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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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • One Step Beyond
  • When the Circus Came to Town
  • Face to Face
Known For
  • Bewitched
  • The Legend of Lizzie Borden
  • The Panama Deception
  • Johnny Cool
  • Sins of the Mother
  • The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
  • Mrs. Sundance
  • Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
  • Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
  • Amos
  • Second Sight: A Love Story
  • When the Circus Came to Town
  • Face to Face
  • Act of Violence
  • Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
  • Jennifer: A Woman's Story
  • The Untouchables

Filmography

2011
Making the Boys · as Samantha Stephens
2005
Bewitched · as Samantha Stephens
2005
Bewitched: The Magic Unveiled · as Samantha Stephens
2002
Reflections of Evil · as Samantha Stephens
1995
1994
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face · as Edna Buchanan
1993
1992
Batman: The Animated Series (TV 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
1985
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
1980
Belle Starr · as Belle Starr
1979
Act of Violence · as Catherine Mcsweeney
1979
Jennifer: A Woman's Story · as Jennifer Prince
1978
The Awakening Land (TV Series) · 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 (TV Series) · 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 (TV Series) · as Stacey Evans
1962
The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Polly Saunders
1962
Saints and Sinners (TV Series) · as Eadie Donelli
1961
Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Iris Hecate
1961
Frontier Circus (TV Series) · as Karina Andrews
1960
The Tab Hunter Show (TV Series) · as Hilary Fairfield
1960
Checkmate (TV Series) · as Vicki Page
1960
Thriller (TV Series) · as Rosamond Denham
1960
Bells Are Ringing · as Girl Reading Book
1960
The Flintstones (TV Series)
1959
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Woman
1959
Riverboat (TV Series) · as Abigail Carruthers
1959
Johnny Staccato (TV Series)
1959
The Third Man (TV Series) · as Lorraine Borka
1959
The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Rusty Heller
1959
One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Lillie Clarke
1959
Rawhide (TV Series) · as Rose Cornelius
1958
Cimarron City (TV Series) · as Ellen Wilson
1958
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Charlotte Delavalle
1957
Suspicion (TV Series) · as Ellen
1957
The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) · as Miss Kelly
1957
Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Julie Crail
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Mary Brecker
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
1950
The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Ellen Craig
1950
1948
Studio One (TV Series) · as Helen Durand
1947
Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Ann Evans

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