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Elizabeth Montgomery

(1933-1995)

Synopsis

Elizabeth Montgomery was born on April 15, 1933, to actress Elizabeth Allen and actor Robert Montgomery, who was a major film star of the 1930s and '40s. Her first television appearance was on her father's TV show in 1951. Other TV and film roles followed, but her big break came in 1964 with the sitcom Bewitched, which garnered top ratings for eight years. Montgomery died of cancer in 1995.

Early Life

Actress Elizabeth Montgomery was born on April 15, 1933, to actress Elizabeth Allen and actor-director Robert Montgomery. She attended Westlake School for Girls and Spencer School in New York. After Spencer, she enrolled in the Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Best known for her portrayal of Samantha, the beautiful witch who cast spells by twitching her nose, in the popular TV series Bewitched (1964-'72).

Acting Career

Montgomery's TV debut was in 1951 in her father's show, Robert Montgomery Presents. Her first Broadway show, Late Love, won her a Theater World Award. On TV, a role in The Untouchables (1959) marked her first Emm

Elizabeth Montgomery was born in Los Angeles on April 15th 1933. Daughter of movie actor Robert Montgomery and stage& screen actress Elizabeth Allen. Elizabeth was a privileged child, she and younger brother Skip (Robert) had all the comforts of upper-class raising. Fine schools, horseback riding and celebrity company. She attended the Westlake School for Girls for 11 years, an exclusive Southern California establishment. She was shy, however her passion to act started at an early age. Discouraged by her father to give up if you do not intend to "give it your all," she went on to perform in her first television drama, "Top Secret" an installment of her father's TV program "Robert Montgomery Presents." Liz was nineteen.

She also tried her hand at Broadway, "Late Love" was her debut. She married at the age of 21 to TV director Frederic Cammann and continued to act on television in her father's and other TV shows. Her marriage, unlike her career, did not last. She did many television appearances, around 250. She made her big screen debut in "The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell" in

‘Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life’ Explores the True Story Behind the TV Icon

It was May of 1989 when Herbie J Pilato (a former NBC page turned actor, turned producer), buzzed the intercom outside of Elizabeth Montgomery’s gated Beverly Hills home and announced himself to the TV icon saying, “Hi, this is Herbie.”

“Oh, goodie,” an enthused Elizabeth said, and she opened the gates.

She was expecting Herbie as he was the one person her ex-husband Bill Asher told her to talk with. Herbie was there to write a book on the star’s most iconic series.

His stories, along with countless others, are captured in the new documentary Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life that aired in April on Reelz.

Forever remembered for that little twitch of her nose, Elizabeth Montgomery warmed our hearts as Samantha Stephens for eight seasons on ABC’s Bewitched (1964-72), always proving that suburban life was less than typical for a witch and her mortal husband, Darrin (Dick York and, later, Dick Sargent).

Courtesy Everett Collection

Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York and Agnes Moorehea

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