Elizabeth Montgomery
Birth name
Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery

Height
5' 8½"


Date of birth:
15 April 1933
Hollywood, California, USA

Date of death:
18 May 1995
Los Angeles, California, USA. (colorectal cancer)


Spouse
Robert Foxworth (28 January 1993 - 18 May 1995) (her death)
William Asher (26 October 1963 - 1973) (divorced) 3 children
Gig Young (28 December 1956 - 1963) (divorced)
Fred Gallatin Cammann (27 March 1954 - 1955) (divorced)


Children: (With William Asher)

William Jr (b. 1964),
Robert, Rebecca Elizabeth (b. 17 June 1969)

Her mother 'Elizabeth Allen Montgomery' and her father Robert Montgomery were both actors. Elizabeth graduated from the Spence School in New York City and attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. After three years intensive training, she made her TV debut in her father's 1950s playhouse series "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) and appeared in more than 200 live programs over the next decade. She once remarked "I guess you could say I'm a TV baby". Notable early film roles included "The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell" (1955) and "Johnny Cool" (1963). She is best remembered, however, for her leading role as the witch Samantha in the top-rated ABC sitcom "Bewitched" (1964-72). Her family - mother Endora (Agnes Moorehead), look-alike cousin (Montgomery) and advertising executive husband Darrin (first Dick York then Dick Sargent) - tried to suppress her supernatural skills but often turned to her tricks to solve problems. The signal of impending witchcraft was a twitch of Samantha's nose.

Ms. Montgomery refused to do her famous nose twitch for enduring fans after her "Bewitched" show went off the air. She spent the remainder of her career pursuing dramatic roles that took her as far away from the Samantha typecast as possible. She turned to made-for-TV movies, many of which won critical praise: "A Case of Rape" (1974), "The Legend of Lizzie Borden" (1975), "Black Widow Murders" (1993). She narrated the movie "The Panama Deception" which won an Academy Award in 1993.

She and Robert Foxworth, the actor, lived together for over twenty years until her death. She died 8 weeks after being diagnosed with colon cancer and was cremated. Reference works showed her as 62 when she died though the family said she was 57.

Filmography


Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995) (TV) .... Edna Buchanan
Corpse Had a Familiar Face, The (1994) (TV) .... Edna Buchanan
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993) (TV) .... Blanche Taylor Moore
With Murder in Mind (1992/I) (TV) .... Gayle Wolfer
Sins of the Mother (1991) (TV) .... Ruth Coe
Face to Face (1990) (TV) .... Dr. Diana Firestone
Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985) (TV) .... Abigail Foster
Amos (1985) (TV) .... Daisy Daws
Second Sight: A Love Story (1984) (TV) .... Alaxandra McKay
Missing Pieces (1983) (TV) .... Sara Scott
Rules of Marriage, The (1982) (TV) .... Joan Hagen
When the Circus Came to Town (1981) (TV) .... Mary Flynn
Belle Starr (1980) (TV) .... Belle Starr
Act of Violence (1979) (TV) .... Catherine McSweeney
... aka Deadline Assault (1979) (TV)
Jennifer: A Woman's Story (1979) (TV) .... Jennifer Prince
"Awakening Land, The" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Sayward Luckett Wheeler
Killing Affair, A (1977) (TV) .... Vikki Eaton
Dark Victory (1976) (TV) .... Katherine Merrill
Legend of Lizzie Borden, The (1975) (TV) .... Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Borden
Case of Rape, A (1974) (TV) .... Ellen Harrod
Mrs. Sundance (1974) (TV) .... Etta Place
Victim, The (1972/I) (TV) .... Kate Wainwright
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) (uncredited) .... Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch
"Bewitched" (1964) TV Series .... Samantha Stephens/Serena
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963) .... Mellisa Morris
Johnny Cool (1963) .... Darien 'Dare' Guiness
Beach Party (1963) (uncredited) .... Miss Sims
Spiral Staircase, The (1961) (TV)
Bitter Heritage (1958) (TV) .... Mary Brecker
Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, The (1955) .... Margaret Lansdowne






Herself - filmography
Panama Deception, The (1992) (voice) .... Herself (Narrator)
Cover Up (1988) (voice) .... Narrator



