Elizabeth Montgomery
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 15, 1933
- Died
- May 18, 1995
- Birthplace
- Hollywood, California, USA
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.
Filmography
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life 2023
as Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage)
Say Hey, Willie Mays! 2022
as Self (archive video)
Bewitched 2005
as Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan 1995
as Edna Buchanan
A Bewitched Christmas 1994
as Samantha Stephens
Super 8½ 1994
as Insane Woman
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face 1994
as Edna Buchanan
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story 1993
as Blanche Taylor Moore
The Panama Deception 1992
as Narrator
With Murder in Mind 1992
as Gayle Wolfer
Sins of the Mother 1991
as Ruth Coe
Face to Face 1990
as Dr. Diana Firestone
Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair 1988
as Narrator
Between the Darkness and the Dawn 1985
as Abigail Foster
Amos 1985
as Daisy Daws
Second Sight: A Love Story 1984
as Alexandra McKay
Missing Pieces 1983
as Sara Scott
The Rules of Marriage 1982
as Joan Hagen
When the Circus Came to Town 1981
as Mary Flynn
Belle Starr 1980
as Belle Starr
Act of Violence 1979
as Catherine McSweeney
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story 1979
as Jennifer Prince
A Killing Affair 1977
as Vikki Eaton
Dark Victory 1976
as Katherine Merrill
The Legend of Lizzie Borden 1975
as Lizzie Borden
A Case of Rape 1974
as Ellen Harrod
Mrs. Sundance 1974
as Etta Place
The Victim 1972
as Kate Wainwright
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini 1965
as Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
Bikini Beach 1964
as Lady Bug (voice)
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? 1963
as Mellisa Morris
Johnny Cool 1963
as Darien 'Dare' Guiness
The Spiral Staircase 1961
as Helen Warren
Bells Are Ringing 1960
as Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
Bitter Heritage 1958
as Mary Brecker
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell 1955
as Margaret Lansdowne
Summer Pavilion 1955
as Helen Durand
Patterns 1955
as Ann Evans
Credits from TMDB.