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My Take
Elizabeth Montgomery achieved something genuinely rare: a single twitch of the nose became permanent global shorthand for an entire show. What I admire most, though, is how hard she worked to escape Samantha afterward, taking on dark, demanding television films that proved the sitcom charm was a choice, not a ceiling. Five Emmy nominations for Bewitched suggest the industry always knew she was doing more than light comedy. Born in Hollywood to a performing family, she could have coasted; instead she kept testing herself across five decades. Her death in 1995 at sixty-two still reads like an unfinished sentence.
Overview
Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery (April 15, 1933 – May 18, 1995) was an American actress whose career spanned five decades in film, stage and television. She portrayed the good witch Samantha Stephens on the popular television series Bewitched, which earned her five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Elizabeth Montgomery
- Name (Japanese)
- エリザベス・モンゴメリー
- Reading
- えりざべす・もんごめりー
- Born
- April 15, 1933 – May 18, 1995
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rooster
- Origin
- Hollywood, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1954 Theatre World Award
- 1995 Lucy Award
- 2008 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Bewitched | — |
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.