Notable TV Guest Appearances

Reflections of Evil (2002) (uncredited) .... Samantha Stephens
Bewitched: The E! True Hollywood Story (1999) (TV) .... Herself
"Batman" (1992) playing "Barmaid" in episode: "Showdown" (episode # 1.82) 12 September 1995
"Flintstones, The" (1960) playing "Samantha Stephens" (voice) in episode: "Samantha" (episode # 6.6) 22 October 1965
"Burke's Law" (1963) playing "Smitty" in episode: "Who Killed His Royal Highness?" (episode # 1.21) 21 February 1964
"Eleventh Hour, The" (1962) playing "Polly Saunders" in episode: "The Bronze Locust" (episode # 2.6) 6 November 1963
"77 Sunset Strip" (1958/I) playing "Charlotte Delaville" in episode: "White Lie" (episode # 6.6) 25 October 1963
"Rawhide" (1959) playing "Rose Cornelius" in episode: "Incident at El Crucero" (episode # 6.3) 10 October 1963
"Burke's Law" (1963) playing "Stacey Evans" in episode: "Who Killed Mr. X?" (episode # 1.2) 27 September 1963
"Saints and Sinners" (1962) playing "Eadie Donelli" in episode: "The Home-Coming Bit" (episode # 1.14) 7 January 1963
"Alcoa Premiere" (1961) playing "Iris Hecate" in episode: "Mr. Lucifer" (episode # 2.5) 1 November 1962
"Checkmate" (1960) playing "Vicki Page" in episode: "Star System" (episode # 2.13) 10 January 1962
"Frontier Circus" (1961) playing "Karina" in episode: "Karina" (episode # 1.6) 9 November 1961
"Thriller" (1960) playing "Rosamond 'Ros' Denham" in episode: "Masquerade" (episode # 2.6) 30 October 1961
"Twilight Zone, The" (1959) playing "The Woman" in episode: "Two" (episode # 3.1) 15 September 1961
"Untouchables, The" (1959) playing "Rusty Heller" in episode: "The Rusty Heller Story" (episode # 2.1) 13 October 1960
"Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond" (1959) playing "Lillie Clarke" in episode: "The Death Waltz" (episode # 3.3) 4 October 1960
"Tab Hunter Show, The" (1960) in episode: "For Money or Love" (episode # 1.2) 25 September 1960
"Wagon Train" (1957) playing "Julie Carson" in episode: "The Vittorio Bottecelli Story" (episode # 3.11) 16 December 1959
"Johnny Staccato" (1959) playing "Fay Linn" in episode: "Tempted" (episode # 1.10) 19 November 1959
"Riverboat" (1959) playing "Abigail 'Abby' Carruthers" in episode: "The Barrier" (episode # 1.2) 20 September 1959
"Letter to Loretta" (1953) playing "Millie" in episode: "Marriage Crisis" (episode # 6.20) 15 February 1959
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955) playing "Karen" in episode: "Man with a Problem" (episode # 4.7) 16 November 1958
"Warner Brothers Presents" (1955) in episode: "Siege" 16 November 1958
"Cimarron City" (1958) playing "Ellen Wilson" in episode: "Hired Hand" (episode # 1.6) 15 November 1958
"DuPont Show of the Month, The" (1957) in episode: "Harvey" (episode # 2.1) 22 September 1958
"Playhouse 90" (1956) in episode: "Bitter Heritage" (episode # 2.41) 7 August 1958
"Studio One" (1948) playing "Marcia" in episode: "A Dead Ringer" (episode # 10.23) 10 March 1958
"Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) in episode: "The Duel" (episode # 10.25) 6 March 1957
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Mr. Parker's Rhubarb" (episode # 7.50) 3 September 1956
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "The Company Wife" (episode # 7.49) 27 August 1956
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Southern Exposure" (episode # 7.47) 30 July 1956
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Catch a Falling Star" (episode # 7.46) 23 July 1956
"Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) in episode: "Long Arm" (episode # 9.41) 11 July 1956
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Dream No More" (episode # 7.43) 2 July 1956
"Climax!" (1954) playing "Betsy" in episode: "The Shadow of Evil" (episode # 2.31) 24 May 1956
"Studio One" (1948) playing "Maggie" in episode: "The Drop of a Hat" (episode # 8.33) 7 May 1956
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "The Baobab Tree" (episode # 7.33) 23 April 1956
"Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) in episode: "The Last Showdown" (episode # 9.28) 11 April 1956
"Appointment with Adventure" (1955) in episode: "Relative Stranger" (episode # 2.8) 20 November 1955
"Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) in episode: "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" (episode # 9.1) 28 September 1955
"Studio One" (1948) playing "Helen Durand" in episode: "Summer Pavilion" (episode # 7.33) 2 May 1955
"Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) playing "Ann Evans" in episode: "Patterns" (episode # 8.20) 9 February 1955
"Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) playing "Ann Evans" in episode: "Patterns" (episode # 8.16) 12 January 1955
"Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) in episode: "The Light Is Cold" (episode # 7.56) 22 September 1954
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Ten Minute Alibi" (episode # 5.55) 13 September 1954
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "A Matter of Luck" (episode # 5.53) 30 August 1954
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Personal Story" (episode # 5.52) 23 August 1954
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "About Sara Caine" (episode # 5.50) 9 August 1954
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Home Town" (episode # 5.49) 2 August 1954
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) playing "Patricia" in episode: "Patricia" (episode # 5.48) 26 July 1954
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "It Happened in Paris" (episode # 5.47) 19 July 1954
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Story on Eleventh Street" (episode # 5.46) 12 July 1954
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "The Expert" (episode # 5.45) 5 July 1954
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "In His Hands" (episode # 5.44) 28 June 1954
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Once Upon a Time" (episode # 5.40) 31 May 1954
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) playing "Cornelia Otis Skinner" in episode: "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" (episode # 5.25) 15 February 1954
"Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1950) playing "Ellen Craig" in episode: "The Milestone" (episode # 4.21) 19 January 1954
"Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1950) in episode: "The Right Approach" (episode # 4.11) 10 November 1953
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Grass Roots" (episode # 4.51) 24 August 1953
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Pierce 3098" (episode # 4.50) 17 August 1953
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Red Robin Rides Again" (episode # 4.49) 10 August 1953
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Duet for Two Hands" (episode # 4.48) 3 August 1953
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Anne's Story" (episode # 4.47) 27 July 1953
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "A Summer Love" (episode # 4.46) 20 July 1953
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Two of a Kind" (episode # 4.45) 13 July 1953
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "The Half Millionaire" (episode # 4.44) 6 July 1953
"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Top Secret" (episode # 3.7) 3 December 1951