Elizabeth Montgomery
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 15, 1933
- Died
- May 18, 1995 (aged 62)
- Birthplace
- Hollywood, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Movie · as Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage)
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Movie · as Self (archive video)
Bewitched
Movie · as Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Movie · as Edna Buchanan
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Movie · as Edna Buchanan
Super 8½
Movie · as Insane Woman
A Bewitched Christmas
Movie · as Samantha Stephens
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
Movie · as Blanche Taylor Moore
The Panama Deception
Movie · as Narrator
With Murder in Mind
Movie · as Gayle Wolfer
Batman: The Animated Series
TV · as Barmaid (voice) · 1 ep
Sins of the Mother
Movie · as Ruth Coe
Face to Face
Movie · as Dr. Diana Firestone
Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
Movie · as Narrator
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
Movie · as Abigail Foster
Amos
Movie · as Daisy Daws
Second Sight: A Love Story
Movie · as Alexandra McKay
Missing Pieces
Movie · as Sara Scott
The Rules of Marriage
Movie · as Joan Hagen
The Rules of Marriage
TV · as Joan Hagen · 2 eps
When the Circus Came to Town
Movie · as Mary Flynn
Belle Starr
Movie · as Belle Starr
Act of Violence
Movie · as Catherine McSweeney
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
Movie · as Jennifer Prince
The Awakening Land
TV · as Sayward Luckett Wheeler · 3 eps
A Killing Affair
Movie · as Vikki Eaton
Dark Victory
Movie · as Katherine Merrill
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Movie · as Lizzie Borden
A Case of Rape
Movie · as Ellen Harrod
Mrs. Sundance
Movie · as Etta Place
The Victim
Movie · as Kate Wainwright
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Movie · as Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
Bikini Beach
Movie · as Lady Bug (voice)
Bewitched
TV · as Samantha Stephens · 254 eps
Johnny Cool
Movie · as Darien 'Dare' Guiness
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Movie · as Mellisa Morris
Burke's Law
TV · as Stacey Evans, Smitty · 1 ep
Saints and Sinners
TV · as Eadie Donelli · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Spiral Staircase
Movie · as Helen Warren
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Frontier Circus
TV · as Karina Andrews · 1 ep
Bells Are Ringing
Movie · as Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
Thriller
TV · as Rosamond Denham · 1 ep
Checkmate
TV · as Vicki Page · 1 ep
The Flintstones
TV · as Samantha Stephens (voice) · 1 ep
The Tab Hunter Show
TV · as Hilary Fairfield · 1 ep
Johnny Staccato
TV · as Fay Linn Benton · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Woman · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV · as Rose Cornelius · 1 ep
One Step Beyond
TV · as Lillie Clarke · 1 ep
Riverboat
TV · as Abigail Carruthers · 1 ep
The Untouchables
TV · as Rusty Heller · 1 ep
The Third Man
TV · as Lorraine Borka · 1 ep
Bitter Heritage
Movie · as Mary Brecker
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Charlotte Delavalle · 1 ep
Suspicion
TV · as Ellen · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Julie Crail · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Movie · as Margaret Lansdowne
Patterns
Movie · as Ann Evans
Summer Pavilion
Movie · as Helen Durand
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Karen Adams · 1 ep
Appointment with Adventure
TV · as Helen Ebsen, Virginia Loomis · 1 ep
Climax!
TV · as Betsy · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Millie · 1 ep
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Dr. Diana Firestone · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Susan Ward, Claire, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Patricia, Chris Luck, Jen Deveraux, Betty, Naomi, Julie Reed, Carol, Peggy Parker · 1 ep
Armstrong Circle Theatre
TV · as Ellen Craig · 1 ep
Studio One
TV · as Helen Durand, Marcia Loring Adams, Maggie · 1 ep
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · as Ann Evans, Jasmine Washington, Marilyn Shepard, Sally O'Brien · 2 eps