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Topic: Agnes Moorehead


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  Agnes Moorehead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moorehead was born in Clinton, Massachusetts of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh ancestry, the only child of a Presbyterian minister.
Agnes Moorehead died of uterine cancer in Rochester, Minnesota.
Moorehead believed her cancer was related to this exposure, and commented in an interview shortly before her death, "I wish I'd never done that damn movie!" There is no definitive proof that the movie caused her illness, and she had been a heavy smoker for many years.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agnes_Moorehead   (877 words)

  
 dictionary - Agnes Moorehead
Moorehead was a graduate of Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio.
Moorehead transitioned to television in a seamless fashion, and again won acclaim and accolades for her work in drama and in comedy.
Moorehead herself believed her cancer was related to this exposure, commenting in an interview shortly before her death "I wish I'd never done that damn movie".
www.medicalrace.com /dictionary/Agnes_Moorehead   (411 words)

  
 glbtq >> arts >> Moorehead, Agnes
Agnes Moorehead is probably best known for her role as Endora, the tart-tongued mother-in-law on the situation comedy Bewitched.
Agnes Robertson Moorehead was in fact born December 6, 1900 in Clinton, Massachusetts, where her father was serving as a Presbyterian minister.
Moorehead's busy professional schedule kept her from spending much time with her husband, but fan magazines alluded to her eagerness to take every opportunity to return to Ohio and work beside him on the family farm.
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 BackWhen.com - Where Are They Now?
Agnes Robertson Moorehead was born December 6, 1900, in Clinton, Massachusetts.
Agnes Moorehead worked again with Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane's mother in Citizen Kane in 1941, her first film role.
In television, Moorehead was so well-known for her role as Endora that she was invited by NASA to participate in the launching of Apollo 12, because the Bewitched cosmic jet-setter enjoyed an occasional visit to the moon and back.
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 Agnes Moorehead: She Bewitched Us With Charm & Talent
Agnes Moorehead died in Rochester, Minnesota, on April 30, 1974, of undisclosed reasons.
Moorehead's visits to outer space were pure fantasy, but she considered fantasy and the use of imagination - both lacking in the cruel, realistic world of today, to be an extremely important part of life.
When her son remarked to her that he was not interested in a theatrical career, Agnes was delighted.
www.bewitched.net /aggart.htm   (573 words)

  
 Bewitched Beography on Agnes Moorehead - Bewitched @ Harpies Bizarre
Agnes would eventually perform in as many as six shows per day, and during this period she met the acclaimed actor, director, writer and producer, Orson Welles.
Agnes had appeared in countless television comedies, dramas, variety shows, and specials, but was hesitant to commit to a regular starring role in a series.
Agnes agreed to do the pilot, thinking that such a bizarre premise for the show wouldn't sell, but a month after the pilot aired, she got a call from the producer.
www.harpiesbizarre.com /ambeography.htm   (1031 words)

  
 Agnes Moorehead - MovieActors.com
Agnes Moorehead was born on December 6, 1900 in Clinton, Massachusetts.
Moorehead's performance in 1942's "The Magnificent Ambersons" was absolutely splendid; it was the first of four Oscar nominations Moorehead would receive throughout her career.
Agnes Moorehead favorite color was purple eventually earning her the nickname "Lavender Lady".
www.movieactors.com /actors/agnesmoorehead.htm   (278 words)

  
 Reedsburg, Wisconsin -- Agnes Moorehead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mollie (Agnes' Mother) who was musically talented, served as organist, choir director and vocalist.
Agnes graduated from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, in 1923 with an AB degree.
Agnes spoke of experiencing a "feeling of nostalgia" whenever she visited Reedsburg.
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 The Conqueror - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Conqueror was a 1956 film produced by Howard Hughes and starring John Wayne in a portrayal of the life of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan.
Hayward, Wayne, and Moorehead all died in the mid 1970s.
Pedro Armendáriz was diagnosed with kidney cancer four years later and committed suicide after he learned the cancer was terminal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Conqueror_(movie)   (560 words)

  
 Biography for Agnes Moorehead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Agnes Morehead's limousine is on display at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
Moorehead joined the cast not expecting the show to last more than one season - let alone become a long-running hit.
Hush, Sweet Charlotte Continuing to work on radio between picture assignments, Moorehead starred in the classicSorry, Wrong Number but was passed up in favor of Barbara Stanwyck when it was adapted for the screen.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0001547/bio   (552 words)

