
Elizabeth Montgomery
Acting
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.
TV Shows(33)

Batman: The Animated Series
Barmaid (voice)
1992

The Awakening Land
Sayward Luckett Wheeler
1978

Bewitched
Samantha Stephens
1964

Burke's Law
Stacey Evans
1963

The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962

Saints and Sinners
Eadie Donelli
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961

Frontier Circus
Karina Andrews
1961

The Flintstones
Samantha Stephens (voice)
1960

The Tab Hunter Show
Hilary Fairfield
1960

Checkmate
Vicki Page
1960

Thriller
Rosamond Denham
1960

The Untouchables
Rusty Heller
1959

The Twilight Zone
Woman
1959

The Third Man
Lorraine Borka
1959

Riverboat
Abigail Carruthers
1959

Johnny Staccato
Fay Linn Benton
1959

One Step Beyond
Lillie Clarke
1959

Rawhide
Rose Cornelius
1959

77 Sunset Strip
Charlotte Delavalle
1958

Suspicion
Ellen
1957

Wagon Train
Julie Crail
1957

Tony Awards
Self
1956

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Karen Adams
1955
Appointment with Adventure
Helen Ebsen
1955

Climax!
Betsy
1954
Kraft Television Theatre
1953

Letter to Loretta
Millie
1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dr. Diana Firestone
1951

Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950

Robert Montgomery Presents
Susan Ward
1950

Studio One
Helen Durand
1948

Kraft Television Theatre
Ann Evans
1947
Movies(38)

Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage)
2023

Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Self (archive video)
2022

Bewitched
Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Edna Buchanan
1995

A Bewitched Christmas
Samantha Stephens
1994

Super 8½
Insane Woman
1994

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Edna Buchanan
1994

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
Blanche Taylor Moore
1993

The Panama Deception
Narrator
1992

With Murder in Mind
Gayle Wolfer
1992

Sins of the Mother
Ruth Coe
1991

Face to Face
Dr. Diana Firestone
1990

Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
Narrator
1988

Between the Darkness and the Dawn
Abigail Foster
1985

Amos
Daisy Daws
1985

Second Sight: A Love Story
Alexandra McKay
1984

Missing Pieces
Sara Scott
1983

The Rules of Marriage
Joan Hagen
1982

When the Circus Came to Town
Mary Flynn
1981

Belle Starr
Belle Starr
1980

Act of Violence
Catherine McSweeney
1979

Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
Jennifer Prince
1979

A Killing Affair
Vikki Eaton
1977

Dark Victory
Katherine Merrill
1976

The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden
1975

A Case of Rape
Ellen Harrod
1974

Mrs. Sundance
Etta Place
1974

The Victim
Kate Wainwright
1972

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
1965

Bikini Beach
Lady Bug (voice)
1964

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Mellisa Morris
1963

Johnny Cool
Darien 'Dare' Guiness
1963

The Spiral Staircase
Helen Warren
1961

Bells Are Ringing
Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
1960

Bitter Heritage
Mary Brecker
1958

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Margaret Lansdowne
1955

Summer Pavilion
Helen Durand
1955

Patterns
Ann Evans
1955