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Nationality: American. Born: Agnes Robertson Moorehead in Clinton, Massachusetts, 6 December 1906. Education: Attended school in Reedsburg, Wisconsin; Muskingum College, Ohio; University of Wisconsin, Madison, M.A. in English and public speaking. Family: Married 1) John Griffith Lee, 1930 (divorced 1951), son: Sean;
2) Robert Gist, 1953 (divorced 1958). Career: Taught public speaking at Soldiers Grove High School, Wisconsin; radio singer in St. Louis (stations KSO and KMOX), and appeared as dancer and singer with Municipal Opera, St. Louis, for three seasons; taught dramatics at Dalton School, and studied at American Academy of Dramatic Arts, both in New York; also appeared on Broadway in Marco Millions, 1928, and other plays; 1930s—radio actress; 1937—joined Orson Welles`s Mercury Theater; 1941—film debut in Citizen Kane; contracts with Warner Brothers and MGM during next few years; 1948—on stage with Orson Welles in Macbeth; 1954—toured with one-woman show An Evening with Agnes Moorehead; 1964–71—in TV series Bewitched; 1973—on Broadway in Gigi. Awards: Best Actress, New York Film Critics, for The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942. Died: 30 April 1974. -Films as Actress: 1941 Citizen Kane (Welles) (as Mary Kane) 1942 The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles) (as Fanny Minafer); The Big Street (Reis) (as Violette); Journey into Fear (Norman Foster) (as Mrs. Mathews) 1943 The Youngest Profession (Buzzell) (as Miss Featherstone); Government Girl (Dudley Nichols) (as Mrs. Wright) 1944 Jane Eyre (Stevenson) (as Mrs. Reed); Since You Went Away (Cromwell) (as Emily Hawkins); Dragon Seed (Conway) (as cousin`s wife); The Seventh Cross (Zinnemann) (as Mme. Marelli); Mrs. Parkington (Garnett) (as Aspasia Conti); Tomorrow the World (Fenton) (as Jessie) 1945 Keep Your Powder Dry (Buzzell) (as Lt. Colonel Spottiswoode); Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (Rowland) (as Ma Jacobson); Her Highness and the Bellboy (Thorpe) (as Countess Zoe) 1947 Dark Passage (Daves) (as Madge Rapf); The Lost Moment (Gabel) (as Juliana) 1948 Summer Holiday (Mamoulian) (as Cousin Lillie); The Woman in White (Godfrey) (as Countess Fosco); Station West (Lanfield) (as Mrs. Caslon); Johnny Belinda (Negulesco) (as Aggie McDonald) 1949 The Stratton Story (Sam Wood) (as Ma Stratton); The Great Sinner (Siodmak) (as Emma Getzel) 1950 Without Honor (Pichel) (as Katherine Williams); Caged (Cromwell) (as Ruth Benton) 1951 Fourteen Hours (Hathaway) (as Mrs. Cosick); Show Boat (Sidney) (as Parthy Hawks); The Blue Veil (Bernhardt) (as Mrs. Palfrey); The Adventures of Captain Fabian (William Marshall) (as Aunt Jezebel); Captain Blackjack (Duvivier) (as Mrs. Birk) 1952 The Blazing Forest (Ludwig) (as Jessie Crane) 1953 "The Jealous Lover" ep. of The Story of Three Loves (Reinhardt) (as Aunt Lydia); Scandal at Scourie (Negulesco) (as Sister Josephine); Those Redheads from Seattle (Lewis R. Foster) (as Mrs. Edmonds); Main Street to Broadway (Garnett) (as Mildred Waterbury) 1954 Magnificent Obsession (Sirk) (as Nancy Ashford) 1955 Untamed (Henry King) (as Aggie); The Left Hand of God (Dmytryk) (as Beryl Sigman); All that Heaven Allows (Sirk) (as Sara Warren) 1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas (Viva Las Vegas) (Rowland) (as Miss Hattie); The Conqueror (Powell) (as Hunlun); The Revolt of Mamie Stover (Walsh) (as Bertha Parchman); The Swan (Charles Vidor) (as Queen Maria Dominika); Pardners (Taurog |
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Quotes [on failing to win an Oscar after her fourth nomination] I guess I`ll remain a bridesmaid for the rest of my life.Trivia Although her death has been reported as being caused by lung cancer, this is not true, because the cancer started in her uterus and spread to her lungs. It should be noted, however, that she was a heavy smoker, which may have contributed to her death. On the first season of filming "Bewitched" (1964), she didn`t like aspects of the script, but felt she couldn`t complain to director William Asher because he was Elizabeth Montgomery`s husband (at the time). She did not enjoy filming "Bewitched" (1964), since it forced her to get up at 4:45 a.m., start makeup at 6:00 a.m. and continue filming often until 8:00 p.m. Attended Muskingum College in New Concord, OH, which was also attended by astronaut and later Senator John Glenn. Entered New York`s Academy of Dramatic Arts, studying alongside Rosalind Russell. Favorite color was purple - she was so fond of the color friends called her the "lavender lady." First woman to co-host the Academy Awards (with Dick Powell) in 1948. Her limousine is on display at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Initially turned down the role of "Endora" in "Bewitched" (1964), but reconsidered when Elizabeth Montgomery asked her in person, when they met in a department store. Moorehead joined the cast not expecting the show to last more than one season, let alone become a long-running hit. Interred at Dayton Memorial Park in Dayton, Ohio. She was one of the cast members of the ill fated film The Conqueror (1956), which was filmed in 1954 in the Nevada desert close by to where the government was doing nuclear testing. In later years those tests were suspected to have caused the cancer deaths of several of the films stars including John Wayne, Dick Powell, Susan Hayward and Pedro Armendáriz. Taught in Central High School in Reedsburg, WI, and directed plays for the school`s dramatic club. Taught school and coached oratory in Soldiers Grove, WI. The team won numerous contests. | ||
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