge Scott “approved Screen Gems Inc. contract for services of Erin and Diane Murphy, 3, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Murphy, North Hollywood.”
“Twins play role of Tabitha on TV series Bewitched,” the outlet shared at the time. “Erin receives $400 for each episode. Diane gets $50 a week base, $50 a day as extra, $100 a day as an actress. Both contracts are for five years.”
Murphy, 61, captioned the photo with some additional details. “Did you ever wonder how much I made per episode on Bewitched?” she asked fans. “Now you know. $400. That was a lot of money back then when minimum wage was $1.25. For comparison, Burt Ward from Batmanmade $250 per episode. … Approximately $4300 per week today.”
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Murphy was just two years old when she began filming Bewitched in 1966. The child actress was hired alongside her fraternal twin, Diane, for the role of baby witch Tabitha Stephens, with both sisters needed on set due to child labor laws. The Murphy twins remained on the show until its end in 1972, although it was Erin who played Tabitha the most—she appeared in 103 episodes, per IMDb, while Diane appeared in 21, and not always as Tabitha.
Murphy recently told The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan podcast that her earnings were protected when she was a child actress.
“I got my money from Bewitched when I turned 21,” she shared. “People think you get everything or nothing. The way the laws were written back then, kid actors get something, it's called a Coogan account, where a percentage of your money from a television show or movie is put into savings.”
“It's only 10 percent,” Murphy added. “So 10 percent of everything I made was put into savings. My dad was an investor, so, I mean, it got the highest return. But it was 10 percent. The rest goes to wherever, agents or managers. But I got 10 percent, and it was still a nice amount of money.’
“When I turned 21, I bought a house, bought a horse, lived on a little ranch, married, started having a family," the Bewitched alum revealed.
Like most child stars of that era, Murphy does not receive residuals for Bewitched, although the series continues to air in reruns and on streaming platforms 60 years later.
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