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Also known as Agnes Robertson Moorehead

American actress (1900–1974)

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  • Lights Out
  • The Magnificent Ambersons
  • Sorry, Wrong Number

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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…

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  • 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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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1900
Active to
1974

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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

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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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date of birth
1900-12-06
date of death
1974-04-30
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start of work period
1933-00-00
end of work period
1974-00-00
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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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