{"id":8970,"date":"2025-03-20T19:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=8970"},"modified":"2025-03-20T19:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:05:05","slug":"elizabeth-montgomerys-sud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=8970","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Montgomery\u2019s sudden death shocked us all"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/05210308\/elizabeth-montgomery.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/05210308\/elizabeth-montgomery.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/05210308\/elizabeth-montgomery-768x432.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Elizabeth Montgomery. 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Credit \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>When you hear the name Elizabeth Montgomery, it\u2019s impossible not to hear the little twinkle that accompanied her character\u2019s nose twitch on\u00a0<em>Bewitched<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"nzhim69f5b712e63bd\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.nzhim69f5b712e63bd {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.nzhim69f5b712e63bd {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media 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She was a natural beauty, and I loved watching her in\u00a0<em>Bewitched<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>So what happened to Elizabeth Montgomery after her run as Samantha Stephens in the popular 1960s sitcom?<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the talented actress would have celebrated her 91st birthday, but let\u2019s take a look back at her career in film and television before her untimely death in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Montgomery was born in Los Angeles on April 15, 1933 to a Broadway actress and film star, so acting was in her blood since birth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad tells me I often climbed on his lap after dinner and remarked, \u2018I\u2019m going to be an actress when I grow up.\u2019 I don\u2019t know whether he encouraged me or not, but he told me he would humor me and would tell me to wait and see what happened when I grew up,\u201d Elizabeth said in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.closerweekly.com\/posts\/heres-what-happened-to-bewitched-star-elizabeth-montgomery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">1954 interview<\/a>\u00a0with the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<p>Her father, Robert Montgomery, was a very popular and acclaimed actor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI\u2019ll be real honest and say that Daddy did help me get a break in TV and I\u2019m really grateful for his assistance and guidance. He\u2019s my most severe critic, but also a true friend as well as loving father.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-120460\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/05190641\/4552232763_f882220cfd_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"574\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/84369496@N00\/4552232763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flickr<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elizabeth attended school in California before moving to New York City, where she attended the Spence School. After graduating, she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts for three years.<\/p>\n<p>When she was still a teenager, she made her television debut on her father\u2019s show,\u00a0<em>Robert Montgomery Presents<\/em>. She continued to make several appearances on his show.<\/p>\n<p>By 1953, Elizabeth had made her Broadway debut starring in\u00a0<em>Late Love<\/em>. Two years later in 1955 she appeared in her first film,\u00a0<em>The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell<\/em>, and then two years later she returned to Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>As her career continued to advance, Elizabeth found love, but it never lasted long.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76628\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/05210310\/Cast_of_Robert_Montgomery_Presents-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/05210310\/Cast_of_Robert_Montgomery_Presents-1.jpg 859w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/05210310\/Cast_of_Robert_Montgomery_Presents-1-768x578.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"859\" height=\"647\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wikipedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1954 she married Frederick Gallatin Cammann, but the couple divorced a year later. She married Gig Young, an award-winning actor, in 1956, and the two stayed married until they divorced in 1963.<\/p>\n<p>While filming Johnny Cool,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.closerweekly.com\/posts\/bewitched-star-elizabeth-montgomery-meet-her-four-husbands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Elizabeth met William Asher<\/a>, a director and TV producer. Not only would he prove to be beneficial to her career, but the two also hit it off romantically.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-space\" data-google-query-id=\"CIuCncesmYwDFXIQogMd2YU2EQ\">\n<p>They married in 1963 and had three children together.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-starring-in-bewitched\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Starring in Bewitched<\/h2>\n<p>While Elizabeth Montgomery did star in shows such as\u00a0<em>Alfred Hitchcock Presents<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Loretta Young Show<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Untouchables<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>The Twilight Zone<\/em>, perhaps her most well-known role was as the nose-twitching witch\u00a0Samantha Stephens on\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/celebrity\/tabitha-erin-murphy-bewitched-grown-up\/\">Bewitched<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76630\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/05210309\/bewitched.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"719\" height=\"925\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The supernatural comedy, which aired for eight seasons from 1964 to 1972, propelled Elizabeth into the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly she became a household name and everyone was trying to replicate Samantha\u2019s famous nose twitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI\u2019d never thought much about a series because I liked the idea of picking a script I liked with a character I thought I could sustain for an hour. In a series, you live with one character day in and day out \u2013\u00a0and you only hope it will be one that will not drive you crazy,\u201d Elizabeth told AP in 1965.