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Actor
Agnes Moorehead
- Born December 6, 1900 in Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
- Died April 30, 1974
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.
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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.
Known for
Citizen Kane1941
Bewitched2005
The Twilight Zone1959
Bewitched1964
How the West Was Won1962
The Magnificent Ambersons1942
Charlotte's Web1973
Dark Passage1947
Filmography
- 2024The Conqueror: Hollywood FalloutFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched LifeFilmSelf/Endora (archive footage)
- 2022Say Hey, Willie Mays!FilmSelf (archive video)
- 2019The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary CelebrationFilmWoman (archive footage)
- 2005BewitchedFilmEndora (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1994A Bewitched ChristmasFilmEndora
- 1974That's Entertainment!Film(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1974Frankenstein: The True StoryFilmMrs. Blair
- 1974Rex Harrison Presents Stories of LoveFilmHercule's Wife
- 1973Charlotte's WebFilmGoose (voice)
- 1973Frankenstein: The True StorySeriesMrs. Blair
- 1972Dear Dead DelilahFilmDelilah Charles
- 1972Night of TerrorFilmBronsky
- 1972Rolling ManFilmGrandmother
- 1971What's the Matter with Helen?FilmSister Alma
- 1971The Pet SetSeriesSelf
- 1971Suddenly SingleFilmMarlene
- 1971Marriage: Year OneFilmGrandma Duden
- 1971The Strange Monster of Strawberry CoveFilmMrs. Pringle
- 1970Night GallerySeriesHead Witch (segment "Witches' Feast"), Emma Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")
- 1969Love, American StyleSeriesMrs. Cooper
- 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.SeriesMrs. Ramsey
- 1969The Ballad of Andy CrockerFilmLisa's Mother
- 1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSeriesSelf
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest
- 1968The Magic Pear TreeFilmChantelle
- 1968LancerSeries
- 1968That's LifeSeries
- 1967The Smothers Brothers Comedy HourSeriesSelf
- 1967CusterSeries
- 1966The Singing NunFilmSister Cluny
- 1966Hollywood SquaresSeriesSelf
- 1966The Lone RangerSeriesBlack Widow (voice)
- 1966Alice Through the Looking GlassFilmThe Red Queen
- 1965The Wild Wild WestSeriesEmma Valentine
- 1964BewitchedSeriesEndora
- 1964Hush... Hush, Sweet CharlotteFilmVelma Cruther
- 1964The Hollywood PalaceSeriesSelf - Dramatic Reader
- 1963Who's Minding the Store?FilmPhoebe Tuttle
- 1963Burke's LawSeriesLiz Haggerty, Pauline Moss, Dona Ynez Ortega y Esteban
- 1963The Greatest Show on EarthSeriesMillie
- 1962How the West Was WonFilmRebecca Prescott
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeriesSelf
- 1962The VirginianSeriesEmma Garvey
- 1962JessicaFilmMaria Lombardo
- 1961Bachelor in ParadiseFilmJudge Peterson
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeriesSelf, Self - Co-Host
- 1961Twenty Plus TwoFilmMrs. Eleanor Delaney
- 1961The Wonderful World of DisneySeriesMrs. Snow (archive footage)
- 1960PollyannaFilmMrs. Snow
- 1960The Chevy Mystery ShowSeriesElizabeth Marshall
- 1959The Twilight ZoneSeriesWoman
- 1959The BatFilmCornelia van Gorder
- 1959RawhideSeriesSister Frances
- 1959The RebelSeriesMartha Lassiter
- 1959Adventures in ParadiseSeriesJikiri
- 1959Night of the Quarter MoonFilmCornelia Nelson
- 1959StartimeSeriesCarmen Lynch
- 1958The RiflemanSeriesBertie Hoakam
- 1958TempestFilmVassilissa Mironova
- 1958Shirley Temple's StorybookSeriesWitch, Mombi the Witch
- 1957Raintree CountyFilmEllen Shawnessy
- 1957The True Story of Jesse JamesFilmMrs. Samuel
- 1957Wagon TrainSeriesMary Halstead
- 1957The Story of MankindFilmQueen Elizabeth I
- 1957Jeanne EagelsFilmNellie Neilson
- 1957SuspicionSeriesKatherine Searles
- 1957Alcoa TheatreSeriesMrs. Adams
- 1957DuPont Show of the MonthSeriesMadame Defarge
- 1957Operation RaintreeFilmSelf
- 1957Not One Shall DieFilmHannah Lessing
- 1957The Life You Save May Be Your OwnFilmMa Crater
- 1956PardnersFilmMrs. Matilda Kingsley
- 1956The ConquerorFilmHunlun
- 1956The SwanFilmQueen Maria Dominika
- 1956The Opposite SexFilmCountess Lavaliere
- 1956The Revolt of Mamie StoverFilmBertha Parchman
- 1956Meet Me in Las VegasFilmMiss Hattie
- 1955All That Heaven AllowsFilmSara Warren
- 1955The Left Hand of GodFilmBeryl Sigman