Elizabeth Montgomery
Acting • Born 1933-04-15 – Died 1995-05-18
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.
Filmography
89 credits
A Killing Affair
Movie • 1977
Vikki Eaton
The Panama Deception
Movie • 1992
Narrator
Sins of the Mother
Movie • 1991
Ruth Coe
Johnny Cool
Movie • 1963
Darien 'Dare' Guiness
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Movie • 2022
Self (archive video)
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Movie • 1975
Lizzie Borden
The Victim
Movie • 1972
Kate Wainwright
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Movie • 1963
Mellisa Morris
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Movie • 1955
Margaret Lansdowne
The Spiral Staircase
Movie • 1961
Helen Warren
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
Movie • 1985
Abigail Foster
A Case of Rape
Movie • 1974
Ellen Harrod
Act of Violence
Movie • 1979
Catherine McSweeney
Mrs. Sundance
Movie • 1974
Etta Place
Amos
Movie • 1985
Daisy Daws
Second Sight: A Love Story
Movie • 1984
Alexandra McKay
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Movie • 1994
Edna Buchanan
Super 8½
Movie • 1994
Insane Woman
Belle Starr
Movie • 1980
Belle Starr
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
Movie • 1993
Blanche Taylor Moore
Patterns
Movie • 1955
Ann Evans
Dark Victory
Movie • 1976
Katherine Merrill
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Movie • 1965
Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Movie • 1995
Edna Buchanan
Bitter Heritage
Movie • 1958
Mary Brecker
Bikini Beach
Movie • 1964
Lady Bug (voice)
Face to Face
Movie • 1990
Dr. Diana Firestone
With Murder in Mind
Movie • 1992
Gayle Wolfer
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
Movie • 1979
Jennifer Prince
Summer Pavilion
Movie • 1955
Helen Durand
Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
Movie • 1988
Narrator
The Rules of Marriage
Movie • 1982
Joan Hagen
Bells Are Ringing
Movie • 1960
Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
When the Circus Came to Town
Movie • 1981
Mary Flynn
Missing Pieces
Movie • 1983
Sara Scott
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Movie • 2023
Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage)
A Bewitched Christmas
Movie • 1994
Samantha Stephens
Bewitched
Movie • 2005
Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Charlotte Delavalle
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Stacey Evans
Studio One
TV • 1948
Helen Durand
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Samantha Stephens
Saints and Sinners
TV • 1962
Eadie Donelli
Johnny Staccato
TV • 1959
Fay Linn Benton
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Dr. Diana Firestone
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Woman
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Karen Adams
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Rose Cornelius
Thriller
TV • 1960
Rosamond Denham
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Lillie Clarke
Climax!
TV • 1954
Betsy
Riverboat
TV • 1959
Abigail Carruthers
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Susan Ward
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Millie
Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992
Barmaid (voice)
The Awakening Land
TV • 1978
Sayward Luckett Wheeler
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Rusty Heller
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Smitty
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Patricia
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Jen Deveraux
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Claire
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Chris Luck
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Betty
Checkmate
TV • 1960
Vicki Page
Studio One
TV • 1948
Marcia Loring Adams
Studio One
TV • 1948
Maggie
Suspicion
TV • 1957
Ellen
The Flintstones
TV • 1960
Samantha Stephens (voice)
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1953
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
Ann Evans
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Third Man
TV • 1959
Lorraine Borka
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Julie Crail
Armstrong Circle Theatre
TV • 1950
Armstrong Circle Theatre
TV • 1950
Ellen Craig
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Naomi
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Julie Reed
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Carol
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Peggy Parker
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
Jasmine Washington
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
Marilyn Shepard
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
Sally O'Brien
Appointment with Adventure
TV • 1955
Helen Ebsen
Appointment with Adventure
TV • 1955
Virginia Loomis
Frontier Circus
TV • 1961
Karina Andrews
The Tab Hunter Show
TV • 1960
Hilary Fairfield