What caused the death of actress Elizabeth Montgomery?
Elizabeth Montgomery This story was put together with the help of my very good friend, and Findadeath buddy, Steve Smith. Thanks so much, Steve. She liked to be called “Lizzie,” and she lied about her age. She always claimed to be five years younger than she was. In fact, her brother would often tease her, because at some point, the older/younger sibling thing got switched. For the record, she was born in 1933. According to her death certificate, she had colon cancer for years. How this figures in to this story is a mystery, because by all accounts, it sounds like she had just found out. Out of the blue. Lizzie was most famous as “Samantha” in the long running television show Bewitched. My favorite episodes were when she played cousin “Serena.” After the series went off the air, she concentrated on television films, racking up a respectable number of them, including my favorite, The Legend of Lizzie Borden. (I don’t know why I tell you my favorites. Like you care.) In March of 1995, sh
Elizabeth Montgomery was born into show business. Her parents were screen actor Robert Montgomery and Broadway actress Elizabeth Bryan Allen. Elizabeth graduated from the Spence School in New York City and attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. After three years intensive training, she made her TV debut in her father’s 1950s playhouse series “Robert Montgomery Presents” (1950) and appeared in more than 200 live programs over the next decade. She once remarked “I guess you could say I’m a TV baby”. Notable early film roles included The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) and Johnny Cool (1963). She is best remembered, however, for her leading role as the witch Samantha in the top-rated ABC sitcom “Bewitched” (1964). Her family – mother Endora (Agnes Moorehead), look-alike cousin (Montgomery) and advertising executive husband Darrin (first Dick York then Dick Sargent) – tried to suppress her supernatural skills but often turned to her tricks to solve problems. The signal o
