of a department store. It was cancelled after one 26-episode season. Although afraid of live television, declaring, "I'm a coward when it comes to a live [television] show", she was persuaded to appear a few times to promote the film The Girl Rush with Rosalind Russell in the mid-1950s. Between 1958 and 1964, she made regular appearances on The Garry Moore Show (1958–1962). Her last role, as Aunt Clara in Bewitched, brought Lorne her widest fame as a lovable witch who is losing her powers due to old age (and whose spells usually end in disaster). Aunt Clara usually visited by coming down the chimney; her hobby was collecting doorknobs, and she often brought her collection with her on visits. Lorne had an extensive collection of doorknobs in real life, some of which she used as props in the series. Death Lorne appeared in 27 episodes of Bewitched and was not replaced after she died of a heart attack in her Manhattan apartment on May 9, 1968, aged 84, prior to the start of production of the show's fifth season. She is interred at Ferncliff Cemetery in Greenburgh, New York. Posthumous The producers of Bewitched decided that Lorne's character as Aunt Clara could not be replaced by another actress. (Aunt Clara was never mentioned in any subsequent Bewitched episode.) Comedic actress Alice Ghostley was recruited to fill the gap as "Esmeralda", a different type of older witch with wobbly magic whose spells often went astray. Coincidentally, Lorne and Ghostley had appeared side-by-side as partygoers in the iconic comedy-drama film The Graduate, made the year before Lorne's death. She received a posthumous Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on Bewitched. The award was accepted by Bewitched star Elizabeth Montgomery. Personal life In 1911, Lorne married playwright Walter C. Hackett. They were married until his death in 1944. The couple had no children. Filmography and television work Theatre work Dance Me a Song as Grandmother (January 20, 1950 – February 18, 1950) Harvey as Veta Louise Simmons (November 1, 1944 – January 15, 1949) Off With The Motley (1937-1938) [Whitehall Theatre, London] London After Dark (1937) [Streatham Hill Theatre] London After Dark (1937) [Apollo Theatre, London] The Fugitives (1936) [Whitehall Theatre, London] Espionage (1935-1936) [Apollo Theatre, London] Afterwards (1933) [Whitehall Theatre, London] The White Sisters (1933) [Whitehall Theatre, London] The Gay Adventure (1932) [Whitehall Theatre,