Elizabeth Montgomery
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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
Credits
Bewitched (2005)
as Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
Johnny Cool (1963)
as Darien 'Dare' Guiness
Bikini Beach (1964)
as Lady Bug (voice)
Dark Victory (1976)
as Katherine Merrill
Belle Starr (1980)
as Belle Starr
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
as Margaret Lansdowne
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
as Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
A Case of Rape (1974)
as Ellen Harrod
Say Hey, Willie Mays! (2022)
as Self (archive video)
A Killing Affair (1977)
as Vikki Eaton
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993)
as Blanche Taylor Moore
Bitter Heritage (1958)
as Mary Brecker
The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
as Lizzie Borden
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
as Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
The Victim (1972)
as Kate Wainwright
Patterns (1955)
as Ann Evans
The Spiral Staircase (1961)
as Helen Warren
Sins of the Mother (1991)
as Ruth Coe
Super 8½ (1994)
as Insane Woman
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995)
as Edna Buchanan
Act of Violence (1979)
as Catherine McSweeney
The Panama Deception (1992)
as Narrator
Missing Pieces (1983)
as Sara Scott
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
as Mellisa Morris
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life (2023)
as Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage)
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story (1979)
as Jennifer Prince
With Murder in Mind (1992)
as Gayle Wolfer
When the Circus Came to Town (1981)
as Mary Flynn
The Rules of Marriage (1982)
as Joan Hagen
Second Sight: A Love Story (1984)
as Alexandra McKay
Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985)
as Abigail Foster
A Bewitched Christmas (1994)
as Samantha Stephens
Face to Face (1990)
as Dr. Diana Firestone
Amos (1985)
as Daisy Daws
Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988)
as Narrator
Mrs. Sundance (1974)
as Etta Place
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994)
as Edna Buchanan
Summer Pavilion (1955)
as Helen Durand