Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 15, 1933
Died
May 18, 1995
Place of Birth
Hollywood, California, USA
Credits
71 titles
Elizabeth Montgomery
Biography
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
Filmography
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage)
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Self (archive video)
Bewitched
Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Edna Buchanan
A Bewitched Christmas
Samantha Stephens
Super 8½
Insane Woman
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Edna Buchanan
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
Blanche Taylor Moore
Batman: The Animated Series
Barmaid (voice)
The Panama Deception
Narrator
With Murder in Mind
Gayle Wolfer
Sins of the Mother
Ruth Coe
Face to Face
Dr. Diana Firestone
Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
Narrator
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
Abigail Foster
Amos
Daisy Daws
Second Sight: A Love Story
Alexandra McKay
Missing Pieces
Sara Scott
The Rules of Marriage
Joan Hagen
When the Circus Came to Town
Mary Flynn
Belle Starr
Belle Starr
Act of Violence
Catherine McSweeney
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
Jennifer Prince
The Awakening Land
Sayward Luckett Wheeler
A Killing Affair
Vikki Eaton
Dark Victory
Katherine Merrill
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden
A Case of Rape
Ellen Harrod
Mrs. Sundance
Etta Place
The Victim
Kate Wainwright
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
Bewitched
Samantha Stephens
Bikini Beach
Lady Bug (voice)
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Mellisa Morris
Johnny Cool
Darien 'Dare' Guiness
Burke's Law
Stacey Evans
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Saints and Sinners
Eadie Donelli
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Frontier Circus
Karina Andrews
The Spiral Staircase
Helen Warren
The Flintstones
Samantha Stephens (voice)
The Tab Hunter Show
Hilary Fairfield
Checkmate
Vicki Page
Thriller
Rosamond Denham
Bells Are Ringing
Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
The Untouchables
Rusty Heller
The Twilight Zone
Woman
The Third Man
Lorraine Borka
Riverboat
Abigail Carruthers