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she was lovely sweet and just a wonderful actress do you try to punish me or thank me friends she was so elegant and such a smart and strong woman she was the daughter of a famous movie star and a woman decided to carve out her own identity as the veteran of over 200 roles on stage, film and television, Elizabeth Montgomery proved to be more than just a pretty face, but it was as a twitching-nosed witch who would find her biggest audience her greatest recognition I am a cunning and clever and witty witch she was utterly charming she was the height of the Great Depression but in Hollywood California it was the Golden Age of cinema where movie stars and studio moguls lived like royalty it was here on April 15, 1933 the popular leading man Robert Montgomery and his Elizabeth, his wife, proudly announced the birth of a daughter they named Elizabeth Victoria.

Elizabeth's father, Robert Montgomery, had been a big star in Louis's glory days as mayor and was a very handsome man, a wonderful actor, both as a sophisticated comedian and in big dramatic roles, although the MGM contract player worked Six days a week on Sundays, he enjoyed his role as Elizabeth's father, mother, was a stage actress who had given up her career when she married, and although all the family's needs were met by a staff of domestic help , The Mrs. Montgomery was devoted to Elizabeth and her younger brother, Robert Jr. and the family's elegant bel-air home was an ideal site for the extravagant birthday parties little Elizabeth enjoyed each year formal events often presided over by her own father he was a very classic traditional man who had very strong values ​​and had a very politically minded and he was the type of person who would have called goodbye even to his friends with the last name mr. so-and-so this kind of world she lived in didn't contribute to a normal childhood, she was expected to dress properly and have good manners and behave a certain way and I think she took it as an act because it didn't reflect a lot of her own Deep Feelings, So in a Sense Always an Actress In 1939, Elizabeth was enrolled in the prestigious Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles.

It was there that the headstrong six-year-old first appeared on stage playing a wolf and a French-language production of Little Red Riding Hood to a delighted audience that same year. Elizabeth's parents went to London, where her father was going to make a film. Elizabeth and her brother were left in the care of her grandmother Rebecca, who brought a sense of adventure. to her granddaughters conservative upbringing her grandmother was the one who introduced her to horse racing when she was a child my mother came into her room and said no you don't go to school you go to the track with me to learn much more about math at the track what you'll never learn in that class long since converted but Elizabeth's carefree childhood would soon come to an end December 7, 1941 Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor forcing the United States to declare war Robert Montgomery enlisted immediately into the Navy, where she joined other leading men in the military, such as Jimmy Stewart and Clark Gable, over the next four years as Elizabeth matured into an independent, athletic teenager who constantly feared for the safety of her family. his father and only saw him on infrequent leave in 1945.

World War II ended and Lieutenant Commander Robert Montgomery returned home as a hero. Elizabeth was delighted to have her adoring father at last, but when the 40-year-old movie star returned to work, she discovered that the lead roles went to younger actors and after five years. frustrating years, she informed her shocked family that they were leaving Hollywood for a fresh start in New York City for 17-year-old Elizabeth. the move to manhattan was exciting, she reveled in the freedom of new york city and with her beauty, her infectious sense of humor and her status as the daughter of a hollywood star, she quickly became the center of attention of a crowd sophisticated line of creative young people. she was such a pretty woman, so intelligent and strong and usually the life of the party, the life of the table, the move to New York proved successful for her father as well, who focused his considerable talents and energy on the booming television industry almost overnight. became one of the leading impresarios for mediums producing, directing, and sometimes acting in a weekly show called Robert Montgomery Presents Thank You Tom and Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen welcome once again to Johnson's Wax, but fair when Elizabeth had begun to adjust to what seemed like an idyllic life. her father surprised everyone when he fell in love with oil heiress Buffy Harkness in 1950.

Elizabeth's parents divorced and just days after Robert remarried, the divorce devastated her, she had adored her father and, As it happens, I think in many cases she was completely devastated by it, but she put on a face to cover her disappointment and disappointment. behavior the teenager was not prepared for the media scrutiny of her family's travails angry and humiliated Elizabeth became distrustful of the press the young woman gradually accepted her father's failings and, despite her fears for life in the face of the public eye, he announced his intention to become an actress, but Robert Montgomery was less than encouraging.

