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Elizabeth Montgomery Biography

Birth Name:Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery

Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession Actress, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Championed women's rights and gay rights throughout her life, and served as a Grand Marshal at the 1992 Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade
  • Volunteered for the L․A․ Unit of Learning Ally, an organization that records educational books for the disabled, producing radio and television public service announcements for the organization and recording a 1952 edition of "When We Were Young․"
  • Went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts for three years
  • The role that brought her to fame, Samantha on "Bewitched," was quite different than her other work, as it gave her an opportunity to play a lovable witch in a domestic situation comedy
  • Most of her roles were dramatic and full of tension, and often had her playing women who had been abused or taken advantage of
  • The director of "Bewitched" incorporated her natural nervous tick into the series as the sign that her character was about to perform witchcraft
  • A bronze statue of her as a witch riding a broomstick sits in downtown Salem, Mass․, the location of the 17th century with trials

Awards

  • 1961Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: nominated
  • 1965Golden Globe-Best TV Star - Female: nominated
  • 1966Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 1967Golden Globe-Best TV Star - Female: nominated
  • 1967Gold Medal-Favorite TV Program: nominated
  • 1967Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 1968Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 1969Golden Globe-Best TV Star - Female: nominated
  • 1969Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 1970Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: nominated
  • 1971Golden Globe-Best TV Actress - Comedy or Musical: nominated
  • 1973TP de Oro-Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera): nominated
  • 1974Primetime Emmy-Best Lead Actress in a Drama: nominated
  • 1975Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy: nominated
  • 1978Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series: nominated
  • 2003TV Land Award-Favorite Dual-Role Character: nominated
  • 2004TV Land Award-Superlatively Supernatural: winner
  • 2022OFTA TV Hall of Fame-Character: winner