<\/p>\n<p>She earned five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations during her spell on the show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-120463\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/05190640\/16376534536_8a6a5f7390_k.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1524px) 100vw, 1524px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/05190640\/16376534536_8a6a5f7390_k.jpg 1524w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/05190640\/16376534536_8a6a5f7390_k-768x1032.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/05190640\/16376534536_8a6a5f7390_k-1143x1536.jpg 1143w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1524\" height=\"2048\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/91591049@N00\/16376534536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flickr<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following\u00a0<em>Bewitched<\/em>\u2018s run and the end of her marriage with Asher, Elizabeth went on to star in many made-for-television movies, many which were in stark contrast to her previous role on\u00a0<em>Bewitched<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>She starred in\u00a0<em>Mrs. Sundance<\/em>\u00a0(1973),\u00a0<em>A Case of Rape<\/em>\u00a0(1974),\u00a0<em>The Legend of Lizzie Borden<\/em>\u00a0(1975),\u00a0<em>Black Widow Murders<\/em>\u00a0(1993),\u00a0<em>The Corpse Had a Familiar Face<\/em>\u00a0(1994), and\u00a0<em>Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan<\/em>\u00a0(1995).<\/p>\n<p>It was during the filming of\u00a0<em>Mrs. Sundance<\/em>\u00a0that she met Robert Foxworth. The two remained together until Elizabeth\u2019s death in 1995, though they didn\u2019t get married until 1993.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore Jane Seymour, before Lindsay Wagner and before Valerie Bertinelli, Elizabeth was the first Queen of the TV movies; she went from queen of the witches to queen of the TV movie and it was no longer a struggle to break away from\u00a0<em>Bewitched<\/em>,\u201d Herbie J Pilato, author of two books on Elizabeth Montgomery,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.closerweekly.com\/posts\/heres-what-happened-to-bewitched-star-elizabeth-montgomery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76631\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/05210309\/lizzie-borden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"731\" height=\"927\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, her career was cut short when on May 18, 1995 after a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/obituaries\/archives\/la-me-elizabeth-montgomery-19950519-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">long battle with colon cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Los Angeles Times, her family reported she was 57 when she died, though many places listed her birth year as 1933, making her 62 at the time of her death.<\/p>\n<p>The actress had battled the disease for years and had believed she was cancer-free, but while filming\u00a0<em>Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan,<\/em>\u00a0she became ill.<\/p>\n<p>By the time she was able to get checked out in March 1995, it was too late. The cancer had spread to her liver.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-120464\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/05190640\/GettyImages-154046384.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/05190640\/GettyImages-154046384.jpg 819w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/03\/05190640\/GettyImages-154046384-768x960.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">American actress Elizabeth Montgomery (1933 \u2013 1995), circa 1965. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elizabeth died in her sleep at her home in Beverly Hills with her husband and three children by her side. One month after her passing, a memorial was held at the Canon Theatre in Beverly Hills.\u00a0Famous jazz musician Herbie Hancock played music\u00a0and the author Dominick Dunne, Elizabeth\u2019s lifelong friend, spoke about their early years of friendship when they lived in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Bewitched<\/em>\u00a0star had her body cremated at\u00a0Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>On playing a variety of characters throughout her career, Elizabeth said in a 1992 interview:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey all have different kinds of \u2018feels\u2019 to them and that\u2019s probably one of the reasons why I\u2019ve done them. I get letters from people saying one of the things they like best about what I\u2019ve done since \u2018Bewitched\u2019 is that they never know what I\u2019m going to do next.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-155732\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/01\/26065844\/meth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"540\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Looking back at photos from her time on the Bewitched, we are instantly transported to a simpler, more innocent era.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth\u2019s playful charm and iconic nose twitch remind us of a time when magic was just a flick away. With each smile, Elizabeth brought warmth and joy to countless families, and her legacy continues to shine brightly today, reminding us of television\u2019s golden age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElizabeth was the least arrogant star I\u2019ve ever met,\u201d Herbie J Pilato, author of Twitch Upon a Star and executive producer of the documentary Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life, told Closer in April 2023. \u201cShe channeled that down-to-earthiness into Samantha, and we all loved her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Montgomery. Credit \/ Getty Images When you hear the name Elizabeth Montgomery, it\u2019s impossible not to hear the little twinkle that accompanied her character\u2019s nose twitch on\u00a0Bewitched. The stunning actress became a household name and global phenomenon in the 1960s \u2013 but sadly, she died unexpectedly in 1995. 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