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On the surface Samantha appears a typical suburban housewife, mother of two and wife of Darrin. But looks are deceptive. Samantha is a young witch (not more than a few centuries old) who became bored with the life of a carefree globe flying witch and decided she wanted to live "in the everyday Mortal way". Normalcy came in the form of Darrin, who she literally "bumped" into one day, and the life of an ordinary young wife out in the suburbs. Samantha (known as "Sam" to her mortal friends) coming from a large ,slightly eccentric tight knit family found it hard to become the paragon of suburbia. Especially with relatives such as her Mother , Endora, and Aunt Clara creating havoc by"popping" into her beloved Morning Glory Circle house every so often. But, ever resourceful, she coped with her Mothers dislike for her husband, Darrins dislike of her Mother, Darrins temperamental boss, and making dinner and getting the kids to school on time. Samantha, acting on Darrins wishes, gave up her supernatural powers , but couldn't resist turning on the magic (with a twitch of her nose) every so often. A very intelligent witch, who was once crowned "Queen of the Witches" by the Witches council, Samantha often came to the rescue when Darrin and Larry were stuck for ideas for there latest advertising campaign. In fact if Larry was as shrewd a businessman, as he often boasted, then he would have made Sam a partner in Mcmann and Tate and have made Darrin stay at home and look after the kids !

Birthday: April 15, 1933 Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Birth Name: Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery Date of death: May 18, 1995 Cause of death: Colon Cancer

From the very beginning Elizabeth was out to prove herself. Her Father Robert Montgomery, never encouraged her to follow in his footsteps. Born in Hollywood on April 15, 1933, young Liz attended the Westlake School for girls, and ultimately became a society debutante. Then the family moved to New York where her father had become a major figure in live television. Her education was completed at the Spence School for Girls in the East. She spent two years at the American Academy y or Dramatic Arts. She made her television debut on December 3, 1951 on "Robert Montgomery Presents" in an episode called "Top Secretly". Ironically he didn't learn that she had been cast until after rehearsals started. She soon became part of the anthology show stock company and proved she was more than just the boss's daughter.Her stage debut followed in 1953 in "Late love" with Arlene Francis, which won her a Theatre World Award. Ironically she never again played on Broadway. She married New York TV casting director Fred Cammann in the spring of 1955. They were divorced by August. This same year marked her first film role - "The court martial of Billy Mitchell". She would star in only two other movies. After moving back to Hollywood , she married actor Gig Young , a union which lasted for six years. During this time she made two hundred TV appearances and was nominated for an Emmy for "The Rusty Heller story " episode of "The Untouchables". Though it was not love at first site when she first encountered William Asher on the set of her second movie "Johnny Cool (they were both wed to other people at the time), by October of that year each had divorced their respective spouses and had gotten married in Mexico. From the Montgomery - Asher union came Bewitched. And as Montgomery pointed out "When people normally think of witches they imagine either funny old crones with long noses or someone kind of dark and sultry. The fact that i don't look exotic and witch like is an enormous boost for the show's humour" After eight years of Bewitched the show ended and so did Elizabeth's marriage to Asher. Elizabeth went on to star in many hit tv movies including "A case of Rape". "The legend of Lizzie Borden, "The Awakening land " and "Second sight". In 1995, after a short illness, Elizabeth Montgomery died from Cancer at the age of sixty two.