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Agnes Moorehead (1900–1974) was an American voice, film, stage, and television actor. Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, she began her professional career in 1933. She received education from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Moorehead was a member of the Republican Party and was married to Robert Gist.
Her notable works include *Lights Out*, *The Magnificent Ambersons*, and *Sorry, Wrong Number*. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her awards include the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Moorehead died of uterine cancer in Rochester in 1974. She is buried in Dayton.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Lights Out
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- Sorry, Wrong Number
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Film & TV
Acting · Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress. Although she began with the Mercury Theatre, appeared in more than seventy films beginning with Citizen Kane and on dozens of television shows during a career that spanned more than thirty years, Moorehead is most widely known to modern audiences for her role as the witch Endora in the series Bewitched. While…
Known for
- The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout — Self (archive footage)2024
- Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life — Self/Endora (archive footage)2023
- Say Hey, Willie Mays! — Self (archive video)2022
- The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration — Woman (archive footage)2019
- Bewitched — Endora (archive footage) (uncredited)2005
- A Bewitched Christmas — Endora1994
- Frankenstein: The True Story — Mrs. Blair1974
- That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)1974
- Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love — Hercule's Wife1974
- Charlotte's Web — Goose (voice)1973
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1900
- Active to
- 1974
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 220
- Total plays
- 542
Agnes Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress probably most widely known to modern audiences for her role as the witch Endora in the television series Bewitched. She appeared in more than 70 films beginning with Citizen Kane, where she played the mother of the title character. While rarely playing leads in films, Moorehead's skill at character development and range earned her one Emmy Award (ironically for a guest <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Agnes+Moorehea
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Comprehensive Mapping of Long-Range Interactions Reveals Folding Principles of the Human Genome
· 2009 · cited 8,508x
- Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis
· 2018 · cited 5,420x
- Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain
· 2006 · cited 5,274x
- 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes
· 2023 · cited 4,629x
- The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma
· 2013 · cited 4,493x
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Key facts
- Born
- Agnes Robertson Moorehead , ( 1900-12-06 ) December 6, 1900, Clinton, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- April 30, 1974 (1974-04-30) (aged 73), Rochester, Minnesota , U.S.
- Resting place
- Dayton Memorial Park, Dayton, Ohio , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1933–1974
- Spouses
- John Griffith Lee ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1930 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1952 ) Robert Gist ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1954 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1958 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress. In a career spanning five decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television. Moorehead was the recipient of such accolades as a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards.
Moorehead had joined Orson Welles' Mercury Players, as one of his principal performers in 1937. She also had notable roles in films such as Citizen Kane (1941), Dark Passage (1947), Show Boat (1951), and All That Heaven Allows (1955). Moorehead garnered four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her performances in: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Mrs. Parkington (1944), Johnny Belinda (1948), and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). She is also known for the radio play Sorry, Wrong Number (1943).
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