Agnes Moorehead

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Who is Agnes Moorehead?

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 6 December 1900 (115 years ago) in Clinton, child of John Henderson Moorehead and Mildred McCauley
• nationality: United States of America
• education:
  • American Academy of Dramatic Arts
  • Muskingum University
  • Central VPA High School
• profession: Actor, singer, radio personality
• spouses:
  • Marriage with Robert Gist between 14 February 1954 and 12 March 1958 (4 years)
  • Marriage with John Griffith Lee between 5 June 1930 and 11 June 1952 (22 years)
• parent of Sean Moorehead
• died on 30 April 1974 (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 17 September 1964 and 25 March 1972 (7 years and 6 months)
  • "The Wild Wild West"
• some of the nominations and awards:
  • 1942
    • nominated to Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - "The Magnificent Ambersons" (Role: Fanny Minafer)
  • 1944
    • 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"
  • 1948
    • nominated to Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - "Johnny Belinda" (Role: Aggie McDonald)
  • 1964
    • 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)
  • 1966
    • nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - "Bewitched"
  • 1967
    • 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")
  • 1968
    • nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - "Bewitched"
  • 1969
    • 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"
  • 1970
    • nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - "Bewitched"
  • 1971
    • nominated to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - "Bewitched"
  • 2003
    • nominated to TV Land Favorite Classic TV In-Law Award - "Bewitched"
    • TV Land Favorite Classic TV In-Law Award - "Bewitched"
  • 2004
    • nominated to TV Land Favorite "Big, Bad Momma" Award - "Bewitched"
  • 2005
    • nominated to TV Land Favorite Mother-In-Law Award - "Bewitched"
    • TV Land Favorite Mother-In-Law Award - "Bewitched"

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Grande Dame Guignol Cinema (2009)

A 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 ...

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 ...

Historical Dictionary of the 1960s (1999)

by James Stuart Olson

Samantha' s mother, Endora (Agnes Moorehead), disdained the mortal world and constantly tried to bring Samantha back to the occult. The last episode of Bewitched was broadcast on July 1, 1972. REFERENCE: Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, ...

Encyclopedia of Motion Picture Sound (2001)

by Marty McGee

Spencer Tracy Narrator; Brigid Bazlen Dora Hawkins; Walter Brennan ColonelHawkins; David Brian Lillith's Attorney; Andy Devine Corporal Peterson; Raymond Massey Abraham Lincoln; Agnes Moorehead Rebecca Prescott; Harry Morgan ...

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 ...

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (1982)

Volume 33 - The Wellesley College Library to Zoological Literature: A Review by Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, Jay E. Daily

Moss Hart, Gore Vidal, Howard Teicnmann, Agnes Moorehead, United Artists, and the National Broadcasting Company. The cartographic collections in the Archives Division include more than 4,000 atlases and 50,000 maps which document ...

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 ...

The Encyclopedia of Epic Films (2014)

by Constantine Santas, James M. Wilson, Maria Colavito, Djoymi Baker

Kane's Mother: Agnes Moorehead. Emily Norton/Kane: Ruth Warrick. Jerry Thompson: William Alland. Raymond: Paul Stewart. Herbert Carter: Erskine Sanford. Kane's Father: Harry Shannon AA: Best Writing–Original Screenplay ( HermanJ.

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