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| Born | Agnes Robertson Moorehead December 6, 1900 Clinton, Massachusetts, USA |
| Died | April 30, 1974 (aged 73) Rochester, Minnesota, USA |
| Years active | 1937-1974 |
| Spouse(s) | Jack G. The Bat ( 1959) is a Mystery film directed by Crane Wilbur, and co-starring Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Clinton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Rochester is a City in the US state of Minnesota and is the County seat of Olmsted County. Lee (1930-1952) Robert Gist (1954-1958) |
Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning actress. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
Although she appeared in more than 70 films and on dozens of television shows during a career that spanned more than 30 years, Moorehead is probably most widely known to modern audiences for her role as the witch Endora in the television series Bewitched. Bewitched is an American Situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972. 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 Awards and six Emmy Award nominations. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Moorehead's transition to television won acclaim and accolades for her work in drama and in comedy. She could play many different character types, but often portrayed haughty, arrogant characters.
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Biography
Early life
Moorehead was born on December 6, 1900 in Clinton, Massachusetts of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh ancestry, to a Presbyterian minister, John Henderson Moorehead, and his wife, Mildred McCauley, a former singer. Clinton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. The Welsh people ( Welsh: Cymro ("Welshman" Cymraes ("Welsh woman" Cymry ("Welshmen/women" Cymry Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity She later shaved six years off her age by claiming to have been born in 1906. Moorehead recalled her first public performance was at the age of three, reciting "The Lord's Prayer" in her father's church. The Lord's Prayer, also known as the Our Father or Pater noster, is probably the best-known Prayer in Christianity. The family moved to St. Louis, Missouri and Moorehead's ambition to become an actress grew "very strong". Her mother indulged her active imagination often asking "Who are you today, Agnes?", while Moorehead and her sister[1] would often engage in mimicry, often coming to the dinner table and imititating parishioners. Moorehead noted and was encouraged by her father's amused reactions. She joined the chorus of the St. Louis Municipal Opera Company, known as "The Muny". The Muny, short for The Municipal Opera Association of St Louis, is an outdoor musical Amphitheatre, located in Forest Park, St In addition to her interest in acting, developed a lifelong interest in religion; in later years actors such as Dick Sargent would recall Moorehead arriving on the set with "the Bible in one hand and the script in the other". Dick Sargent ( April 19, 1930 &ndash July 8, 1994) born Richard Stanford Cox, was an American actor best known for [2]
She graduated from Central High School in 1918. Although her father did not discourage Moorehead's acting ambitions, he insisted that she obtain a formal education. Moorehead earned a bachelor's degree, with a major in biology, from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio in 1923, and while there also appeared in college stage plays. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles Muskingum College is a selective private four-year Liberal arts college located in New Concord, Ohio, approximately sixty miles east of the state New Concord is a village in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. She later received an honorary doctorate in literature from Muskingum, and served for a year on its board of trustees. A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement When her family moved to Reedsburg, Wisconsin, she taught public school for five years in Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, while earning a master's degree in English and public speaking at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Reedsburg is a city in Sauk County, Wisconsin, along the Baraboo River. Soldiers Grove is a village located alongside the Kickapoo River in Crawford County, Wisconsin, in the United States. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Madison is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin and the County seat of Dane County. She then pursued post-graduate studies at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, from which she was graduated with honors in 1929. The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with campuses located at 120 Madison Avenue in New York City (in a landmark Although Moorehead's New York Times death notice (May 1, 1974) states that she attained a doctoral degree from Bradley University, in fact Bradley University did not offer doctoral degrees in literature at the time. Moorehead received an honorary doctoral degree from Bradley University.
Career
Moorehead's early career was unsteady, and although she was able to find stage work she was often unemployed and forced to go hungry. She later recalled going four days without food, and said that it had taught her "the value of a dollar". She found work in radio, and was soon in demand, often working on several programs in a single day. She believed that it offered her excellent training and allowed her to develop her voice to create a variety of characterizations. Moorehead met the actress Helen Hayes who encouraged her to try to enter films, but her first attempts were met with failure. Helen Hayes ( October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was a two-time Academy Award -winning American Actress, whose Rejected as not being "the right type", Moorehead returned to radio.