My mom wanted to continue. She wasn't really following in her father's footsteps, but she knew that was what she wanted to do. She wanted to entertain. I remember that she said that her father warned her that this business was very difficult. in your self esteem you are selling yourself and it is very hard for people's egos and self esteem to be rejected and it is a hard bu Siness Immediately after graduating from high school, Elizabeth enrolled in the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts. , whose recent graduates included rising stars such as Grace Kelly and Anne Bancroft, the aspiring actress worked diligently to learn her craft and in 1951 auditioned for and won an acting role. guest star on her father's program, cigarettes seem essential to me to calm the nerves or when the nerves are calm, right? she was going to make it even though she had all the privileges of having a father with a show who could put her on and introduce her to people she always had real talent and had a real drive to succeed ladies and gentlemen I want to tell you both and I'm sure who will join me how much we enjoyed their performances Robert Montgomery was so impressed with his daughter's performance that she was soon in the regular cast, she and her father were so close they adored each other.

I think he loved having her as an actress and that she was so good. I mean, she was a full-blooded Elizabeth, but for 19-year-old Elizabeth, success was bittersweet, she'd proven she could act, but would she ever be known as anything other than her father's daughter for the next three years? shows like Kraft Theater and Studio One, where she played an ambitious young fashion editor in an episode titled The drop of a hat. The New York critics took notice and in 1954 Elizabeth was honored to receive the World Theater Award as one of the world's most promising personalities. year along with rising stars like James Dean and Eva Marie Saint, but the young actress still struggled to develop her own identity many times when outside people would meet her or find her with her father if she was the daughter of Robert Montgomery and boy if she wanted to let it go that I was someone who felt very strongly about who she was but at 21 years old Elizabeth was preoccupied with more.

In addition to her professional life, the actress had fallen in love with a Harvard-educated stage manager whom she had known as a guest star on her father's show after a brief but romantic engagement on March 27, 1954. Elizabeth married Frederick Hammond in a grand Society wedding and the A couple settled in a modest apartment in the Upper East Side. We lived in the same building. My wife and I, Elizabeth and Freddie were one floor above us. I've had some of the best laughs of my life with her, but Hollywood was calling Elizabeth had begun to attract the attention of movie producers who urged her to move west when Freddy refused to follow her to Los Angeles.

Forced to choose between her marriage and her career after just over a year the two were amicably divorced in 1955 22-year-old Elizabeth Montgomery made her film debut in the military drama The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell starring Gary Cooper and Rod Steiger don't blame Zack for what you did Zack wouldn't have called his superior officers traitors he didn't disobey orders there's nothing I can do to help you Billy hi the reviews for Elizabeth were excellent the movie made very little impression on him at the box office but the The young actress had made a dramatic impression at the charismatic Hollywood star concert, the couple began dating and before long, fell in love with each other.

Elizabeth decided to make him her next husband, 20 years after her last concert. and crowd-pleasing comedies and just as Elizabeth had predicted on December 28, 1956, the two were married. Robert Montgomery did not attend the wedding, indicating a growing gap in the cl. That relationship between Elizabeth and her famous father Bob Montgomery was not pleased with that relationship he didn't like the concert young in a funny way the concert Young was a younger version of Bob Montgomery could play the same kind of role sophisticated glamorous but she and the concert were very, very happy madly in love Elizabeth put her own career on hold to follow her husband as he divided his time between Broadway and Hollywood, but behind the concert, Young's charm and good looks lie the demons of an alcoholic. abusive despite the couple's fiery arguments.

He often left Elizabeth depressed and terrified. She didn't dare trust herself and even her closest friends. She kept things to herself. in any kind of heartbreak you know she got by trapped in a troubled marriage

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f returned to acting for the next four years she worked steadily as a guest star ng on numerous hit tv shows including The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables on which played a southern hooker starring Robert Stack as Eliot Ness, co-starring Elizabeth Montgomery, tonight's episode, Heller's rusty story that makes no sense. even a puncture proof untouchable funny I appreciate the concern you're just a super Boy Scout isn't what you want to die is it that I'm trying to understand that it's breaking into speakeasies to break little games of crap that are really worth it?

Risking his life for I bet his wife doesn't believe it. The 27-year-old actress received critical acclaim for her gutsy performance and, much to her surprise, she was nominated for an Emmy Award after ten years in the business. Her career was woeful and she for the first time felt that she was making her own mark on Hollywood when she finally broke into her career. I remember that she told me that she liked the winner of the time that she and her father were together and she changed. She was like the father of Hoosier Elisabeth Montgomery, yes, but even rising success couldn't take away the heartbreak of Elizabeth's crumbling marriage to Gig Young.

