Feb 22 2009
Whatever Happened to Nancy Kovack?
Nancy Kovack, the stunning actress who guested on almost every popular television show in the 1960’s, seemed to have ended her career abruptly. I knew her best as a recurring character on Bewitched– she appeared in 5 episodes of the series, from 1964-1969, including the pilot episode, playing Darren’s former girlfriend, Sheila.
But Kovack also appeared on popular shows like Star Trek, Mannix, Hawaii Five-O, It takes a Thief and The F.B.I. In fact, throughout the 1960’s, Kovack worked steadily.
In 1969, Kovack married world renowned conductor Zubin Mehta. At that time she pretty much gave up her acting career, although she did a handful of bit parts in the early 1970’s.
Later, Nancy started a luxury real estate business and employed Whitewater felon Susan McDougal as her assistant and bookkeeper (this was before the Whitewater scandal). The Mehta’s filed a lawsuit against McDougal in 1998, for allegedly embezzling $150,000 from them. McDougal was later acquitted of all charges.
