
Elizabeth Montgomery
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1933-04-15
Day of Death
1995-05-18 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Hollywood, California, USA
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
Acting
(2023)
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
as Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage)
(2022)
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
as Self (archive video)
(1995)
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
as Edna Buchanan
(1994)
Super 8½
as Insane Woman
(1994)
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
as Edna Buchanan
(1993)
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
as Blanche Taylor Moore
(1992)
The Panama Deception
as Narrator
(1992)
With Murder in Mind
as Gayle Wolfer
(1991)
Sins of the Mother
as Ruth Coe
(1990)
Face to Face
as Dr. Diana Firestone
(1988)
Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
as Narrator
(1985)
Amos
as Daisy Daws
(1985)
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
as Abigail Foster
(1984)
Second Sight: A Love Story
as Alexandra McKay
(1983)
Missing Pieces
as Sara Scott
(1982)
The Rules of Marriage
as Joan Hagen
(1981)
When the Circus Came to Town
as Mary Flynn
(1980)
Belle Starr
as Belle Starr
(1979)
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Jennifer Prince
(1979)
Act of Violence
as Catherine McSweeney
(1977)
A Killing Affair
as Vikki Eaton
(1976)
Dark Victory
as Katherine Merrill
(1975)
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Lizzie Borden
(1974)
A Case of Rape
as Ellen Harrod
(1974)
Mrs. Sundance
as Etta Place
(1972)
The Victim
as Kate Wainwright
(1965)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
as Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
(1964)
Bikini Beach
as Lady Bug (voice)
(1963)
Johnny Cool
as Darien 'Dare' Guiness
(1963)
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Mellisa Morris
(1961)
The Spiral Staircase
as Helen Warren
(1960)
Bells Are Ringing
as Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
(1958)
Bitter Heritage
as Mary Brecker
(1955)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Margaret Lansdowne
(1955)
Patterns
as Ann Evans
(1955)
Summer Pavilion
as Helen Durand