Belinda Montgomery

Belinda Montgomery (born July 23, 1950) is a Canadian-American actress. She initially attracted notice for playing Cinderella in the 1969 television film Hey, Cinderella! She appeared in films including The Todd Killings (1971), The Other Side of the Mountain (1975) and its sequel The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978), Stone Cold Dead (1979), and Silent Madness (1984). She starred as Dr. Elizabeth Merrill in the science-fiction series Man from Atlantis (1977–78), and as Katherine Howser, Doogie's mother, in the medical comedy-drama series, Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989-1993).
Life and career
Montgomery was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is the daughter of actor Cecil Montgomery. Her siblings are actor Lee Harcourt Montgomery and actress Tannis G. Montgomery. She began acting in teen roles, including the 1967 family series Barney Boomer, and 1969 television special Hey, Cinderella! playing the role of Cinderella.
During the 1970s, Montgomery played many leading roles in made-for-television movies, including D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill (1971), Lock, Stock and Barrel (1971), The Bravos (1972), Women in Chains (1972), and The Devil's Daughter (1973). She made her big screen debut in the 1971 thriller film The Todd Killings opposite Robert F. Lyons. She later starred in the romantic drama film The Other Side of the Mountain (1975) and its sequel The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978), and the crime dramas Breaking Point (1976) and Stone Cold Dead (1979). In 1984, she starred in the slasher film Silent Madness.
In the early 1970's, Montgomery began to be credited as Belinda J. Montgomery. As she explained in October 1977 to Indianapolis News columnist Richard K. Shull:
I was told five years ago, If I kept my name as it was, I would have lots of accidents, I'd be accident prone. I had a lot of brushes with accidents – landing gear collapsing on an airplane – so I added my middle initial and things have been better. It's in the numerology.
Montgomery starred alongside Patrick Duffy in the short-lived NBC science fiction series Man from Atlantis from 1977 to 1978. In 1988, she starred in another short-lived NBC series, Aaron's Way. From 1989 to 1993, she starred as Katherine Howser, Doogie's mother, in the ABC medical comedy-drama series, Doogie Howser, M.D.. Montgomery also had a recurring role on the Miami Vice, and has made over 80 guest appearances on television, including appearances on Ironside, T. J. Hooker, Dynasty, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, L.A. Law, JAG, Mannix, Magnum, P.I., The Sixth Sense, The Virginian and Ghost Whisperer, among other series. Her recent credits include 2010 action film Tron: Legacy and 2017 Lifetime Christmas romantic comedy Snowed-Inn Christmas.
In March 2013, writing under the pen name B. Montgomery, Belinda submitted a short story "St. Patrick of the Pineapple" to Midlife Collage, an online writing contest. Montgomery's story won first place in the contest.
Filmography
1967 Barney Boomer as Susan
1969 CBS Playhouse as Eula
1969 The Virginian as Peg Halstead
1970 Hey, Cinderella! as Cinderella
1970 Ritual of Evil as Loey Wiley
1970 Paris 7000
1970 Ironside as Marla Cardwell
1970 Matt Lincoln as Nina
1971 D.A.: Conspiracy To Kill as Luanne Gibson
1971 Alias Smith and Jones as Penny Roach
1971 Lock, Stock and Barrel as Roselle Bridgeman
1971 The Todd Killings as Roberta
1971 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1972 The Bravos as Heller Chase
1972 The Sixth Sense as Tina Norris
1972 Women in Chains as Melinda Carr
1971-1972 The F.B.I. as Margo Bengston
