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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…
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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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Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
as Self/Samantha Stephens (archive footage)
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
as Self (archive video)
Bewitched
as Samantha Stephens (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
as Edna Buchanan
A Bewitched Christmas
as Samantha Stephens
Super 8½
as Insane Woman
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
as Edna Buchanan
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
as Blanche Taylor Moore
The Panama Deception
as Narrator
With Murder in Mind
as Gayle Wolfer
Sins of the Mother
as Ruth Coe
Face to Face
as Dr. Diana Firestone
Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
as Narrator
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
as Abigail Foster
Amos
as Daisy Daws
Second Sight: A Love Story
as Alexandra McKay
Missing Pieces
as Sara Scott
The Rules of Marriage
as Joan Hagen
When the Circus Came to Town
as Mary Flynn
Belle Starr
as Belle Starr
Act of Violence
as Catherine McSweeney
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Jennifer Prince
A Killing Affair
as Vikki Eaton
Dark Victory
as Katherine Merrill
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Lizzie Borden
A Case of Rape
as Ellen Harrod
Mrs. Sundance
as Etta Place
The Victim
as Kate Wainwright
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
as Bwana's Daughter, The Witches Witch (uncredited)
Bikini Beach
as Lady Bug (voice)
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
as Mellisa Morris
Johnny Cool
as Darien 'Dare' Guiness
The Spiral Staircase
as Helen Warren
Bells Are Ringing
as Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
Bitter Heritage
as Mary Brecker
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Margaret Lansdowne
Summer Pavilion
as Helen Durand
Patterns
as Ann Evans