It was not a pleasant experience for her that there was some domestic violence involved and she had to come out of it luckily she was smart enough and strong enough to do it in the spring of 1963. Elisabeth went to Mexico to quietly end her marriage. six years old, but the 30-year-old actress wouldn't stay single for long. She was about to meet a man. who would change the course of her life and her career. I met Elizabeth when we were casting Johnny cool and she was one of many we saw and when I saw her, it was great that she was casting William Asher was a well-known director of classic feature films and TV shows like I Love Lucy, our Miss Brooks and made room for dad when he offered Elizabeth the lead role in the action-packed gangster flick.

Johnny cool, she was excited to get another chance to make her mark in the movies, what do you know about Johnny cool? Oh, I know a lot about Johnny cool, maybe more than anyone. I know he is a murderer. I've seen him kill but I don't know who turned him into a killing machine and why he kills yet I love him even though I know damn well it's as easy for him to kill me as it is to kiss me Johnny I need you I need you right now but There was more going on on the set than just filming once again, the visible found herself in a behind the scenes romance this time with her 43 year old director, they were great together and had a lot in common, both extremely intelligent people with a great sense of humor Later that same year Elizabeth was cast in the light comedy Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed Is Dean Martin as the celebrated TV doctor with an attitude so close to thebed that her private notebook becomes a built-in magnet for all the lovely sleepless women in the world this is a sculptress that turns any man into an instant pup turned into a spirited performance as a seductive performer determined to bring her reluctant fiancé down the aisle and down the aisle was just where

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was headed for the third time we logged in we just took off we got married in el paso i mean i was crazy about her happiness in her new life elizabeth and william were hoping they could find a project where they could Working together in the summer of 1963, Asher came across a script for a television series called The Witch of Westport, based on the intriguing premise of an unusual mixed marriage.

Asher began to develop the idea of ​​having Elizabeth help him create the main character. The excitement of conceiving the series together increased when Elizabeth found out that she was pregnant and on July 24, 1964 the couple welcomed their first child, a son named William Allen and just two months later, on September 17, ABC aired the pilot episode of Asher's new show, the title was spellbound. Once upon a time there was a typical American girl who bumped into a typical American boy they had a typical wedding they had a typical honeymoon this girl just so happens to be a witch the show featured Elizabeth as a suburban sorceress named Samantha co-starring Agnes Moorehead as Endora, Samantha's nosy mother, an idiot.

You're like Darrin Stephens, her unsuspecting mortal husband. The show was an instant success. The public was fascinated by the UN of the program. That mixture of humor and magic, but most of all they loved Elizabeth Darren. I guess I shouldn't have married you, but I love you very much. I love you too, but I hadn't thought of this. Make you a good wife. hit TV series a happy marriage and a growing family Elizabeth Montgomery had finally emerged from her celebrated father's shadow and it seemed she was putting a spell on just about everyone 1964 The All American families portrayed in shows like Father Knows Best and Leaving It to Beaver were fading from the television landscape instead, fantasy shows like The Addams Family and Munsters offered audiences a twist on haunted lore put their own spin on typical household television with Samantha's brains, beauty and supernatural power , it was clear that it was her and not her husband Darrin who was in control of the bee that became the number two show in the nation at the end of its first season and the twitch of Samantha's nose signifying dissipation on behalf big bass her brand that was an accident it was just a tic when mom and dad were talking and she twitched her nose and my dad said what was that a you just did it with your nose what are you talking about she had no idea she had even done it that was it this is how we're going to make the magic happen as the hit show entered its second year Elizabeth was overjoyed to find out she was expecting another son, but rather than hide her pregnancy from the camera, she and William Asher decided it would be fun to cast him on the show.

In the fall of 1965, the couple welcomed their second child, Robert, and on television, Samantha gave Given birth to a daughter, Tabitha, already known as one of the most creative series on television, the third season of Bewitched brought two major changes, the show was now filmed in color and two-year-old twins Erin and Diane Murphy were cast to play the magical daughter of Samantha and Darrin oh no honey mommy doesn't want you to do that remember Elizabeth was v Very much like a mother to me we spent as much time together on set as off set where I would go to s I went home and played with her children on the weekend and we would go out together to ask for sweets and to the movies. together honestly it was like having another parent it's a great relationship the cast of the ensemble spellbound also included veteran actors David White, Paul Lynde and Sandra Gould as Samantha's neighbor Gladys Kravitz. - what happened to your shoes a cup of sugar rising the moment you think you're funny as a comedian you're not funny you know if you look say look at me I'm being funny forget it she never thought it was funny and it all came out of honesty and every great comedian you will see comes out of honesty.

