Elizabeth Montgomery
Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery was an American film and television actress whose career spanned five decades. She is best remembered as the star of the TV series Bewitched.
The daughter of Robert Montgomery, she began her career in the 1950s with a role on her father's television series Robert Montgomery Presents. In the 1960s, she rose to fame as Samantha Stephens on the ABC sitcom Bewitched. Her work on the series earned her five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations. After Bewitched ended its run in 1972, Montgomery continued her career with roles in numerous television films. In 1974, she portrayed Ellen Harrod in A Case of Rape and Lizzie Borden in the 1975 television film The Legend of Lizzie Borden. Both roles earned her additional Emmy Award nominations.
Montgomery was married four times, most notably to actor producer/director William Asher with whom she had three children. Her final marriage was to actor Robert Foxworth, with whom she lived for twenty years before marrying in 1993. Montgomery died of colorectal cancer in May 1995, eight weeks after being diagnosed with the disease.
Known for
Bewitched
Samantha Stephens
Batman: The Animated Series
Barmaid (voice)
Tony Awards
Self
The Flintstones
Samantha Stephens (voice)
The Twilight Zone
Woman
Climax!
Betsy
Robert Montgomery Presents
Susan Ward
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Robert Montgomery Presents
Patricia
Robert Montgomery Presents
Jen Deveraux
Robert Montgomery Presents
Chris Luck
Robert Montgomery Presents
Claire
Robert Montgomery Presents
Betty
The Untouchables
Rusty Heller
Rawhide
Rose Cornelius
Burke's Law
Stacey Evans
Burke's Law
Smitty
77 Sunset Strip
Charlotte Delavalle
Studio One
Helen Durand
Studio One
Marcia Loring Adams
Studio One
Maggie
Thriller
Rosamond Denham
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Karen Adams
Kraft Television Theatre
Ann Evans
Bitter Heritage
Mary Brecker
Checkmate
Vicki Page
One Step Beyond
Lillie Clarke
Riverboat
Abigail Carruthers
Suspicion
Ellen
Johnny Staccato
The Victim
Kate Wainwright
Challenge of the Super Friends
Patterns
Ann Evans
Saints and Sinners
Eadie Donelli
Letter to Loretta
Millie
Sins of the Mother
Ruth Coe
Dark Victory
Katherine Merrill
Johnny Cool
Darien 'Dare' Guiness
Bells Are Ringing
Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
Super 8½
Insane Woman
The Tab Hunter Show
Hilary Fairfield
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Diana Firestone
A Killing Affair
Vikki Eaton
Mrs. Sundance
Etta Place
Amos
Daisy Daws
Appointment with Adventure
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
Abigail Foster
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
Blanche Taylor Moore
Bikini Beach
Lady Bug (voice)
Summer Pavilion
Helen Durand
Frontier Circus
Karina Andrews
The Rules of Marriage
Joan Hagen
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
Jennifer Prince
Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
Narrator
When the Circus Came to Town
Mary Flynn
A Case of Rape
Ellen Harrod
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
Second Sight: A Love Story
Alexandra McKay
Missing Pieces
Sara Scott
Belle Starr
Belle Starr
The Awakening Land
Sayward Luckett Wheeler
Kraft Television Theatre
With Murder in Mind
Gayle Wolfer
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Edna Buchanan
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage)
Face to Face
Dr. Diana Firestone
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Mellisa Morris
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Margaret Lansdowne
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Self (archive video)
The Panama Deception
Narrator
Act of Violence
Catherine McSweeney
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Edna Buchanan
The Spiral Staircase
Helen Warren