Elizabeth Montgomery
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
- 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 · Batman: The Animated Series as Barmaid (voice)
- 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 · Between the Darkness and the Dawn as Abigail Foster
- 1985 · Amos as Daisy Daws
- 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 · Act of Violence as Catherine McSweeney
- 1979 · Jennifer: A Woman’s Story as Jennifer Prince
- 1978 · Challenge of the Super Friends as
- 1978 · The Awakening Land as Sayward Luckett Wheeler
- 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 · Bewitched as Samantha Stephens
- 1964 · Bikini Beach as Lady Bug (voice)
- 1963 · Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? as Mellisa Morris
- 1963 · Johnny Cool as Darien 'Dare' Guiness
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Stacey Evans
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Smitty
- 1962 · Saints and Sinners as Eadie Donelli
- 1961 · Frontier Circus as Karina Andrews
- 1961 · The Spiral Staircase as Helen Warren
- 1960 · The Flintstones as Samantha Stephens (voice)
- 1960 · The Tab Hunter Show as Hilary Fairfield
- 1960 · Checkmate as Vicki Page
- 1960 · Thriller as Rosamond Denham
- 1960 · Bells Are Ringing as Girl reading book
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Rusty Heller
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Woman
- 1959 · Riverboat as Abigail Carruthers
- 1959 · Johnny Staccato as
- 1959 · One Step Beyond as Lillie Clarke
- 1959 · Rawhide as Rose Cornelius
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Charlotte Delavalle
- 1958 · Bitter Heritage as Mary Brecker
- 1957 · Suspicion as Ellen
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self
- 1955 · The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell as Margaret Lansdowne
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Karen Adams
- 1955 · Summer Pavilion as Helen Durand
- 1955 · Appointment with Adventure as
- 1955 · Patterns as Ann Evans
- 1954 · Climax! as Betsy
- 1953 · Kraft Television Theatre as
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Millie
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. Diana Firestone
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Susan Ward
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Cornelia Otis Skinner
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Patricia
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Jen Deveraux
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Chris Luck
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Claire
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Betty
- 1948 · Studio One as Helen Durand
- 1948 · Studio One as Marcia Loring Adams
- 1948 · Studio One as Maggie
- 1947 · Kraft Television Theatre as Ann Evans