ACTOR
Agnes Moorehead
- Known for
- Bewitched (1964), Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
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Agnes Moorehead is an actor best known for Bewitched and Frankenstein: The True Story.
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- #001
Agnes Moorehead initially turned down the role of Endora on Bewitched (1964), but reconsidered when Elizabeth Montgomery offered it to her in person after they met in a store. Moorehead joined the ranks of cast members who did not expect the show to last more than a season, let alone become a long-running hit.
- #002
She taught at a high school, directed school plays and coached the speech team in Soldiers Grove, WI. The team won numerous competitions.
- #003
She earned her bachelor's degree in biology from Muskingum University in New Concord, OH. She later received an honorary Litt. D from the university.
- #004
She was the first woman to host the Academy Awards (alongside Dick Powell) in 1948.
- #005
Agnes Moorehead died of cancer, as did Susan Hayward, John Wayne, director Dick Powell and other cast and crew members of The Conqueror (1956). Some people believe the film was shot in an area that received heavy fallout from atmospheric nuclear tests at what was then the Nevada Test Site, something those involved in the production did not know at the time.
- #006
She was survived by her mother, who outlived her by 16 years and died in 1990 at the age of 106.
- #007
Shortly after her final separation from her first husband, Jack G. Lee, she took in her stepson Sean.
- #008
She earned her master's degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- #009
She appeared in five Best Picture Oscar nominees: Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Since You Went Away (1944), Johnny Belinda (1948) and How the West Was Won (1962).
- #010
She was a founder and founding member of the famous Mercury Theatre Players alongside Orson Welles.
- #011
Her limousine is displayed at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
- #012
Although her death was reported as being caused by lung cancer, this is not accurate; the disease began in her uterus and spread to her lungs.
- #013
After her death, she was buried at Dayton Memorial Park in Dayton, Ohio.
- #014
She is remembered by many as the magical mother-in-law Endora on Bewitched (1964), but she preferred to be remembered for her other roles.
- #015
She was the daughter of Dr. John Henderson Moorehead, a Presbyterian minister.
- #016
She was an AADA graduate (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1929.
- #017
She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and studied alongside Rosalind Russell.
- #018
She was a staunch Republican and Christian conservative who supported the presidencies of men such as Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.
- #019
She attended and graduated from Central High School in St. Louis, MO.
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