Elizabeth Montgomery
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 (71 titles)
MovieElizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage) · 2023
6.0MovieSay Hey, Willie Mays!
Self (archive video) · 2022
5.1MovieBewitched
Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2005
7.0MovieDeadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Edna Buchanan · 1995
MovieA Bewitched Christmas
Samantha Stephens · 1994
6.0MovieSuper 8½
Insane Woman · 1994
4.7MovieThe Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Edna Buchanan · 1994
7.4MovieBlack Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
Blanche Taylor Moore · 1993
8.6ShowBatman: The Animated Series
Barmaid (voice) · 1992
7.0MovieThe Panama Deception
Narrator · 1992
6.2MovieWith Murder in Mind
Gayle Wolfer · 1992
6.4MovieSins of the Mother
Ruth Coe · 1991
5.7MovieFace to Face
Dr. Diana Firestone · 1990
6.5MovieCoverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
Narrator · 1988
6.6MovieBetween the Darkness and the Dawn
Abigail Foster · 1985
7.2MovieAmos
Daisy Daws · 1985
7.0MovieSecond Sight: A Love Story
Alexandra McKay · 1984
9.0MovieMissing Pieces
Sara Scott · 1983
3.0MovieThe Rules of Marriage
Joan Hagen · 1982
7.3MovieWhen the Circus Came to Town
Mary Flynn · 1981
5.2MovieBelle Starr
Belle Starr · 1980
6.8MovieAct of Violence
Catherine McSweeney · 1979
7.0MovieJennifer: A Woman’s Story
Jennifer Prince · 1979
7.5ShowThe Awakening Land
Sayward Luckett Wheeler · 1978
4.8MovieA Killing Affair
Vikki Eaton · 1977
MovieDark Victory
Katherine Merrill · 1976
6.9MovieThe Legend of Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden · 1975
6.3MovieA Case of Rape
Ellen Harrod · 1974
7.7MovieMrs. Sundance
Etta Place · 1974
6.3MovieThe Victim
Kate Wainwright · 1972