Elizabeth Montgomery
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Biography
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.
Known For
Studio One
Tony Awards
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Climax!
Batman: The Animated Series
Rawhide
Robert Montgomery Presents
Letter to Loretta
Thriller
Riverboat
The Twilight Zone
Kraft Television Theatre
Checkmate
Suspicion
Johnny Staccato
Saints and Sinners
The Flintstones
The Tab Hunter Show
Frontier Circus
Password Plus
Appointment with Adventure
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Act of Violence
Face to Face
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
The Awakening Land
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
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