30 Facts About Elizabeth Montgomery

Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery was an American actress whose career spanned five decades in film, stage, and television.

Elizabeth Montgomery portrayed the good witch Samantha Stephens on the popular television series Bewitched.

Elizabeth Montgomery's mother was a native of Kentucky and her father was a native of New York.

Elizabeth Montgomery had an elder sister who was born in 1931 and died in infancy, Martha Bryan Montgomery and a younger brother, Robert B Montgomery Jr.

Elizabeth Montgomery's great-grandfather, Archibald Montgomery, was born in Belfast and he emigrated to the United States in 1849.

Elizabeth Montgomery portrayed Borden in the television film The Legend of Lizzie Borden, unaware that Borden was her distant cousin.

Elizabeth Montgomery studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan for three years.

Elizabeth Montgomery made her television debut in her father's series Robert Elizabeth Montgomery Presents and on later occasions, she appeared as a member of his "summer stock" company of performers.

In October 1953, Elizabeth Montgomery made her Broadway debut, starring in Late Love, for which she won a Theater World Award for her performance.

Elizabeth Montgomery then made her film debut in Otto Preminger's The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell.

Elizabeth Montgomery returned to Broadway in 1956, appearing in The Loud Red Patrick.

Elizabeth Montgomery was nominated at the 13th Primetime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of southern nightclub performer Rusty Heller in a 1960 episode of The Untouchables, playing opposite David White, who later portrayed Larry Tate on Bewitched.

Elizabeth Montgomery played the part of Rose Cornelius in the Rawhide episode "Incident at El Crucero".

The series aired for eight seasons, from 1964 to 1972, and Elizabeth Montgomery received five Emmy and four Golden Globe nominations for her role on Bewitched.

Elizabeth Montgomery returned to Samantha-like twitching of her nose and on-screen magic in a series of Japanese television commercials for "Mother" chocolate biscuits and cookies which were produced by the confectionery conglomerate Lotte Corp.

Elizabeth Montgomery later played a pioneer woman facing hardship in 1820s Ohio in the miniseries The Awakening Land, for which she earned her ninth Emmy nomination.

In 1989, Elizabeth Montgomery returned to Broadway one last time in a production of Love Letters, opposite Robert Foxworth.

Elizabeth Montgomery played one of her last roles in an episode of Batman: The Animated Series entitled "Showdown", in which she played a barmaid; this was her final work to be screened, since the episode aired posthumously.

In 1954, Elizabeth Montgomery married New York City socialite Frederick Gallatin Cammann; the couple divorced less than a year later.

Elizabeth Montgomery was married to Academy Award winning actor Gig Young from 1956 to 1963 and to director-producer William Asher from 1963 until their divorce in 1973.

Godunov was found dead on May 18,1995, the day Elizabeth Montgomery died, but it is believed that he died several days before Elizabeth Montgomery died.

Elizabeth Montgomery was personally devoted to liberal political causes, and she lent her name, along with a large amount of her time, money, and energy, to a wide variety of charitable and political causes.

Elizabeth Montgomery was a champion of women's rights, AIDS activism, and gay rights.

Elizabeth Montgomery was an ardent critic of the Vietnam War, and in later years, she was an active advocate for AIDS research and outreach to the disabled community.

In 1994, Elizabeth Montgomery produced several radio and television public-service announcements for Learning Ally's Los Angeles unit.

For several months before her death, Elizabeth Montgomery had struggled with cancer.

Elizabeth Montgomery had ignored the influenza-like symptoms during the filming of Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan, which she finished filming in late March 1995.

At 8:22 am Pacific time on the morning of May 18,1995, Elizabeth Montgomery died in her sleep at home, eight weeks after her diagnosis and 33 days after her birthday; she was 62 years old.

Elizabeth Montgomery's body was cremated at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

Elizabeth Montgomery kept her parents' home in Patterson, Putnam County, New York.