Beverley Owen was born Beverley Ogg in Ottumwa, Iowa. In high school, and college she was always doing television, theatre, and radio things. She then moved to New York to pursue an acting career after graduating from the University of Michigan. She was fired many a time for lack of typing skills while working at CBS, and for Ed Sullivan. She later became senior typist for the Captain Kangeroo show! She did many small parts in shows until being forced into the part of Marilyn Munster. After 13 episodes she left the show to get married. She is now divorced, but has two daughters, Polly and Kate. She is not always recognized as Marilyn because in the show she wore a blonde wig! In 1989 she got her master's degree in Early American History.



Father taught agricultural economics at Iowa State University