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With a little TV magic, Erin Murphy is stirring up nostalgia.
The former child star, who played Tabitha on the TV sitcom “Bewitched,” recently attended a luncheon in California, where she reunited with several fellow former child stars.
“Sitting at the ‘kid’s table,'” the 61-year-old captioned the photo on social media. “You might recognize a few familiar faces.”
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Erin Murphy of “Bewitched” fame recently reunited with several fellow former child stars from the 1970s and 1980s at a special get-together in California. (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images; Hollywood To You/Star Max/GC Images)
The photo featured Murphy sitting alongside Sandy Schwartz (“The Partridge Family”), Mason Reese (’70s Underwood Deviled Ham commercials), Scott Schwartz (“A Christmas Story”), Johnny Whitaker (“Family Affair”), Steven Wishnoff (“Saturday Night Live”) and Moosie Drier (“Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”).
Whitaker, 66, also shared the photo with the caption, “Thought some of you might be interested that I had a great luncheon today with some of my childhood besties.”
“Hope it won’t take 6 years for another one,” the actor added.
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Murphy previously told Fox News Digital that she and her former child star pals all had a “weird shared experience.”
“I mean, there is such a small segment of the population who’ve had those experiences about, you know, going on auditions and working 12-hour days and kind of being famous, so everyone knew who we were,” she said. “So when you meet someone who’s a former kid actor, you immediately are bonded to them because it’s a life experience that most people don’t understand.”
Erin Murphy is held as a child by Elizabeth Montgomery in a cast photo from the TV show “Bewitched” dated June 3, 1966. (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content)
Murphy said she’s friends with everyone from the actors who played the children on “The Brady Bunch” to “The Waltons” and “Little House on the Prairie.”
Erin Murphy and Maureen McCormick attend the Second Annual All Ghouls Gala 2023 benefiting Autism Care Today at Woodland Hills County Club in Woodland Hills, California, on Oct. 28, 2023. (Unique Nicole/Getty Images for Autism Care Today)
“We kind of have this secret group that we’re all in, so I’m friends with all of them,” she admitted. “And if you name a kid actor from, you know, the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, I would probably say that I know them.”
Murphy added that she and friend Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia on “The Brady Bunch,” also have another special connection.
Erin Murphy attends The Art of Elysium’s 13th Annual Heaven Gala at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 4, 2020. (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)
“She has a brother who has special needs, and I have a son with special needs, so we are bonded over that as well,” she explained.
Murphy started portraying Tabitha just before she turned two and stayed on until the show’s final eighth season, leaving when she was eight.
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Erin Murphy attends “This Joint Is Jumpin,” a celebration of Black entertainers from film, TV and song honoring Black History Month at The Hollywood Museum in Hollywood on Feb. 19, 2026. (Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)
Whitaker also previously spoke to Fox News Digital about his struggles with addiction after fame. He described how, at age 16, he attended parties in Hollywood where he was exposed to drugs and alcohol. It quickly took over his life.
“I had a family intervention,” he recalled. “It was extremely embarrassing, and I was very upset. I signed this contract that my brother gave me, but I didn’t stop. When you’re an addict, you don’t like to admit there’s a problem. You’re not just going to suddenly stop. But I believe that every addict and alcoholic knows that they have a problem.”
Johnny Whitaker previously spoke to Fox News Digital about his struggle with addiction. (Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)
It wouldn’t be until 12 days later that Whitaker had “an a-ha moment, a God shot.” The drugs no longer had the same effect he was yearning for. And on Sept. 25, 1997, he decided to finally get help. His faith in God also gave him a newfound purpose to get sober, he said.
Johnny Whitaker smiles on the set of “Bewitched” for the episode “Sam and the Beanstalk,” which aired on Sept. 18, 1969. (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content)
“I had to make that decision on my own,” he said. “To have a successful childhood, you need to choose the right peers. Most of my peers were 20, 25, 30 years older than me. My peers were chosen for me. And when you’re in an environment where drinking and using drugs are acceptable, it becomes acceptable to you.”
“You don’t think there’s anything wrong with using and drinking,” said Whitaker. “When I was drinking, I could drink almost anybody under the table without getting too crazy. And to some extent, I didn’t always fit in. Those were just some of the reasons that I became an addict, an alcoholic. I wanted to fit in.”
The cast of the television series “Family Affair” poses for a promotional portrait on Aug. 10, 1966. From left: Anissa Jones as Buffy, Brian Keith as Bill Davis, Kathy Garver as Cissy, Sebastian Cabot as Mr. French, and Johnny Whitaker as Jody. (CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)
Whitaker said he resorted to drinking after his marriage ended in 1988.
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Johnny Whitaker attends The Hollywood Show at The Westin Hotel LAX in Los Angeles, California, on July 28, 2018. (Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)
Today, Whitaker said he’s found peace through sobriety and faith. Looking back at his Hollywood years, Whitaker said that if he had to do it all over again, he would, “to a certain extent.”
Johnny Whitaker and Jodie Foster walk alongside a lion in the 1972 film “Napoleon and Samantha.” (FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives/Getty Images)
“I wouldn’t have learned the things that I’ve learned,” he shared. “But I always laugh about one big difference. I was making four Walt Disney movies in 1971. A peer of mine told me, ‘Disney is giving away stock options.’ I had no idea what a stock option was, but I proceeded to tell my mom and dad.”
Johnnie Whitaker and Anissa Jones are seen here filming their TV show “Family Affair.” (Getty Images)
“I said, ‘Why don’t we take half of the money that I get from the next Disney film and put it into Disney stock? Disney could then pay us back that same amount? At the time, Disney stock was 99 cents a share. I would’ve purchased 15,000 shares of Disney stock in 1971. Today, that Disney stock would be worth about $50 million.”
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“That’s unfortunate,” he laughed. “I don’t have $50 million, but I’m still very blessed.”
Fox News Digital’s Brie Stimson contributed to this report.