I think Liz was an amazing comedian. She was one of those people who is an absolutely stunningly beautiful woman, but she wasn't afraid of looking foolish. when the haunted men threaten Elizabeth and William created an alter ego for Samantha, a mischievous and seductive cousin named Serena. The new role gave Elizabeth the opportunity to further her abilities as a comedic actress. I bet it will be more fun than when I joined the Navy, just a few little details, he needed that character to change his mood a bit and give him some breathing space, and I remember him telling me he liked that role. character she really liked that was so much fun for her don't think I'm so bad to watch I'm sick of simmering like a watched pot I want to go out and boil Serena was a bit loose and she was so good in that role that many fans thought that she was a different actress Samantha dear, it was all your mother's idea, although she quickly honed her portrayal of the two divergent characters off-screen, Elizabeth struggled to balance her dual roles as actress and mother and she often found it difficult to get through it all. the time she wanted with her children William Robert and her daughter Rebecca who was born in 1969.

It was hard for us not having so much time working, but the time she spent with us was so much quality time I mean she always came in and we she would kiss us goodnight and tuck us in no matter how late it was on the weekends by the time she would be home it was really nice to spend together She just had this kind of magical personality she was almost childlike and she loved surprises and she loved art and she loved being creative at Christmas and she loved everything she loved coming up with new things Elizabeth also expressed her creativity on set between takes and take could be found drawing in one of her many sketchbooks or perusing the Racing Form after five seasons bewitched was still high in the ratings as one of the best love comedies on television.

Elizabeth Montgomery had gone from being a working TV actress to a TV actress. He is the most recognizable star, but when the lead actor, Dick York, began to complain of severe back pain, his co-workers were alarmed, his suffering became so intense that one day they had to carry him off the set on a stretcher, it was clear that he could no longer continue. working and with York gone, the fate of the series was uncertain, but a major cast change would not be the only upheaval in Elizabeth's life. Darren Stevens, has Spirit VIII, which began its sixth season with a new Darrin to play opposite Samantha. in the role and he and Elizabeth quickly became close friends, but by the early 1970s audiences were beginning to crave more innovative fare and when ABC introduced the show against the groundbreaking sitcom everyone in the family was haunted it went under. in the ratings and after eight years 254 episodes and five Best Actress Emmy nominations Elizabeth Montgomery announced she was ready for a change, we had become a family and we all really liked each other.

Then and we had fun together and she was the reason for it In 1972, 39-year-old Elizabeth Montgomery was pondering her next career move, while William Asher went on to direct more film and television, but after eight years of working side by side in spellbound the new dynamic strained their relationship and elizabeth went to europe for some much needed respite it's all my fault i went to work every morning and she went and finally left i was mad that she left so i I was 1974 Elizabeth and William Asher decided to end their marriage of 11 years because their parents' breakup had been very painful on a personal level.

Elizabeth tried to make her own divorce as painless and private as possible for her family. She would never let people intrude. a look into her personal life and, as she said, she calls herself personal for a reason that she's not ready to go back to work and anxious to leave Samantha behind. Elizabeth accepted hers and a passionate television show. ama titled the case of rape the story concerned a woman who was brutally attacked twice by the same man it was difficult for many things to see Samantha being raped you know she says seeing Samantha being beaten but it was important that Elizabeth distance herself Samantha's The film broke new ground by depicting the ordeal of a middle-class housewife trying to bring a rapist to justice.

The two-hour drama became one of the highest-rated TV movies of all time. Elizabeth's riveting performance earned her a seventh Emmy nomination and the satisfaction of knowing that public awareness of an important issue had been raised that same year, Elizabeth returned to lighter fare and Mrs. Sundance, the television western about the widow of The Sundance Kid, co-starring Robert Foxworth, walked into the room and I was immediately wowed. She completely stole my heart from the moment I laid eyes on her during filming. Romance blossomed between Elizabeth and the 32-year-old. old actor he had been up and down the trail all day nothing helps wash now no wash no dinner at first i thought he was one of the funniest people i have ever met and completely kind and cruel. unaffected and unpretentious and as we hung out and played and dined together I was increasingly seduced and bewitched by this wonderful woman after three divorces Elizabeth was not looking forward to getting married again but she and Robert build a life together in their home of Beverly Hills became dear friends and lovers and you know it was hard to tear them apart after these two people who are so strong so intoxicated and they argued and stayed Yeah they had so much fun getting back together making love being happy and laughing Now happy with her personal life.

