Biography
At the time of its premiere in 1964 and through most of its nine-season run, "Bewitched" was ABC's top program. Montgomery portrayed Samantha Stevens, a seemingly calm, satisfied, middle-class suburban housewife who was really a witch. While she never used her powers to financially benefit her painfully-mortal husband Darren, Samantha would employ them to get him out of scrapes often caused by her meddling family of witches and …
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Career Milestones
1951 | TV debut opposite her father in a segment of "Robert Montgomery Presents" |
1953 | Broadway acting debut, "Late Love" |
1955 | Feature debut, "The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell" |
1958 | Appeared in the special, "Harvey" |
1961 | Starred in the TV special, "The Spiral Staircase" |
1963 | Last on-screen appearance in a feature, "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?" |
1964 | Cast as Samantha Stevens in the still popular "Bewitched" |
1972 | TV-movie debut, "The Victim" |
1978 | First performance in a miniseries, "The Awakening Land" |
1992 | Final feature credit, narrated the docudrama "The Panama Deception" |
1995 | Final TV-movie, "Deadline For Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan" |
Awards
1961 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By an Actress In a in The Untouchables |
1964 | Golden Globe Award for Actress in a Television Series in Bewitched |
1966 | Golden Globe Award for Actress in a Television Series in Bewitched |
1966 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress In a in Bewitched |
1967 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress In a in Bewitched |
1968 | Golden Globe Award for Actress in a Television Series in Bewitched |
1968 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress In a in Bewitched |
1969 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress in Bewitched |
1970 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Bewitched |
1970 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress In in Bewitched |
1975 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In a Special Program - in The Legend of Lizzie Borden |
1978 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In a Limited Series in The Awakening Land |