  
 Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials
She was born Agnes Robertson Moorehead in Clinton, Massachusetts, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister.
Agnes was involved in two of the most famous shows of all time: Sorry Wrong Number which earned her the Golden Mike Award as well as a Golden Record and the hard to forget War of the Worlds the infamous Orsen Welles broadcast.
She had attended high school in Hamilton and when not busy in Hollywood residing in her Beverly Hills home, she would spend long periods of time on a farm she owned in Hamilton purchased so as to be near her parents.
www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1409   (280 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Bat: DVD: Vincent Price,Agnes Moorehead,Gavin Gordon,John Sutton,Lenita Lane,Elaine Edwards,Darla ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Agnes Moorehead carries the whole show as a mystery writer who rents out a spooky mansion.
Agnes Moorehead (as "Cornelia Van Gorder") is a novelist who lives at The Oaks.
In this whodunit Agnes Moorehead is the protaginist.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005OSKU?v=glance   (2415 words)

  
 Agnes Moorehead --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
in full Agnes Robertson Moorehead versatile American actress who is best remembered for her portrayals of strong, eccentric characters and whose career extended to radio, the stage, film, and television.
Moorehead began performing as a child, and as a young adult she sang on local radio programs.
Agnes was the adopted daughter of Radegunda, the wife of Chlotar I, king of the Franks.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9125013   (569 words)

  
 St. Louis Walk of Fame - Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead moved to St. Louis as a child, where she acted in stage productions, danced with the Municipal Opera, and debuted as a radio singer on KMOX in 1923.
After moving to New York and appearing on Broadway, she became a charter member of Orson Welles' famous Mercury Theater, starring in hundreds of radio dramas.
One of the best acting voices in radio history, Agnes Moorehead also received four nominations for Academy Awards.
www.stlouiswalkoffame.org /inductees/agnes-moorehead.html   (138 words)

  
 Bewitched Biographies
Agnes Robertson Moorehead - star of stage, radio, film and television, was born in Clinton, Massachusetts in 1906 and raised in Reedsburg, Wisconsin.
Because of her great versatility, Agnes Moorehead's movie career was vast.
Agnes Moorehead is best known in TV Land as Endora the witch, Samantha Stephens' marriage-wrecking mother.
www.angelfire.com /nm/mc/BewitchedBio.html   (2078 words)

  
 Agnes Moorehead at Reel Classics
Playing anything from neurotic neighbors to sympathetic best friends, Agnes Moorehead made significant contributions as a supporting actress to several of classic cinema's greatest films.
Agnes Moorehead came to Hollywood from New York with Orson Welles to appear as Charles Foster Kane's mother in CITIZEN KANE (1941), her first of 60+ film roles.
A poster from the film adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel, JANE EYRE (1944) which starred Joan Fontaine as the title character and Welles as Rochester.
www.reelclassics.com /Actresses/Moorehead/moorehead.htm   (423 words)

  
 Agnes Moorehead OTR MP3 List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Known as "The Lavender Lady" or simple Aggie, Agnes Moorehead had a long life in the entertainment industry beginning at the age of three.
The Agnes Moorehead collection includes her roles in Ceiling Unlimited, Campbell's Playhouse, Cavalcade of America, Guest Star, Hello Americans, Mayor of the Town, Mercury Theater, Mystery in the Air, Screen Guild Theater, and much more.
This is not only a collection commemorating the work of Agnes Moorehead, it also celebrates the very best of old time radio suspense and drama.
www.otrcat.com /agnesmoorehead.htm   (559 words)

  
 What A Character!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Probably best recognized as “Endora,” Elizabeth Montgomery’s overbearing mother on the 1960s TV sitcom Bewitched, Agnes Moorehead was already a veteran actor of stage, screen, radio, and television long before the series debuted.
The family relocated to St. Louis, and Moorehead, interested in acting from a young age, spent her summers doing community theatre and working at the St. Louis Municipal Opera Company.
That was just the first of five nominations, and Moorehead went on to be nominated for her performances in Johnny Belinda, Mrs.
www.what-a-character.com /cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=MooreheadA   (255 words)

  
 Agnes Moorehead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The hanger is made of a green colored satin with a strip of gold colored braiding in the center.
Miss Moorehead's initial's "AM" are sewn into the hanger on one side.
The head wrap is made of a white crepe material and is trimmed with fl jet beads.
www.heavenandearthandyou.com /AgnMoo.mgi   (181 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Agnes Moorehead: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts): Books: Lynn Kear   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Credit Kear for discovering, too, what Agnes' true birth year was--up to that time most people took Agnes at her word that she born in 1906, but Miss Kear came up with the truth.
As a fellow writer and biographer of Agnes Moorehead (I Love the Illusion: The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead) I found this book to be a godsend.
Also, she seems to go out of her way to print reviews of Miss Moorehead's films/TV appearances that are negative and in some cases downright insulting.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0313281556?v=glance   (816 words)

