Herbie J Pilato’s Twin Biographies of ‘Bewitched’ Star Elizabeth Montgomery Help To Celebrate the Show’s 60th Anniversary

Herbie J Pilato
4 min readSep 16, 2024

Actress Elizabeth Montgomery is best known for her performance as Samantha — the witch-with-a-twitch — Stephens on Bewitched, which this year celebrates its 60th Anniversary (9–17–24).

Actor/TV personality/writer/producer Herbie J Pilato befriended Elizabeth just a few years before she succumbed to colon cancer in 1995. She granted him exclusive interviews, and he went on to write twin biographies about her:

TWITCH UPON A STAR: THE BEWITCHED LIFE AND CAREER OF ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY, an intimate chronicle [available in hardcover, trade paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats]

and

THE ESSENTIAL ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY: A GUIDE TO HER MAGICAL PERFORMANCES, an encyclopedia of her personal and professional life [available in trade paperback and e-book formats].

Published by Taylor Trade Publishing (and available on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and wherever books are sold), both TWITCH UPON A STAR and THE ESSENTIAL ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY are fully illustrated with color and black-and-white photos, and compelling, straightforward, magical and mesmerizing prose that addresses information such as:

Before, During and After…

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Herbie J Pilato

Herbie J Pilato is a writer, producer, and TV personality whose books about life and pop culture include THE 12 BEST SECRETS OF CHRISTMAS.