Elizabeth Montgomery
Actor
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
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Margaret Lansdowne 1955
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Lizzie Borden 1975
Bikini Beach
as Lady Bug (voice) 1964
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
as Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited) 1965
Johnny Cool
as Darien 'Dare' Guiness 1963
The Victim
as Kate Wainwright 1972
The Panama Deception
as Narrator 1992
Super 8½
as Insane Woman 1994
Sins of the Mother
as Ruth Coe 1991
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
as Self (archive video) 2022
A Case of Rape
as Ellen Harrod 1974
Amos
as Daisy Daws 1985
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Mellisa Morris 1963
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
as Blanche Taylor Moore 1993
A Killing Affair
as Vikki Eaton 1977
Face to Face
as Dr. Diana Firestone 1990