Acting · Hollywood, California, USA · Born April 15, 1933
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.
MovieElizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023
as Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage)
MovieSay Hey, Willie Mays!
2022
as Self (archive video)
MovieBewitched
2005
as Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieDeadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995
as Edna Buchanan
MovieA Bewitched Christmas
1994
as Samantha Stephens
MovieSuper 8½
1994
as Insane Woman
MovieThe Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994
as Edna Buchanan
MovieBlack Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
1993
as Blanche Taylor Moore
TVBatman: The Animated Series
1992
as Barmaid (voice)
MovieThe Panama Deception
1992
as Narrator
MovieWith Murder in Mind
1992
as Gayle Wolfer
MovieSins of the Mother
1991
as Ruth Coe
MovieFace to Face
1990
as Dr. Diana Firestone
MovieCoverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
1988
as Narrator
MovieBetween the Darkness and the Dawn
1985
as Abigail Foster
MovieAmos
1985
as Daisy Daws
MovieSecond Sight: A Love Story
1984
as Alexandra McKay
MovieMissing Pieces
1983
as Sara Scott
MovieThe Rules of Marriage
1982
as Joan Hagen
MovieWhen the Circus Came to Town
1981
as Mary Flynn
MovieBelle Starr
1980
as Belle Starr
MovieAct of Violence
1979
as Catherine McSweeney
MovieJennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
as Jennifer Prince
TVThe Awakening Land
1978
as Sayward Luckett Wheeler
MovieA Killing Affair
1977
as Vikki Eaton
MovieDark Victory
1976
as Katherine Merrill
MovieThe Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975
as Lizzie Borden
MovieA Case of Rape
1974
as Ellen Harrod
MovieMrs. Sundance
1974
as Etta Place
MovieThe Victim
1972
as Kate Wainwright
MovieHow to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
as Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
TVBewitched
1964
as Samantha Stephens
MovieBikini Beach
1964
as Lady Bug (voice)
MovieWho's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963
as Mellisa Morris
MovieJohnny Cool
1963
as Darien 'Dare' Guiness
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Stacey Evans
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVSaints and Sinners
1962
as Eadie Donelli
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVFrontier Circus
1961
as Karina Andrews
MovieThe Spiral Staircase
1961
as Helen Warren
TVThe Flintstones
1960
as Samantha Stephens (voice)
TVThe Tab Hunter Show
1960
as Hilary Fairfield
TVCheckmate
1960
as Vicki Page
TVThriller
1960
as Rosamond Denham
MovieBells Are Ringing
1960
as Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
TVThe Untouchables
1959
as Rusty Heller
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Woman
TVThe Third Man
1959
as Lorraine Borka
TVRiverboat
1959
as Abigail Carruthers
TVJohnny Staccato
1959
as Fay Linn Benton
TVOne Step Beyond
1959
as Lillie Clarke
TVRawhide
1959
as Rose Cornelius
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Charlotte Delavalle
MovieBitter Heritage
1958
as Mary Brecker
TVSuspicion
1957
as Ellen
TVWagon Train
1957
as Julie Crail
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self
MovieThe Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
as Margaret Lansdowne
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Karen Adams
MovieSummer Pavilion
1955
as Helen Durand
Appointment with Adventure
1955
as Helen Ebsen
MoviePatterns
1955
as Ann Evans
TVClimax!
1954
as Betsy
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Millie
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Dr. Diana Firestone
TVArmstrong Circle Theatre
1950
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Susan Ward
TVStudio One
1948
as Helen Durand
TVKraft Television Theatre
1947
as Ann Evans
