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

• 2023Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life — Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage)
• 2005Bewitched — Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1995Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan — Edna Buchanan
• 1994A Bewitched Christmas — Samantha Stephens
• 1994Super 8½ — Insane Woman
• 1994The Corpse Had a Familiar Face — Edna Buchanan
• 1993Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story — Blanche Taylor Moore
• Batman: The Animated Series — Barmaid (voice)
• 1992The Panama Deception — Narrator
• 1992With Murder in Mind — Gayle Wolfer
• 1991Sins of the Mother — Ruth Coe
• 1990Face to Face — Dr. Diana Firestone
• 1988Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair — Narrator
• 1985Amos — Daisy Daws
• 1985Between the Darkness and the Dawn — Abigail Foster
• 1984Second Sight: A Love Story — Alexandra McKay
• 1983Missing Pieces — Sara Scott
• 1982The Rules of Marriage — Joan Hagen
• 1981When the Circus Came to Town — Mary Flynn
• 1980Belle Starr — Belle Starr
• 1979Act of Violence — Catherine McSweeney
• 1979Jennifer: A Woman’s Story — Jennifer Prince
• The Awakening Land — Sayward Luckett Wheeler
• 1977A Killing Affair — Vikki Eaton
• 1976Dark Victory — Katherine Merrill
• 1975The Legend of Lizzie Borden — Lizzie Borden
• 1974A Case of Rape — Ellen Harrod
• 1974Mrs. Sundance — Etta Place
• 1972The Victim — Kate Wainwright
• 1965How to Stuff a Wild Bikini — Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
• Bewitched — Samantha Stephens
• 1964Bikini Beach — Lady Bug (voice)
• Burke's Law — Stacey Evans, Smitty
• 1963Johnny Cool — Darien 'Dare' Guiness
• 1963Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? — Mellisa Morris
• Saints and Sinners — Eadie Donelli
• Frontier Circus — Karina Andrews
• 1961The Spiral Staircase — Helen Warren
• 1960Bells Are Ringing — Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
• Checkmate — Vicki Page
• The Flintstones — Samantha Stephens (voice)
• The Tab Hunter Show — Hilary Fairfield
• Thriller — Rosamond Denham
• Johnny Staccato — Fay Linn Benton
• One Step Beyond — Lillie Clarke
• Rawhide — Rose Cornelius
• Riverboat — Abigail Carruthers
• The Third Man — Lorraine Borka
• The Twilight Zone — Woman
• The Untouchables — Rusty Heller
• 77 Sunset Strip — Charlotte Delavalle
• 1958Bitter Heritage — Mary Brecker
• Suspicion — Ellen
• Wagon Train — Julie Crail
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Karen Adams
• Appointment with Adventure — Helen Ebsen, Virginia Loomis
• 1955Patterns — Ann Evans
• 1955Summer Pavilion — Helen Durand
• 1955The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell — Margaret Lansdowne
• Climax! — Betsy
• Kraft Television Theatre
• Letter to Loretta — Millie
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Dr. Diana Firestone
• Armstrong Circle Theatre — Ellen Craig
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Susan Ward, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Patricia, Jen Deveraux, Chris Luck, Claire, Betty, Naomi, Julie Reed, Carol, Peggy Parker
• Studio One — Helen Durand, Marcia Loring Adams, Maggie
• Kraft Television Theatre — Ann Evans, Jasmine Washington, Marilyn Shepard, Sally O'Brien

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2022Say Hey, Willie Mays! — Self (archive video)
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Tony Awards — Self