Elizabeth Montgomery
Acting
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
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movieElizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023
Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage)
movieSay Hey, Willie Mays!
2022
Self (archive video)
movieBewitched
2005
Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieA Bewitched Christmas
1994
Samantha Stephens
movieSuper 8½
1994
Insane Woman
movieThe Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994
Edna Buchanan
movieBlack Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
1993
Blanche Taylor Moore
tvBatman: The Animated Series
1992
Barmaid (voice)
movieThe Panama Deception
1992
Narrator
movieWith Murder in Mind
1992
Gayle Wolfer
movieSins of the Mother
1991
Ruth Coe
movieFace to Face
1990
Dr. Diana Firestone
movieBetween the Darkness and the Dawn
1985
Abigail Foster
movieAmos
1985
Daisy Daws
movieSecond Sight: A Love Story
1984
Alexandra McKay
movieMissing Pieces
1983
Sara Scott
movieThe Rules of Marriage
1982
Joan Hagen
movieWhen the Circus Came to Town
1981
Mary Flynn
movieBelle Starr
1980
Belle Starr
movieAct of Violence
1979
Catherine McSweeney
movieJennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
Jennifer Prince
tvThe Awakening Land
1978
Sayward Luckett Wheeler
movieA Killing Affair
1977
Vikki Eaton
movieDark Victory
1976
Katherine Merrill
movieThe Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975
Lizzie Borden
movieA Case of Rape
1974
Ellen Harrod
movieMrs. Sundance
1974
Etta Place
movieThe Victim
1972
Kate Wainwright
movieHow to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
tvBewitched
1964
Samantha Stephens
movieBikini Beach
1964
Lady Bug (voice)
movieWho's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963
Mellisa Morris
movieJohnny Cool
1963
Darien 'Dare' Guiness
tvBurke's Law
1963
Stacey Evans / Smitty
tvSaints and Sinners
1962
Eadie Donelli
tvFrontier Circus
1961
Karina Andrews
movieThe Spiral Staircase
1961
Helen Warren
tvThe Flintstones
1960
Samantha Stephens (voice)
tvThe Tab Hunter Show
1960
Hilary Fairfield
tvCheckmate
1960
Vicki Page
tvThriller
1960
Rosamond Denham
movieBells Are Ringing
1960
Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
tvThe Untouchables
1959
Rusty Heller
tvThe Third Man
1959
Lorraine Borka
tvRiverboat
1959
Abigail Carruthers
tvJohnny Staccato
1959
Fay Linn Benton
tvOne Step Beyond
1959
Lillie Clarke
tvRawhide
1959
Rose Cornelius
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958
Charlotte Delavalle
movieBitter Heritage
1958
Mary Brecker
tvSuspicion
1957
Ellen
tvWagon Train
1957
Julie Crail
movieThe Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
Margaret Lansdowne
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Karen Adams
movieSummer Pavilion
1955
Helen Durand
Appointment with Adventure
1955
Helen Ebsen / Virginia Loomis
moviePatterns
1955
Ann Evans
tvClimax!
1954
Betsy
tvLetter to Loretta
1953
Millie
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Dr. Diana Firestone
tvArmstrong Circle Theatre
1950
Ellen Craig
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
Susan Ward / Cornelia Otis Skinner / Patricia / Jen Deveraux / Claire / Chris Luck / Betty / Naomi / Julie Reed / Carol / Peggy Parker
tvStudio One
1948
Helen Durand / Marcia Loring Adams / Maggie
tvKraft Television Theatre
1947
Ann Evans / Jasmine Washington / Marilyn Shepard / Sally O'Brien