Elizabeth Montgomery

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.

Known For

Robert Montgomery Presents

All Movies (38)

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life2023 · as Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage)
Say Hey, Willie Mays!2022 · as Self (archive video)
Bewitched2005 · as Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan1995 · as Edna Buchanan
A Bewitched Christmas1994 · as Samantha Stephens
Super 8½1994 · as Insane Woman
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face1994 · as Edna Buchanan
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story1993 · as Blanche Taylor Moore
The Panama Deception1992 · as Narrator
With Murder in Mind1992 · as Gayle Wolfer
Sins of the Mother1991 · as Ruth Coe
Face to Face1990 · as Dr. Diana Firestone
Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair1988 · as Narrator
Between the Darkness and the Dawn1985 · as Abigail Foster
Amos1985 · as Daisy Daws
Second Sight: A Love Story1984 · as Alexandra McKay
Missing Pieces1983 · as Sara Scott
The Rules of Marriage1982 · as Joan Hagen
When the Circus Came to Town1981 · as Mary Flynn
Belle Starr1980 · as Belle Starr
Act of Violence1979 · as Catherine McSweeney
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story1979 · as Jennifer Prince
A Killing Affair1977 · as Vikki Eaton
Dark Victory1976 · as Katherine Merrill
The Legend of Lizzie Borden1975 · as Lizzie Borden
A Case of Rape1974 · as Ellen Harrod
Mrs. Sundance1974 · as Etta Place
The Victim1972 · as Kate Wainwright
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini1965 · as Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
Bikini Beach1964 · as Lady Bug (voice)
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?1963 · as Mellisa Morris
Johnny Cool1963 · as Darien 'Dare' Guiness
The Spiral Staircase1961 · as Helen Warren
Bells Are Ringing1960 · as Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
Bitter Heritage1958 · as Mary Brecker
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell1955 · as Margaret Lansdowne
Summer Pavilion1955 · as Helen Durand
Patterns1955 · as Ann Evans

All TV Shows (52)

Batman: The Animated Series1992 · as Barmaid (voice)
The Awakening Land1978 · as Sayward Luckett Wheeler
Bewitched1964 · as Samantha Stephens
Burke's Law1963 · as Stacey Evans
Burke's Law1963 · as Smitty
The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
Saints and Sinners1962 · as Eadie Donelli
The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
Frontier Circus1961 · as Karina Andrews
The Flintstones1960 · as Samantha Stephens (voice)
The Tab Hunter Show1960 · as Hilary Fairfield
Checkmate1960 · as Vicki Page
Thriller1960 · as Rosamond Denham
The Untouchables1959 · as Rusty Heller
The Twilight Zone1959 · as Woman
The Third Man1959 · as Lorraine Borka
Riverboat1959 · as Abigail Carruthers
Johnny Staccato1959 · as Fay Linn Benton
One Step Beyond1959 · as Lillie Clarke
Rawhide1959 · as Rose Cornelius
77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Charlotte Delavalle
Suspicion1957 · as Ellen
Wagon Train1957 · as Julie Crail
Tony Awards1956 · as Self
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Karen Adams
Appointment with Adventure1955 · as Helen Ebsen
Appointment with Adventure1955 · as Virginia Loomis
Climax!1954 · as Betsy
Kraft Television Theatre1953
Letter to Loretta1953 · as Millie
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Dr. Diana Firestone
Armstrong Circle Theatre1950
Armstrong Circle Theatre1950 · as Ellen Craig
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Susan Ward
Robert Montgomery Presents1950
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Cornelia Otis Skinner
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Patricia
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Jen Deveraux
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Chris Luck
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Claire
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Betty
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Naomi
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Julie Reed
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Carol
Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Peggy Parker
Studio One1948 · as Helen Durand
Studio One1948 · as Marcia Loring Adams
Studio One1948 · as Maggie
Kraft Television Theatre1947 · as Ann Evans
Kraft Television Theatre1947 · as Jasmine Washington
Kraft Television Theatre1947 · as Marilyn Shepard
Kraft Television Theatre1947 · as Sally O'Brien