Elizabeth Montgomery
36 movies · 30 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 15, 1933
- Died
- May 18, 1995 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Also known as
- Pandora Spocks · Ελίζαμπεθ Βικτόρια Μοντγκόμερι · Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery · Елізабет Монтгомері
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.
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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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Known for
Elizabeth Montgomery: movies and TV shows
Acting (66)
- 2005 Bewitched
as Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1995 Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
as Edna Buchanan
- 1994 A Bewitched Christmas
as Samantha Stephens
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961 The Spiral Staircase
as Helen Warren
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Bells Are Ringing
as Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958 Bitter Heritage
as Mary Brecker
- 1957
- 1957
- 1955 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Margaret Lansdowne
- 1955
- 1955 Summer Pavilion
as Helen Durand
- 1955
- 1955 Patterns
as Ann Evans
- 1954
- 1953
- 1953
- 1951
- 1950
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents · TV
as Susan Ward / Cornelia Otis Skinner / Patricia / Jen Deveraux / Claire / Chris Luck / Betty / Naomi / Julie Reed / Carol / Peggy Parker · 30 episodes
- 1948
- 1947 Kraft Television Theatre · TV
as Ann Evans / Jasmine Washington / Marilyn Shepard / Sally O'Brien · 5 episodes
Talk shows and appearances (5)
- 2023
- 2022
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
1 episode
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
1 episode