Elizabeth Montgomery
Acting
1933-04-15 · Hollywood, California, USA
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(90)
movieElizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
as Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage) · 2023 · 0.0
movieSay Hey, Willie Mays!
as Self (archive video) · 2022 · 6.0
movieBewitched
as Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2005 · 5.1
movieDeadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
as Edna Buchanan · 1995 · 7.0
movieA Bewitched Christmas
as Samantha Stephens · 1994 · 0.0
movieSuper 8½
as Insane Woman · 1994 · 6.0
movieThe Corpse Had a Familiar Face
as Edna Buchanan · 1994 · 4.7
movieBlack Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
as Blanche Taylor Moore · 1993 · 7.4
tvBatman: The Animated Series
as Barmaid (voice) · 1992 · 8.6
movieThe Panama Deception
as Narrator · 1992 · 7.0
movieWith Murder in Mind
as Gayle Wolfer · 1992 · 6.2
movieSins of the Mother
as Ruth Coe · 1991 · 6.4
movieFace to Face
as Dr. Diana Firestone · 1990 · 5.7
movieCoverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
as Narrator · 1988 · 6.5
movieBetween the Darkness and the Dawn
as Abigail Foster · 1985 · 6.6
movieAmos
as Daisy Daws · 1985 · 7.2
movieSecond Sight: A Love Story
as Alexandra McKay · 1984 · 7.0
movieMissing Pieces
as Sara Scott · 1983 · 9.0
movieThe Rules of Marriage
as Joan Hagen · 1982 · 3.0
movieWhen the Circus Came to Town
as Mary Flynn · 1981 · 7.3
movieBelle Starr
as Belle Starr · 1980 · 5.2
movieAct of Violence
as Catherine McSweeney · 1979 · 6.8
movieJennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Jennifer Prince · 1979 · 7.0
tvThe Awakening Land
as Sayward Luckett Wheeler · 1978 · 7.5