Elizabeth Montgomery - ©Theda Bara

The actress I’m featuring this Halloween is the most famous Bewitched on American television: Elizabeth Montgomery, daughter of two Hollywood stars: Robert Montgomery (1904-1981) and Elizabeth Bryan Allen (1904-1992). Elizabeth Montgomery played the “sorceress Samantha Stephens” for eight seasons, from 1964 to 1972, being considered an excellent television actress, appearing in 250 Sitcoms. She worked on 24 films in Hollywood, but never received an Oscar, but won nine Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes.

Elizabeth Montgomery has her star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame, on Hollywood Boulevard: at 6533, Television category.

Born Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery on April 15, 1933, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, died on May 18, 1995, Beverly Hills, California, United States, aged 62.

The actress was married four times. Her first marriage was to New York playboy Frederick Gallatin Cammann (1926-2013) and lasted just one year, from 1954 to 1955; her second marriage was to award-winning American film and television actor Gig Young (1913–1978), from 1956 to 1963; her third marriage was to the American producer, director and screenwriter William Milton Asher, artistically called: William Asher or Bill Asher (1921-2012), from 1963 to 1973, with whom she had 3 children, the luthier (guitar maker), William Allen Asher (1964-), horror film actor Robert Asher (1965-) and film director Rebecca Asher (1969-). And, finally, her last marriage was to the American film, theater and television actor Robert Foxworth (1941-), from 1993 to 1995, when the actress passed away after fighting an intense battle against colon cancer.

Gig Young - ©Theda Bara

The name I highlight in this post started his career on television and then migrated to cinema. Gig Young, an American actor who has always excelled in supporting roles.

He was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1970 for his performance in the film “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), character: “Rocky”. Young had already been nominated for the same award, in 1952, for “Come Fill the Cup” (1951), character: “Boyd Copeland” and in 1959, in the romantic comedy “Teacher's Pet” (1958), character: “Dr. Hugo Pine”.

Gig Young has her stars on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame, on Hollywood Boulevard: at 6821, category TV.

The actor was born on November 4, 1913, in Cloud Sector, Minnesota, United States and died on October 19, 1978, in Manhattan, New York, United States, one month before his 65th birthday.

Gig Young has been married five times. The first with Sheila Stapler (1914–1999), from 1940 to 1947, whom he divorced; marrying three years later Sophie Rosenstein (1907-1952), from 1950 to 1952, of whom he became a widower; his third marriage was to the famous American actress Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995), remembered mainly for her role in “Bewitched”, character: “Samantha Stephens”, from 1956 to 1963, whom he also divorced; his fourth marriage was to another American actress Elaine Lainieri Young (1935-2006), from 1963 to 1966, with one more divorce occurring; and finally in 1978 he married the German actress Ruth Hannelore Schmidt, known for: Kim Schmidt (1947-1978), who three weeks after the wedding, Kim was found dead in her apartment, victim of an apparent suicide. Despite being married many times, Gig Young had only one daughter, American film producer and photographer Jennifer Young (1964-), from her marriage to Elaine Young.