Elizabeth Montgomery

Elizabeth Montgomery was an American actress whose film, stage, and television career spanned five decades. The daughter of actor Robert Montgomery, she began on his series Robert Montgomery Presents and won a Theater World Award for her Broadway debut in Late Love. She made her film debut in The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955), followed by Johnny Cool (1963) and Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963). Montgomery became best known as Samantha Stephens, the good witch on Bewitched, which aired from 1964 to 1972 and earned her five Emmy and four Golden Globe nominations. After it ended, she pursued dramatic roles, receiving Emmy nominations for A Case of Rape (1974) and The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975), and later appearing in A Killing Affair (1977) and the miniseries The Awakening Land (1978). She returned to Broadway in Love Letters in 1989.