Elizabeth Montgomery
Known for: Acting
Born: April 15, 1933
Died: May 18, 1995
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
38 movies · 33 TV shows, newest first
NR
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
2023
6.0
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022
5.1
Bewitched
2005
7.0
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995
NR
A Bewitched Christmas
1994
6.0
Super 8½
1994
4.7
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994
7.3
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
1993
8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
7.0
The Panama Deception
1992
6.2
With Murder in Mind
1992
6.4
Sins of the Mother
1991
5.7
Face to Face
1990
6.5
Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
1988
6.6
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
1985
7.2
Amos
1985
7.0
Second Sight: A Love Story
1984
9.0
Missing Pieces
1983
3.0
The Rules of Marriage
1982
7.3
When the Circus Came to Town
1981
5.3
Belle Starr
1980
6.8
Act of Violence
1979
7.0
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
7.5
The Awakening Land
1978
4.8
A Killing Affair
1977
NR
Dark Victory
1976
6.9
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975
6.3
A Case of Rape
1974
7.7
Mrs. Sundance
1974
6.3
The Victim
1972
5.3
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
7.9
Bewitched
1964
5.6
Bikini Beach
1964
6.1
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
1963
5.3
Johnny Cool
1963
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.0
Saints and Sinners
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.3
Frontier Circus
1961
8.0
The Spiral Staircase
1961
7.4
The Flintstones
1960
7.5
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
4.8
Checkmate
1960
6.7
Thriller
1960
6.5
Bells Are Ringing
1960
8.0
The Untouchables
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
7.2
The Third Man
1959
6.5
Riverboat
1959
5.2
Johnny Staccato
1959
5.7
One Step Beyond
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
8.0
Bitter Heritage
1958
6.2
Suspicion
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
NR
Tony Awards
1956
6.8
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
9.0
Summer Pavilion
19557.7
Appointment with Adventure
1955
7.0
Patterns
1955
3.8
Climax!
195410.0
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
4.5
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.4
Studio One
1948
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947