Elizabeth took on a role that would forever challenge her past image of her as a good-natured witch. In 1975 she played the infamous hatchet killer and the legend of lizzie borden becomes another powerful performance i could never tolerate small dark places even as a child emma knows she wanted me to have the big bedroom no um oh we know all about you and your way princess lizzie we know how you twist your arms and throw tantrums just to get your way if i wasn't a lady i should twist your arm mrs. Borton immediately. I don't think anything excited her more than the idea that she had accomplished something no one thought she could do and then people starting to really respond to her and respect her as an accomplished actress was probably one. of her great victories in life with a growing reputation as a dramatic actress, Elizabeth, 42, had truly come true, but unfortunately the man who had launched her career more than two decades earlier was not there to share in the triumph of her daughter throughout the years of Elizabeth.

Her relationship with her father had become increasingly strained. They didn't get along very well. I never understood it. I think to some extent he was jealous of her. They had many different political views. My grandfather was on the right. a little more liberal and they just didn't see eye to eye, although Elizabeth and her father rarely spoke to each other, she was deeply saddened when in 1981 Robert Montgomery passed away at the age of 77. hen the United States entered the conservative Reagan era, Elizabeth felt compelled to act on her own political and social conscience. She did a surprising amount of work for different causes, mostly quite anonymous.

Lee, she didn't like to go where all the cameras were and it was the dazzling occasions. In 1991, Elizabeth's haunted co-star, Dick Sargent, publicly acknowledged her homosexuality and he asked her to join him as grand marshal of the Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade. TV movies still beautiful and bouncy at 59, she was still a coveted leading lady, but Elizabeth Montgomery's life was about to take another shocking turn in 1993. Robert Foxworth and Elizabeth Montgomery celebrated their 19th anniversary together. anniversary, but not as husband and wife. wife had asked her to marry me about seven times and she always said no but one day we were sitting at the kitchen table talking and I told her you know this situation would be so much easier if we were married and she she looked at me and said it's not a proposal and i said ok and she said yes on january 28, 1993 the couple secretly got married at berry's house crossed it's typical lizzy it was about her and bob at that moment may even be a publicity stunt about 15 minutes after the ceremony they called and said it was again so childish and sweet shy publicity since her teens Elizabeth gradually began to let her guard down with the press consenting to several interviews and even launching a business with her eldest son billyelizabeth

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secret sauce my mom was a great cook and she made two sauces i'm speechless i'm like licking my lips now just thinking about it and i thought oh my gosh we should market these sauces.

It would be so much fun to do it together. People loved it. It was a fun thing we did together in 1994. Elizabeth played real life Miami crime reporter Edn. A Buchanan in the TV movie The Corpse Had a Familiar Face The 2-hour teledrama was so popular that in 1995 CBS brought Montgomery back for a second Edna Buchanan movie Deadline for Murder I'm going to kill Johnny Scarf but what? what do i know about i know i carry a gun so i would be a fool to take the time to kill two people before i shoot him. I would hit him first, well, in the recreation photo, he gets wet first, but the fact that the scarf had time. firing three shots clearly supports my theory that Orlando was the intended victim, is it logical or am I crazy, oh that's logical and you're crazy, but while filming on location in San Diego Elizabeth mysteriously became ill and was suffering from what appeared to be A hard-to-shake true-to-type flu, he continued to work through the discomfort and obvious symptoms of serious illness when he finished filming.

Elizabeth checked into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and was given the devastating news by doctors that she was diagnosed with inoperable cancer and after several grueling weeks in the hospital she decided to go home. It was a very scary time for everyone, but she always had a great sense of humor. She knew how serious she was, but she didn't. but she tried to be positive about the whole situation we were all in together and at least went to the place where she felt loved and was home where she felt most comfortable on may 18, 1995 Elizabeth Montgomery died of cancer she was 62 Although she was born into a world of wealth and privilege, she struggled to surpass her father's Fame in the process.

Elizabeth Montgomery fulfilled her own ambitions and went beyond her dreams to become an icon of American pop culture, what I remember it was the greatest affection for her wit that's how i've always thought of her she was my best friend and she was the most generous person i've ever met i miss her voice she really had a beautiful voice i like it i promise i will. Her greatest legacy is her ability to give young girls an idea of ​​how strong a woman can be. you