She met Orson Welles and by 1937 was a member of his Mercury Theatre Group, along with Joseph Cotten. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Joseph Cheshire Cotten ( May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American Actor of stage and Film She appeared in his radio production Julius Caesar, had a regular role in the serial The Shadow and was one of the players in his The War of the Worlds production. In 1939, Welles moved the Mercury Theatre Group to Hollywood, where he started working for RKO Studios. Several of his radio performers joined him, and Moorehead made her film debut as his mother in Citizen Kane (1941). Citizen Kane ( 1941) is an American Dramatic film, and the first Feature film directed by Orson Welles, who also co-authored She also appeared in his films Journey into Fear (1943) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). For the 1943 film adaptation see Journey into Fear (film. Journey Into Fear is a well-known 1940 spy thriller by Eric The Magnificent Ambersons is a American Drama film written and directed by Orson Welles. She received a New York Film Critics Award and an Academy Award nomination for her performance in the latter film. New York Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City -based publications
Moorehead played another strong role in The Big Street (1942) with Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball, and then appeared in two films that failed to find an audience, Government Girl with Olivia de Havilland and The Youngest Profession with Virginia Weidler. For the 1967 version see Johnny Belinda (1967 film. Johnny Belinda is a 1948 Drama film based on the Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and Lucille Ball (August 6 1911 – April 26 1989 was an American comedienne, film television stage and radio Actress, model, film Olivia Mary de Havilland (born July 1, 1916) is a two-time Academy Award -winning actress. Virginia Weidler ( March 21, 1927 &ndash July 1, 1968) was an American Child actor, popular in Hollywood
By the mid 1940s, Moorehead joined MGM, negotiating a $6,000 a week contract with the provision to also perform on radio, an unusual clause at the time. Moorehead explained that MGM usually refused to allow their actors to play on radio as "the actors didn't have the knowledge or the taste of the judgement to appear on the right sort of show". [2]
She skillfully portrayed puritanical matrons, neurotic spinsters, possessive mothers, and comical secretaries throughout her career. Moorehead was part of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre on the Air radio program in the 1930s and appeared in Broadway productions of Don Juan in Hell in 1951-1952, and Lord Pengo in 1962-1963. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Mercury Theatre was a Theatre company founded in New York City by Orson Welles and John Houseman. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw was written in 1903 as a four act drama responding to those who had questioned Shaw as to why he had never written a play She played Parthy Hawks, wife of Cap'n Andy and mother of Magnolia, in MGM's hit 1951 remake of Show Boat. Show Boat ( 1951) is a film based on the musical by Jerome Kern (music and Oscar Hammerstein II (script and lyrics and the novel by She was in many important films, including Dark Passage and Since You Went Away, either playing key small or large supporting parts. Dark Passage ( 1946) is a novel by David Goodis which was the basis for the 1947 film noir Dark Passage. Since You Went Away is a 1944 Film distributed by United Artists.
During the 1940s and 1950s, she was one of the most in demand actresses for radio dramas, and in 1943 starred in the legendary Suspense play Sorry, Wrong Number, written by Lucille Fletcher. Radio drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Suspense is the Feeling of uncertainty and Anxiety about the outcome of certain actions most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work Sorry Wrong Number is a 1948 Suspense film which tells the story of a woman who overhears a plot for Murder. Lucille Fletcher ( March 28, 1912 — August 31, 2000) was an American Screenwriter of Film, Radio Moorehead played a selfish, neurotic woman who overhears a murder being plotted via crossed phone wires who eventually realizes she is the intended victim. She recreated the performance many times on the radio (always using her original, dog-eared script), recorded an album of the drama in 1952, and performed scenes from the story in her one-woman show in the 1950s.
Sorry, Wrong Number also inspired writers of the television series The Twilight Zone to script an episode with Moorehead in mind. The Twilight Zone is an American Television series created by Rod Serling. [3] In "The Invaders" (broadcast 27 January 1961) Moorehead played a woman whose isolated farm is plagued by mysterious intruders. "The Invaders" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. In "Sorry, Wrong Number" Moorehead offered a famed, bravura performance using only her voice, and for "The Invaders" she was offered a script where she had no dialogue at all.
In 1964, Moorehead accepted the role of Endora, in the situation comedy Bewitched. Bewitched is an American Situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972. She later commented that she had not expected it to succeed and that she ultimately felt trapped by its success, however she had negotiated that she would appear in only eight of every twelve episodes made, therefore allowing her sufficient time to pursue other projects. She also felt that the television writing was often below standard and dismissed many of the Bewitched scripts as "hack" in a 1965 interview. The role brought her a level of recognition that she had not received before as Bewitched was in the top 10 programs for the first few years it screened.