  
 Magnificent Ambersons, The - 1942 - Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray ...
Agnes Moorhead, as the Neurotic aunt, gives a performance rarely equaled in movie history.
Agnes Moorehead deservedly won praise for her portrait of the plain Aunt Fanny.
Her final disintegration (flly comic when George thinks she's scalding herself at a hot boiler only to be told that there's no water due to their reduced circumstances) mirrors the descent of the Ambersons into obscurity and genteel poverty.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Agnes Moorehead: A Bio-bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts S.): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This bio-bibliography provides an overview of the life and career of the noted actress Agnes Moorehead.
The biography also discusses Moorehead's later career successes in addition to her professional and personal relationships.
The largest portion of the book is devoted to detailed listings of her work in film, television, radio and theatre.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0313281556   (387 words)

  
 LOVEFiLM | Europe's No.1 online DVD rental service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Dick York as Samantha's mortal husband Darin, Agnes Moorehead as his witch of a mother-in-law Endora.
When Samantha reveals that there will be an addition to their happy and haphazard home, Darrin is thrilled.
He doesn’t, however, relish further interference from his mother-in-law, the mischievous Endora, played with plenty of laughs by Agnes Moorhead.
www.lovefilm.com /actor.php?at_id=5497   (558 words)

  
 Dynamist.com
But a growing number of activists occupy that no man's land, including Rich Leonardi, former lead singer of Agnes Moorehead Platter and current president of the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions.
The nonprofit Buckeye Institute, which is devoted to free markets and limited government, moved to Columbus from Dayton last week for the same reasons a missionary might consider relocating to hell.
While Agnes Moorehead Platter has faded into history, youthful enthusiasm, energy and hope are flourishing with Leonardi and the Buckeye Institute.
www.dynamist.com /tfaie/reviews/reviewscolumbus2.html   (672 words)

  
 Agnes Moorehead Websites @ Filmbug
Agnes Moorehead - Biography, filmography, list of TV shows she appeared on.
Agnes Moorehead, She Bewitched Us With Charm and Talent
Video clips of Agnes Moorehead playing Password in the 1960's, also clips from interviews of her talking about her home and her one woman show.
www.filmbug.com /db/57783-5   (149 words)

  
 Agnes Moorehead Current Month TV Schedule
Starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Alice Pearce.
Starring Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Victor Buono, Mary Astor, Bruce Dern, George Kennedy, Cecil Kellaway, Wesley Addy.
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Lee J Cobb, Agnes Moorehead, E G Marshall, Benson Fong, Jean Porter, Carl Benton Reid, Victor Sen Yung, Philip Ahn.
www.tv-now.com /stars/agnesmor.html   (831 words)

  
 GRW SCRIPT: Suspense   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This script scanned from Agnes Moorhead's personal copy of the script as archived at the Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison, WI.
Miss Moorhead appears in a new study in terror by Lucille Fletcher called, "Sorry, Wrong Number." This story of a woman who accidentally overheard a conversation with death, and who strove frantically to prevent from murder from claiming an innocent victim, is tonight's tale of SUSPENSE.
And so it is with, "Sorry, Wrong Number" and the performance of Agnes Moorehead, we again hope to keep you in (dramatically) SUSPENSE.
www.genericradio.com /show.php?id=2f8e789d3595fcf3   (2537 words)

  
 Agnes Moorehead
She married her second husband, Robert Gist, a man twenty years her junior, in 1953, but separated from him amid allegations of infidelity the following year.  They finally divorced in 1958.
Note: Agnes Moorehead: A Bio-Bibliography, by Lynn Kear (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992) was the primary source for this article.
Agnes Moorehead is God; The Church of Endora
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 Agnes Moorehead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This angular, versatile character player is best remembered for her vibrant turn as Endora on the sitcom "Bewitched" and for her dramatic roles in two Orson Welles films: as the protagonist's misguided mother in "Citizen Kane" (1941) and as the lonely, forbidding spinster in "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942).
The New England-born Moorehead had appeared in every kind of 20th century entertainment.
She started in the late 1910s in an opera company and was singing on the radio by 1923....
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