1972 Assignment Vienna as Julie Hayes
1972 Cannon as Anne
1972 Mannix as Susan Graham
1972 The Rookies as Laurie
1973 The Devil's Daughter as Diane Shaw
1973 Crime Club as Anne Dryden
1973 Barnaby Jones as Amy Partridge
1973 Letters from Three Lovers as Angela "Angie" Mason
1974 The New Land as Danika (episode "The Word is: Alternative")
1974 Petrocelli as Barbara
1969-1975 Marcus Welby, M.D. as Mary Ann Graham
1973-1975 The Streets of San Francisco Karen Pearson / Susan Howard
1975 The Other Side of the Mountain as Audra Jo Nicholson
1969-1975 Medical Center Currie, Joyce / Janet / Melanie Toland / Eunice
1976 City of Angels
1976 Breaking Point as Diana McBain
1976 Insight as Roseanne
1976 Gibbsville
1977 Westside Medical
1977 Nashville 99 as Summer
1977 Kingston: Confidential
1977 Most Wanted
1977 The Hostage Heart as Fiona
1977 Quincy, M.E. as Bonnie DeMarco
1978 The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 as Audra Jo Nicholson
1978 Lou Grant as Carol
1977-1978 Man from Atlantis as Dr. Elizabeth Merrill (series co-star)
1978 Blackout as Annie Gallo
1978 Sword of Justice as Julie Lang
1979 Murder In Music City as Peggy Ann West
1979 How the West Was Won as Florrie
1979 Stone Cold Dead as Sandy MacAuley
1979 Marciano as Barbara Marciano
1979 Eischied
1980 Fantasy Island
1980 Turnover Smith as Kelly
1980 Trouble In High Timber County as Carrie Yeager
1980 Trapper John, M.D. as Darby
1981 Concrete Cowboys as Janine
1981 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1982 Dynasty as Jennifer
1982 CHiPs as Elaine Price
1982 Bare Essence as Melody
1981-1982 The Love Boat as Karen Singer / Valerie Singer
1983 Uncommon Valor as Joan
1983 Tell Me That You Love Me as Lenora
1983 Whiz Kids as Judy Hubbard
1984 Blue Thunder as Dr. Nell Lindsay
1984 Lottery!
1984 Magnum, P.I. as Fran "Frannie" Huddle
1984 Silent Madness as Dr. Joan Gilmore
1984 T. J. Hooker as Dr. Sandy Roberts / Laura Dietrich
1985 Murder, She Wrote as Pamela Crane
1985 Riptide as Rainey
1985 Street Hawk as Stefanie Craig
1985 The Hitchhiker as Carla Magnuson
1985 Finder of Lost Loves as Lisa Hennessey
1985-1986 Crazy Like a Fox as Kelly Aspen
1986 Dalton: Code of Vengeance II as Libby
1986 Stark: Mirror Image as Claire Graves
1982-1986 Simon & Simon as Laura Steubens Dennison / Sherry Dayton / Joyce Dolan / Dorrie Wilson
1986 Adam: His Song Continues as Myra Schimdbauer
1986-1987 Days of Our Lives as Sylvie Gallagher
1987 Danger Bay as Dr. Pam Summer
1987 Stone Fox as Doc Smith
1988 Aaron's Way as Sarah Miller
1984-1989 Miami Vice as Caroline Crockett / Caroline Ballard
1989 In the Heat of the Night as Nora Womack
1990 Casey's Gift: For Love of A Child as Terry Ctilwell
1989-1993 Doogie Howser, M.D. as Katharine Howser
1993 L.A. Law as Jessica Wilton
1995 Burke's Law as Kelly Peterson
1996 Life Happens as Molly Stewart
1996 Promised Land as Lisa Smith
1996 Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Amy Pitzer
1997 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Alison Fender
1998 Dirty Little Secret as Gina
1998 Phantom Town as Mom
1999 Hope Island as Jo Summers
2000 The Scarecrow as Polly
2001 Camouflage as Diane
2002 JAG as Captain Fryer, Harm's Aviation Expert
2005 Ghost Whisperer as Ursula Hilliard
2010 Tron: Legacy as Grandma Flynn
2017 Snowed-Inn Christmas as Carol Winters
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Living people
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
20th-century Canadian actresses
21st-century Canadian actresses
Actresses from Winnipeg
Artists from Winnipeg
American film actresses
American television actresses
Canadian emigrants to the United States
Canadian film actresses
Canadian television actresses
Canadian watercolourists
1950 births