Original 'Hocus Pocus' Cast Has Transformed Over Past 27 Years

Oct 10, 2020

If you are a fan of the 1993 film Hocus Pocus, then you will be excited to see how the cast has changed over the years. It has been a good 27 years since the release of the film, and yet it is still widely viewed throughout the world. In fact, it is one of the top movies on every Disney fans' Halloween marathon list.

The film is even played on Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween, programming that typically consists of 27 classic Halloween movies. If you are curious as to what happened to the actors and actresses of the film after its release, here is a short rundown of what our beloved cast has been up to.

Hocus Pocus fans may remember Bette Midler as the famous Winifred Sanderson; however, this role was not the only one she was famous for at the time. In 1979, a few years before the release of Hocus Pocus, she earned an Oscar nomination for her role in the film The Rose. Many may not even realize that she sang the film's title soundtrack.

By the 1990s, Bette had accomplished plenty of things, including receiving two Emmys, three Golden Globe awards, a Special Tony Award, and three Grammy awards, her IMDb lists. Bette Midler was very successful in her career, and one can only assume that she achieved the same extent of glory for the rest of her life.

Years after the film, Bette has continued to receive and accomplish many more feats. Due to her brilliant performance in the film Hello Dolly! she received a Tony, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award.

This was all in 2017, but 2015 was an amazing year for her as well. During the year of 2015, Bette was on her 10th concert tour, which was named Divine Intervention.

You may have recently seen her appear in modern cinema, in films such as Wedding Day Winners, The Goldbergs, and The Good Place. One of her more notable performances occurred in 2019 when she was invited to perform at the 2019 Oscars. She gave a wonderful rendition of the famous ballad, The Place Where Lost Things Go, a melody best-known from Mary Poppins Returns.

Sarah Jessica Parker was also very successful before her appearance in the film, Hocus Pocus. During the 80s, she was famous for her roles in the films, Square Pegs, Footloose, The Ryan White Story, Hotel, and A Year in the Life.

According to her IMDb page, since her appearance in Hocus Pocus, Sarah has achieved great fame for her prominent role in the show Sex and the City. Her more recent performances include Glee, The Family Stone, and Failure to Launch. She was even involved in television and starred in the series Divorce, launched by HBO.

Kathy Najimy achieved great success throughout the 90s. Aside from Hocus Pocus, she was involved in films, TV shows, and animated productions. Her most famous performances were in King of the Hill, Sister Act, It's Pat: The Movie, Chicago Hope, The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story, and It's Pat: The Movie.

After her success in the 20s and early 2000s, Kathy began to take a different approach to her career. She became involved in behind-the-scenes production, and this landed her plenty of opportunities as well, Insider writes.

In 2012, she assisted in producing the film These Girls, and only four years later, she became a consulting producer for the TV series, The Jams. Although she has taken to producing and directing, she has still made the occasional appearance in popular films. Her recent roles include Judge Gayle in The Good Fight and Wendy Keegan in Veep.

Unlike a majority of his fellow actors and actresses, Sean Murray was only 16 when we played the role of Emily's older brother in Hocus Pocus. Because of his young age, he had not had much experience in the acting field, and he had recently begun to receive acknowledgment for his work. In 1993, he starred in the films, This Boy's Life, Civil Wars, and Too Romantic.

After his appearance in Hocus Pocus, plenty of opportunities have opened up for Sean, and he has accomplished every one of them. He is mainly known for his roles in TV series such as The Random Years, Touched by an Angel, and Harts of the West. His most notable role, however, is Timothy McGee in NCIS.

Like Sean, Omri Katz was fairly young when he was cast to play Max in Hocus Pocus. Although he was only 17 Omri had begun his acting career at age seven, during his first role in the TV series Dallas as little John Ross Ewing.

While not much has been heard about Omri's recent accomplishments, his ex co-star, Vinessa Shaw, posted a photo of them together in 2015. His records show that after his appearance in the film Journey Into the Night, he took up a new profession as a hairdresser. Since his last role in 2002, he has kept a low profile and has disabled a majority of his social media accounts.

Vinessa Shaw played Allison in the popular Disney film and had no other mentions of fame to her name at the time. She was fairly young, at the age of 17 when she was cast to play the role.

She has since focused all of her attention on her acting career and has gained opportunities, both big and small. She is best known for her role in the show, CSI NY, but has also appeared in Vegas, Family Blood, Those Who Kill, and Ray Donovan, as stated on her IMDb.

One of the youngest cast members at the time, Thora Birch was only 11 when she was cast in Hocus Pocus. Although she was so young, she already had plenty of fame to her name, including her roles in Patriot Games and Purple People Eater. She began acting at the extremely tender age of six.

Since her appearance in the popular Disney flick, she has appeared in several other projects, including American Beauty, Colony, Affairs of State, and Night Visions. In more recent years, she has been extremely active in the industry with her work in Kindred Spirits and Above Suspicion.

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