Elizabeth Montgomery was born into show business. Her parents were screen actor 'Robert Montgomery which won an Academy Award in 1993. Reference works showed her as 62 when she died though the family said she was 57. The family did not disclose the type of cancer which caused her death.
She and Robert Foxworth moved in together in 1973, but waited almost twenty years before finally getting married.
Children with William Asher : William Asher Jr. (b. July 24, 1964), Robert Asher (b. October 5, 1965) and Rebecca Asher (Rebecca Elizabeth Asher).
She died 8 weeks after being diagnosed with colon cancer and was cremated.
Daughter of Elizabeth Allen and Robert Montgomery.
She was a sister of Robert Montgomery Jr.. She also had an older sister, Martha Bryan, , but she died of spinal meningitis at the age of 14 months, before Elizabeth was born.
She lost out on the part of Edie Doyle in On the Waterfront to Eva Marie Saint. Director Elia Kazan , in his autobiography "A Life," says that the choice of an actress to play the part was narrowed down to Montgomery and Saint. Although Montgomery was fine in her screen test, there was an air of finishing school about her. Kazan thought this genteel quality would not be becoming for Edie, who was raised on the waterfront in Hoboken, NJ. Despite qualms about 30-year old Saint playing a teen, she was cast in the part and won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 422-423. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
She died on the same day as her Johnny Cool co-star Elisha Cook Jr..
Ranked #52 in FHMs "100 Sexiest Women".
Appeared on "The Flintstones" episode, "The Flintstones" {Samantha (#6.6)} , providing the voice of a cartoon version of her famous "Bewitched" character, "Samantha Stevens".
Montgomery spent weekends and summers at the family farm in upstate Patterson, New York. Often referenced in episodes of "Bewitched" as "Patterson Garage" or "Cushman Cosmetics", Cushman Road is the rural, dirt road on which the several hundred acre Montgomery estate is located.
A 9 foot bronze statue of Elizabeth as Samantha Stephens riding sidesaddle on her broomstick now resides in a downtown park in Salem, Massachusetts, home to the infamous witch trials of the 17th century.
Best remembered by the public for her starring role as Samantha in "Bewitched" . When they were trying to figure out a trademark for the character Samantha, the director William Asher noticed that when she got nervous, she twitched her upper lip, which caused her nose to follow and thus gave the impression she was twitching her nose. Thus, they used that.
Received a posthumous star on Hollywoods Walk of Fame on January 4, 2008.
Was a grand marshal with former TV husband Dick Sargent at the 1992 Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade. Elizabeth was a supporter of gay rights and also womens rights throughout her life.
She fell in love with director Richard Michaels during filming of the eighth season of "Bewitched" , and moved in with him when the season was complete. This broke up both their marriages and ended the possibility of a ninth season. The relationship lasted two and a half years.
Turned down the role of "Krystle Carrington" on "Dynasty" .
Elizabeth Montgomery and Lizzie Borden were sixth cousins once removed, both descending from 17th-century Massachusetts resident John Luther. Rhonda McClure, the genealogist who documented the Montgomery-Borden connection, said, "I wonder how Elizabeth would have felt if she knew she was playing her own cousin.".
Older sister of Robert Montgomery Jr..
Stepmother of Bo Foxworth.
In a parody of her "Samantha Stephens" role, she made a cameo appearance as a witch at the end of the beach party film, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini , directed by her then-husband, William Asher.
She was two months pregnant with her first child, son William Asher Jr. , when she filmed the pilot episode of "Bewitched" {I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha } . She returned to work two months after giving birth to resume filming the 1st season. The same situation was when she was eight months pregnant with her second child, son Robert Asher - she took maternity leave from filming the 2nd season and returned to work two months after giving birth. Then, when she was 7 months pregnant with her third child, daughter Rebecca Asher , she took maternity leave from filming the 6th season of "Bewitched" . Returned to work one month after giving birth.
She was a staunch liberal Democrat and feminist who was an activist for LGBT rights.
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 31, a son, William Asher Jr., on July 24, 1964 and to her 2nd Child at age 32, a son, Robert Asher, on October 5, 1965. Then, on June 17, 1969 at age 36 gave birth to her 3rd child, a daughter, Rebecca Asher. Childrens father is her 3rd husband, William Asher Sr.
Is only 4 days older than Jayne Mansfield. Montgomery was born April 15, 1933, and Mansfield was born April 19, 1933.
Was the only cast member to appear in all 254 episodes of "Bewitched" .
Several obituaries listed her as single and age 57 when she was actually married to Robert Foxworth and age 62. Her death certificate listed her name as Elizabeth A. Montgomery though her middle name was Victoria.
She was known to be a very private person.
Friends with primarily everybody on the Screen Gems lot: Shirley Jones , Dave Madden , Dick York , Dick Sargent , Sally Field , Don Porter , Agnes Moorehead , Maurice Evans , David White , William Asher , Kasey Rogers , Shirley Booth , Alice Pearce , Jonathan Harris , Marion Lorne , Harry Ackerman , Bernard Fox , Mabel Albertson , Alice Ghostley , Paul Lynde , Richard Michaels , Bernie Kopell and Sandra Gould.
When her "Bewitched" co-star, Dick York , had serious health problems, between the third and fifth seasons, she and co-star, Erin Murphy became more concerned about him, who left the show, after the fifth season.
Acting mentor and friend of Erin Murphy.
Her ex- "Bewitched" co-star, Erin Murphy , is 1 month older than one of Montgomerys children, in real-life, whose name is: William Asher Jr.
[About 1960] Appeared on the cover of the LP "Invitation to Modern Jazz, Volume 1" from Prestige Records (Japan), catalog number SMJ-7235.
I was never bored on the set, not one minute for 8 years was I bored.
