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Elizabeth Montgomery
Actor
Died May 18, 1995 (62 years)
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
| 2005 | Bewitched · as Samantha Stephens |
| 2005 | Bewitched: The Magic Unveiled · as Samantha Stephens |
| 2002 | Reflections of Evil · as Samantha Stephens |
| 1995 | Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan · as Edna Buchanan |
| 1992 | The Panama Deception · as Narrator |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series) · as Barmaid (voice) |
| 1991 | Sins of the Mother · as Ruth Coe |
| 1990 | Face to Face · as Dr. Diana Firestone |
| 1988 | Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair · as Narrator |
| 1984 | Second Sight: A Love Story · as Alexandra McKay |
| 1979 | Act of Violence · as Catherine McSweeney |
| 1979 | Jennifer: A Woman's Story · as Jennifer Prince |
| 1978 | Challenge of the Superfriends (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1975 | The Legend of Lizzie Borden · as Lizzie Borden |
| 1974 | Mrs. Sundance · as Etta Place |
| 1965 | How to Stuff a Wild Bikini · as Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch |
| 1964 | Bikini Beach · as Lady Bug (voice) |
| 1964 | Bewitched (TV Series) · as Samantha Stephens |
| 1963 | Johnny Cool · as Darien 'Dare' Guiness |
| 1963 | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? · as Mellisa Morris |
| 1960 | Bells Are Ringing · as Girl reading book |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Rosamond Denham |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Vicki Page |
| 1960 | The Flintstones (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) · as Abigail Carruthers |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Rose Cornelius |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Lillie Clarke |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as The Woman |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Rusty Heller |
| 1958 | Cimarron City (TV Series) · as Ellen Wilson |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Ellen |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Julie Crail |
| 1955 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell · as Margaret Lansdowne |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Karen Adams |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Betsy |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Millie |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Dr. Diana Firestone |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Marcia Loring Adams |