Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery (1933 - 1995)

Born 15 Apr 1933 in Los Angeles, California, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Byron Elsworth (Barr) Young — married 28 Dec 1956 (to 1963) in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States

Wife of William Milton Asher — married 26 Oct 1963 (to about Nov 1973) in Juárez, Nuevo León, Mexico

Died 18 May 1995 at age 62 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Montgomery is Notable.

Actress most remembered for her role as Samantha Stephens on the television show Bewitched! that ran from 1964 to 1972. She received numerous Emmy Award nominations and Golden Globe nominations, but never won.

Elizabeth was born 15 April 1933 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actor-producer Robert Montgomery and Broadway actress Elizabeth Allen.^[1]

Elizabeth was married to Frederick Gallatin Cammann 27 March 1954 at St. James Church in New York City:^[2]

"Actress Daughter of Montgomery Weds Cammann. New York, March 28 (AP)--Elizabeth Montgomery, actress daughter of actor-producer Robert Montgomery, and Frederic Gallatin Cammann, a casting director, were married yesterday. The elaborate ceremony took place at St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, with the rector, the Rev. Dr. Arthur Lee Kinsolving, officiating. The bride made her debut at the debutante cotillion and Christmas ball in 1951. Her father, longtime film and television star, is executive producer for television for the National Broadcasting Co. and president of Neptune Productions. Cammann, son of Mrs. H. Thomas Richardson, of New York and the late Frederic Almy Cammann, is a descendant of Albert Gallatin, fourth secretary of the treasury."

Elizabeth and Frederick were divorced in 1955. “Actress Elizabeth Montgomery was back at work today after winning a Nevada divorce from New York TV producer Frederic Gallatin Cammann. Miss Montgomery charged cruelty in her divorce action yesterday at Las Vegas. The couple were married in March 1954 when Cammann was working on the Robert Montgomery Presents TV show.”^[3]

She married the actor Gig Young 28 December 1956 in Las Vegas, Nevada:^[4][5]

"Robert Montgomery's Daughter Marries Again. Las Vegas (AP)--Actress Elizabeth Montgomery, only daughter of actor Robert Montgomery, and Byron Barr, known in films as Gig Young, were honeymooning today after their marriage Saturday night. The ceremony was in the First Presbyterian Church. The couple is spending a few days at Palm Springs, before the actor returns to Hollywood to start work in a new picture. It was the second marriage for Miss Montgomery, 25, who divorced Gallatin Cammann, New York casting director, last year. Barr's previous wife, Sophie Rosenstein, his drama tutor, died in 1952. He is 38." They were divorced in 1963.

She married William Asher, a television director and producer, 26 October 1963 in Juarez, Mexico. The marriage was not made public until January 1964. "Elizabeth Montgomery, Director Asher Married."^[6]

"Actress Elizabeth Montgomery told friends in Hollywood that she and director William Asher have been married since last October 26. Miss Montgomery, daughter of actor-producer Robert Montgomery, said the wedding took place in Juarez, Mexico. She said they expect a child next summer. "There were personal reasons why we didn't want to make the marriage announcement before," she said. Miss Montgomery, 31, formerly was married to New York Casting director Gallatin Gamman and actor Gig Young. "

They were the parents of three children, and divorced in November 1973.^{[7] [8]}

Wife of Robert Foxworth (1993-1995)

Elizabeth Montgomery died 18 May 1995 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 62 after battling cancer.^{[9] [10][11]}

Obituary

Elizabeth Montgomery, 62

ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY, STAR OF TV'S 'BEWITCHED'^[12]

Press of Atlantic City, The (NJ) - Friday, May 19, 1995

Elizabeth Montgomery, the suburban sorceress who cast spells with a twitch of her nose on TV's "Bewitched," died Thursday of cancer.

Montgomery died at home about a month after surgery to remove a tumor. Reference books and news clippings put her age at 62, but her family said she was 57. Her family did not disclose the type of cancer.

"Bewitched," a comedy that ran on ABC from 1964 to 1972, was one of the network's biggest hits and Montgomery's only TV series.

She starred as Samantha, a witch who tries to avoid using her powers to please her often exasperated mortal husband, an ad executive.

After "Bewitched," Montgomery focused on TV movies, including "Deadline for Murder," broadcast on CBS just last week. It was her second TV film based on the career of reporter Edna Buchanan.

The daughter of Hollywood star Robert Montgomery also appeared in a few films in the 1950s and '60s, including "The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell." But television was her medium of choice. "I guess you'd say I'm a TV baby," she once said.

She made her TV debut in her father's playhouse series, "Robert Montgomery Presents," in the 1950s and appeared in more than 200 live television programs over the next decade.

She worked with husband Robert Foxworth in TV movies ("Mrs. Sundance," 1974, "Face to Face," 1990) and in a 1989 New York production of the play "Love Letters."

Montgomery's mother, Elizabeth Allen Montgomery, also was an actress.

Among Montgomery's previous husbands were actor Gig Young and "Bewitched" producer William Asher; she and Asher had three children.

Sources

1. ↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2Q3-5PM : 27 November 2014), Elizabeth Montgomery, 15 Apr 1933; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
2. ↑ Roanoke Times Monday, Mar 29, 1954 Roanoke, VA Page: 1.
3. ↑ August 11, 1955 the New York Daily News.
4. ↑ "Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVLB-JGP : 21 July 2021), Elizabeth Montgomery and Byron E Barr, .
5. ↑ Nome nugget Monday, Dec 31, 1956 Nome, AK Vol: 58, Issue: 155, Page: 5.
6. ↑ Times-Picayune Saturday, Jan 11, 1964. New Orleans, LA. Page: 31.
7. ↑ "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPY8-GD7 : 15 May 2014), Elizabet Montgomery and William M Asher, Nov 1973; from "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Los Angeles City, California, Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
8. ↑ A look at Elizabeth Montgomery's marriage to William Asher, their family and their professional collaboration. October 26, 1963 - 1973.
9. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGB7-284 : 26 November 2014), Elizabeth A Montgomery, 18 May 1995; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
10. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKGJ-FPX : 7 January 2021), Elizabeth Asher, 18 May 1995; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
11. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial for Elizabeth Montgomery.
12. ↑ Press of Atlantic City, The (New Jersey) 19 May 1995, obit for ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY, STAR OF TV'S 'BEWITCHED', GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/0FB53A4F55ECCBAF-0FB53A4F55ECCBAF : accessed 6 September 2021)

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• Category: Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California has a cenotaph. She was cremated, but ashes were not interred there.