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Agnes Moorehead

Acting

Born December 6, 1900 · Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

Died April 30, 1974

Also known as Agnes Robertson Moorehead

Biography

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 rarely playing leads in films, Moorehead's skill at character development and range earned her one Emmy Award and two Golden Globe awards in addition to four Academy Award and six Emmy Award nominations. Moorehead's transition to television won acclaim for drama and comedy. She could play many different types, but often portrayed haughty, arrogant characters.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series · 1967
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actress – Motion Picture · 1965
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actress – Motion Picture · 1945
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1965 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1949 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1945 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1943 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Woman

Citizen Kane

1941as Mary Kane

Bewitched

1964as Endora

Night Gallery

1969as Emma Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")

The Wild Wild West

1965as Emma Valentine

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

That's Entertainment!

1974as (archive footage) (uncredited)

All That Heaven Allows

1955as Sara Warren

The Red Skelton Show

1951as Self / Bertha Bluenose

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964as Velma Cruther

Dark Passage

1947as Madge Rapf

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942as Fanny Minafer

Rawhide

1959as Sister Frances

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

1945as Bruna Jacobson

The Rifleman

1958as Bertie Hoakam

Caged

1950as Ruth Benton

How the West Was Won

1962as Rebecca Prescott

Pollyanna

1960as Mrs. Snow

Charlotte's Web

1973as Goose (voice)

The Swan

1956as Queen Maria Dominika

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self - Aunt Minnie

Jane Eyre

1943as Mrs. Reed

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

Who's Minding the Store?

1963as Phoebe Tuttle

Johnny Belinda

1948as Aggie MacDonald

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1967as Self

Pardners

1956as Mrs. Matilda Kingsley

The Stratton Story

1949as Ma Stratton

Dragon Seed

1944as Third Cousin's Wife

The Pet Set

as Self

The Lone Ranger

as Black Widow (voice)

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969as Mrs. Ramsey

Wagon Train

1957as Mary Halstead

The Virginian

1962as Emma Garvey

Tempest

1958as Vassilissa Mironova

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Witch

Custer

1967

Raintree County

1957as Ellen Shawnessy

Station West

1948as Mrs. Mary Caslon

Bachelor in Paradise

1961as Judge Peterson

The True Story of Jesse James

1957as Mrs. Samuel

The Left Hand of God

1955as Beryl Sigman

Jeanne Eagels

1957as Nellie Neilson

Show Boat

1951as Parthy Hawks

Say Hey, Willie Mays!

2022as Self (archive video)

The Ballad of Andy Crocker

1969as Lisa's Mother

Mrs. Parkington

1944as Baroness Aspasia Conti

The Singing Nun

1966as Sister Cluny

The Bat

1959as Cornelia van Gorder

The Big Street

1942as Violette Shumberg