Irene Vernon vs. Kasey Rogers: Favorite Louise Tate?

[Jude The Obscure]

"I really crack you up, don't I, Endora!"

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by Jude86

"I really crack you up, don't I, Endora!"

[Jude The Obscure]

Originally Posted by catlover79

I had to go back and reread the thread to find out why I said what I said!

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by Jude86

I had to go back and reread the thread to find out why I said what I said!

[TMC]

'Bewitched' Actress Irene Vernon (The First 'Louise Tate') Was Fired From The Magical Sitcom

The Two Mrs. Tates

As with Dick York and Dick Sargent’s double portrayal of Darrin, Larry’s wife, Louise Tate, was played by two different actors. Irene Vernon played the part for the first two seasons, filmed in black and white. Kasey Rogers took over the role for the remaining six years of the show, which were filmed in color.

Fired and “Devastated”

As Vernon once recalled, however, she left the series at the end of the show’s second year because “I was fired.”

That transpired, Vernon explained, because “I was friends with Danny Arnold,” the show’s producer in the initial two seasons. “And he and Elizabeth Montgomery, and Bill Asher [Montgomery’s then-husband and the show’s producer/director) did not get along.”

“Needless to say,” Vernon concluded, “I was devastated by what happened, and I never returned to acting. I started a new career in real estate.”

[Willbo]

I liked them both. I thought Irene was a little more grounded in the role. Sad that she was fired.