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Agnes Moorehead: Agnes Robertson Moorehead was an American actress whose career of more than three decades included work in radio, stage, film, and television. She is chiefly known for her role as Endora on the television series Bewitched. She was also notable for her film roles in Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, All That Heaven Allows, and Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
- also known as Agnes Robertson Moorehead, The Lavender Lady, Madame Mauve, Aggie, Bobby, Moorehead
- born on (115 years ago) in Clinton, child of John Henderson Moorehead and Mildred McCauley
- nationality: United States of America
- education:
- profession: Actor, singer, radio personality
- spouses:
- Marriage with Robert Gist between and (4 years)
- Marriage with John Griffith Lee between and (22 years)
- parent of Sean Moorehead
- died on (41 years ago) in Rochester of uterine cancer, cancer
- buried in Dayton Memorial Park
- filmography:
- "All That Heaven Allows"
- played Ruth Benton in "Caged"
- played Mary Kane (Kane's mother) in "Citizen Kane"
- played Madge Rapf in "Dark Passage"
- "Magnificent Obsession"
- "The Conqueror"
- "Without Honor"
- "The Swan"
- played Mrs. Phoebe Tuttle in "Who's Minding the Store?"
- "The Bat"
- "Jane Eyre"
- "The Seventh Cross"
- played Aggie MacDonald in "Johnny Belinda"
- played Beryl Sigman in "The Left Hand of God"
- "The Revolt of Mamie Stover"
- "Jeanne Eagels"
- "The Stratton Story"
- "The Magnificent Ambersons"
- "Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
- played Parthy Hawks in "Show Boat"
- "The Ballad of Andy Crocker"
- "What's the Matter with Helen?"
- played Mrs. Samuel in "The True Story of Jesse James"
- played Delilah Charles in "Dear Dead Delilah"
- played Cousin Lily in "Summer Holiday"
- played Mrs. Snow in "Pollyanna"
- "The Opposite Sex"
- "Fourteen Hours"
- "Her Highness and the Bellboy"
- "The Youngest Profession"
- "The Story of Three Loves"
- "Meet Me in Las Vegas"
- played Mrs. Blair in "Frankenstein: The True Story"
- "Tomorrow the World"
- played Mrs. Emily Hawkins in "Since You Went Away"
- "Charlotte's Web"
- "Alice Through the Looking Glass"
- "The Big Street"
- "Masters of Mayhem"
- "Raintree County"
- played Maria Lombardo in "Jessica"
- "Black Jack"
- played Vassilissa Mironova in "Tempest"
- "Those Redheads from Seattle"
- "Main Street to Broadway"
- "The Lost Moment"
- played Marlene in "Suddenly Single"
- "Station West"
- "Night of the Quarter Moon"
- "Twenty Plus Two"
- TV series:
- played Endora in "Bewitched" between and (7 years and 6 months)
- "The Wild Wild West"
- some of the nominations and awards:
- nominated to Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - "The Magnificent Ambersons" (Role: Fanny Minafer)
- nominated to Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - "Mrs. Parkington" (Role: Aspacia Conti)
- nominated to Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture - "Mrs. Parkington"
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture - "Mrs. Parkington"
- nominated to Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - "Johnny Belinda" (Role: Aggie McDonald)
- nominated to Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - "Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (Role: Velma Cruther)
- nominated to Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture - "Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (role: Velma Cruther)
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture - "Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (Role: Velma Cruther)
- nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - "Bewitched"
- nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - "Bewitched"
- nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - "The Wild Wild West"
- nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - "Bewitched"
- nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama - "The Wild Wild West" (For episode "Night of the Vicious Valentine")
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama - "The Wild Wild West" (For episode "Night of the Vicious Valentine")
- nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - "Bewitched"
- nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - "Bewitched"
- nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - "Bewitched"
- nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - "Bewitched"
- nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - "Bewitched"
- nominated to TV Land Favorite Classic TV In-Law Award - "Bewitched"
- TV Land Favorite Classic TV In-Law Award - "Bewitched"
- nominated to TV Land Favorite "Big, Bad Momma" Award - "Bewitched"
- nominated to TV Land Favorite Mother-In-Law Award - "Bewitched"
- TV Land Favorite Mother-In-Law Award - "Bewitched"
Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Agnes Moorehead
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Grande Dame Guignol Cinema (2009)
Grande Dame Guignol CinemaA History of Hag Horror from Baby Jane to Mother by Peter Shelley
Agnes Moorehead is a snarling, scratching sound-and-sight gag who seems determined to out-overact the best of them.... Davis's climactic staircase scene is a horrendous ham classic.”—Time, March 19, 1965. “Davis's control over the ...
Wisconsin Biographical Dictionary (2008)
by Caryn Hannan
Agnes Moorehead MORSE, WAYNE LYMAN During this ...
The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio (2010)
by Christopher H. Sterling, Cary O'Dell
and starring Agnes Moorehead,wasa watershed momentinthe history of radio drama and became perhaps themost famous original radio playof all time.
Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements (2013)
by JoAnne Myers
Hollywood Lesbians: Conversations with Sandy Dennis, Barbara Stanwyck, Majorie Main, Nancy Kulp, Patsy Kelly, Agnes Moorehead, Edith Head, Dorothy Azner, Capucine, Judith Anderson. New York: Barricade Books, 1994. ———.
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Films (2014)
by Sabine Haenni, Sarah Barrow, John White
Agnes Moorehead (Mary Kane), Ruth Warrick (Emily ...
Encyclopedia of Religion and Film (2011)
by Eric Michael Mazur
Cobb, Agnes Moorehead, E. G. Marshall. [Clergy] Left Luggage, 1998. Dir. Jeroen Krabbé. Laura Fraser, Adam Monty, Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbé, Topol. [Judaism] Legend of Bagger Vance, The ...
The World of Musicals: An Encyclopedia of Stage, Screen, and Song [2 volumes] (2014)
by Mark A. Robinson
Nichols and Iwao Takamoto Voice Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde, Rex Allen, Pamelyn Ferdin, Agnes Moorehead, Bob Holt, ...
Historical Dictionary of American Radio Soap Operas (2005)
by Jim Cox
Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Townsend), Nancy Marshall ( Natalie Holt), Mitzi Gould (Barbara Bartlett), Donald Briggs (Wally Scudder), Eric ...
Historical Dictionary of Old Time Radio (2007)
by Jon D. Swartz, Robert C. Reinehr
One of the most famous programs of old-time radio was “Sorry, Wrong Number” starring Agnes Moorehead. .It was the story of an invalid woman who accidentally 7 overheard the telephone conversation of two men plotting to murder a ...
Dictionary of Films (1972)
by Georges Sadoul, Peter Morris
Sets Darrell Sil- vera Mus Bernard Herrmann Ed Robert Wise Cast Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Everett Sloane, George Coulouris, Ray Collins, William Alland Prod Mercury for RKO.
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