- A nine-foot bronze statue of Elizabeth as Samantha Stephens riding sidesaddle on her broomstick now resides in a downtown park in Salem, Massachusetts, home to the infamous witch trials of the 17th century.
- She and Robert Foxworth moved in together in 1973, but waited almost twenty years before finally getting married.
- Best remembered by the public for her starring role as Samantha in Bewitched (1964). When they were trying to figure out a trademark for the character Samantha, the director William Asher noticed that when she got nervous, she twitched her upper lip, which caused her nose to follow and thus gave the impression she was twitching her nose. Thus, they used that.
- Montgomery passed away on May 18, 1995, eight weeks after being diagnosed with colon cancer, the same date her Johnny Cool (1963) co-star Elisha Cook Jr.. She was cremated.
- Elizabeth Montgomery and Lizzie Borden were sixth cousins once removed, both descending from 17th-century Massachusetts resident John Luther. Rhonda McClure, the genealogist who documented the Montgomery-Borden connection, said, "I wonder how Elizabeth would have felt if she knew she was playing her own cousin.".
- Was the only cast member to appear in all 254 episodes of Bewitched (1964).
- Montgomery spent weekends and summers at the family farm in upstate Patterson, New York. Often referenced in episodes of Bewitched (1964) as "Patterson Garage" or "Cushman Cosmetics", Cushman Road is the rural, dirt road on which the several-hundred-acre Montgomery estate is located.
- Has always said she preferred Dick Sargent to Dick York. After York left the sitcom due to back problems and ill health, Elizabeth never once contacted him to see how he was doing. Whereas she kept in touch with Sargent through her life, even hosted parades on the same float as him.
- Appeared on The Flintstones (1960) episode, Samantha (1965), providing the voice of a cartoon version of her famous Bewitched (1964) character, Samantha Stephens.
- She was two months pregnant with her first child, son William Asher Jr., when she filmed the pilot episode of I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha (1964). She returned to work two months after giving birth to resume filming the first season. The same situation was when she was eight months pregnant with her second child, son Robert Asher - she took maternity leave from filming the second season and returned to work two months after giving birth. Then, when she was seven months pregnant with her third child, daughter Rebecca Asher, she took maternity leave from filming the sixth season of Bewitched (1964). Returned to work one month after giving birth. On June 17, 1969, at age 36, she gave birth to her youngest child, a daughter, Rebecca Elizabeth Asher.
- In a parody of her role as Samantha Stephens, she made a cameo appearance as a witch at the ending of the beach party film, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965), directed by her then-husband, William Asher.
- She was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6533 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 4, 2008.
- Several obituaries listed her as single and age 57 when she was actually married to Robert Foxworth and age 62. Her death certificate listed her name as Elizabeth A. Montgomery though her middle name was Victoria.
- Children with William Asher: William Asher Jr. (b. July 24, 1964), Robert Asher (b. October 5, 1965) and Rebecca Asher (Rebecca Elizabeth Asher) (b. June 17, 1969).
- She lost out on the role of Edie Doyle in On the Waterfront (1954) to Eva Marie Saint. Director Elia Kazan, in his autobiography "A Life", says that the choice of an actress to play the role was narrowed down to Montgomery and Saint. Although Montgomery was fine in her screen test, there was an air of finishing school about her. Kazan thought this genteel quality would not be becoming for Edie, who was raised on the waterfront in Hoboken, N.J. Despite qualms about 30-year-old Saint playing a teen, she was cast in the role and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
- Daughter of Elizabeth Allen and Robert Montgomery. Younger sister of Martha Bryan Montgomery (born October 13, 1930 and died of spinal meningitis at the age of 14 months) and elder sister of Robert Montgomery Jr. (1936-2000).
- She fell in love with director Richard Michaels during filming of the eighth season of Bewitched (1964), and moved in with him when the season was complete. This broke up both their marriages and ended the possibility of a ninth season. The relationship lasted two-and-a-half years.
- Turned down the role of Krystle Carrington on Dynasty (1981), which went to Linda Evans.
- Gave birth to her first child at age 31, a son, William Asher Jr., on July 24, 1964 and to her second child at age 32, a son, Robert Asher, on October 5, 1965. Then, on June 17, 1969 at age 36 gave birth to her third child, a daughter, Rebecca Asher. The children's father is her third husband, William Asher Sr.
- Ranked #52 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" (1995).
- Was a grand marshal with former television husband Dick Sargent at the 1992 Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade. Elizabeth was a supporter of gay rights and also women's rights through her life.
- Friends with primarily everybody on the Screen Gems lot: Shirley Jones, Dave Madden, Dick York, Dick Sargent, Sally Field, Don Porter, Agnes Moorehead, Maurice Evans, David White, William Asher, Kasey Rogers, Shirley Booth, Alice Pearce, Jonathan Harris, Marion Lorne, Harry Ackerman, Bernard Fox, Mabel Albertson, Alice Ghostley, Paul Lynde, Richard Michaels, Bernie Kopell and Sandra Gould.
- When her Bewitched (1964) co-star, Dick York, had serious health problems, between the third and fifth seasons, she and co-star Erin Murphy became more concerned about York, who left the sitcom, after the fifth season.
- [About 1960] Appeared on the cover of the LP "Invitation to Modern Jazz, Volume 1" from Prestige Records (Japan), catalog number SMJ-7235.
- She was a staunch liberal Democrat and feminist who was an activist for LGBT rights, yet her father was a staunch Republican.
- Passed away five days after her ex-lover Alexander Godunov.
- Both she and her boyfriend (later husband) Robert Foxworth co-starred opposite Anthony Hopkins in a television movie.
- Stepmother of Bo Foxworth.
- Attended and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) in Los Angeles, California (Class of 1953).
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 422-423. New York: Oxford University Press (2002).
- In a recent interview with her family (which included Robert Foxworth), they revealed that they do --not still have possession of her ashes, they scattered them at sea at some undisclosed time.
- Not related to Belinda Montgomery.
- Though she was born into show business and became a well-known TV star, she appeared in only four theatrical films in her career. One of them was an uncredited bit part.
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