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Agnes Moorehead was an American voice, film, stage, and television actor. Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, in 1900, she began her work period in 1933 and continued until 1974. She was educated at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Moorehead was a member of the Republican Party and spoke English.
She received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Moorehead was married to Robert Gist.
She died of uterine cancer in Rochester in 1974 due to natural causes. She is buried in Dayton.
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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
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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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- human
- Given name
- Agnes
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Clinton
- Place of death
- Rochester
- Spouse
- Robert Gist
- Occupation
- actor
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Agnes Moorehead Bewitched 1969.JPG
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- 1900-12-06
- date of death
- 1974-04-30
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- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- uterine cancer
- place of burial
- Dayton
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- Agnes Moorehead
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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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