Moorehead received six Emmy Award nominations, but was quick to remind interviewers that she had enjoyed a long and distinguished career. Despite her ambivalence, she remained with Bewitched until its run ended in 1972. She commented to the New York Times in 1974, "I've been in movies and played theater from coast to coast, so I was quite well known before Bewitched, and I don't particularly want to be identified as a witch. " Later that year she said that had enjoyed playing the role, but that it was not challenging and the show itself was "not breathtaking" although her flamboyant and colorful character appealed to children. She expressed a fondness for the show's star, Elizabeth Montgomery, and said that she had enjoyed working with her, but Dick Sargent had a more difficult relationship with Moorehead, and described her as "a tough old bird. Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery ( April 15, 1933 &ndash May 18, 1995) was an American Film and television Dick Sargent ( April 19, 1930 &ndash July 8, 1994) born Richard Stanford Cox, was an American actor best known for . . very self-involved. "[2]
Private life
Moorehead married actor John Griffith Lee in 1930, and they divorced in 1952. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. Moorehead and Lee adopted an orphan named Sean in 1949, but it remains unclear whether the adoption was legal, although Moorehead did raise the child until he ran away from home. In 1954, she married actor Robert Gist, and they divorced in 1958. Robert Gist ( 16 June 1924 in Miami Florida - 21 May 1998) was an American actor and Film director. In the years since her death, rumors about Moorehead's being a lesbian have been widespread (most notoriously in the book Hollywood Lesbians by Boze Hadleigh, whose source for the alleged lesbianism was Paul Lynde). A lesbian is a Woman who is romantically or sexually attracted only to other women Boze Hadleigh (born May 15, 1954) is an American Journalist, interviewer and writer of Celebrity gossip and entertainment specializing Paul Edward Lynde ( June 13 1927 &ndash January 10 1982) was an American Comedian and Actor. However, Moorehead biographer Charles Transberg (I Love the Illusion: The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead, 2005) interviewed several of the actress's closest friends, including some who are openly gay, who all stated the rumor is untrue. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. Debbie Reynolds explicitly denied to film historian Robert Osborne that her "best friend" Moorehead was gay. Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds (born April 1, 1932) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress, Singer Robert Jolin Osborne (born May 3, 1932 in Colfax Washington) is an American actor and film historian best known as the host of the Turner Classic [4]
Moorehead was a devout Presbyterian (Reynolds described her as "terribly religious") and, in interviews, often spoke of her relationship with God. Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Erin Murphy stated that the actress would read Bible stories to the children affiliated with Bewitched. Erin Margaret Murphy ( June 17, 1964 in Encino, California) is an American Actress who is best known for her role as young [4] Shortly before her death, Moorehead, who embraced her Reformed Calvinist roots, sought conservative causes to bequest her estate. This angered some of her Hollywood colleagues and has been postulated as the reason for the rumors of lesbianism.
Death
Agnes Moorehead died of uterine cancer in Rochester, Minnesota on April 30, 1974, not lung cancer as was long believed. The term uterine cancer may refer to any of several different types of Cancer which occur in the Uterus, namely Uterine sarcomas Rochester is a City in the US state of Minnesota and is the County seat of Olmsted County. Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung. She was 73 years of age. [5]
While never confirmed, some suspect that Moorehead's cancer was a result of having been exposed to radiation at a site previously used for nuclear testing while filming The Conqueror in the state of Utah. Image talkNew_radiation_symbol_ISO_21482svg for details --> Ionizing radiation Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness yield and explosive capability of Nuclear weapons Throughout the twentieth century most nations The Conqueror is a 1956 Epic film produced by Howard Hughes and starring John Wayne as the Mongol conqueror Genghis The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. 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.
Moorehead bequeathed her 1967 Emmy Award statue for The Wild Wild West and her private papers to Muskingum College, including her home in Rix Mills, Ohio. A bequest is the act of receiving Property by will. Strictly "bequest" is used of Personal property, and "devise" of Real property The Wild Wild West is an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons (104 episodes from September 17, 1965 to Muskingum College is a selective private four-year Liberal arts college located in New Concord, Ohio, approximately sixty miles east of the state Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads She left her family's Ohio estate and farmlands, Moorehead Manor, to Bob Jones University, as well as some biblical studies books from her personal library. Bob Jones University ( BJU) is a private, Protestant fundamentalist, Liberal arts University Her will stipulated that BJU should use the farm for retreats and special meetings "with a Christian emphasis," but the distance of the estate from the South Carolina school rendered it mostly useless. In May 1976, BJU traded the farmlands with an Ohio college for $25,000 and a collection of her library books. Moorehead also left her professional papers, scripts, Christmas cards and scrapbooks to the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Wisconsin Historical Society (formerly the State Historical Society of Wisconsin) is simultaneously a private membership and a state-funded organization whose purpose is
In 1994, Agnes Moorehead was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame. The St Louis Walk of Fame honors well-known people from St Louis Missouri who made contributions to Culture of the United States.
She is interred at Dayton Memorial Park in Dayton, Ohio. Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the County seat and largest city of Montgomery County.
Filmography
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Further reading
- Lynn Kear, Agnes Moorehead: a Bio-Bibliography. Citizen Kane ( 1941) is an American Dramatic film, and the first Feature film directed by Orson Welles, who also co-authored The Magnificent Ambersons is a American Drama film written and directed by Orson Welles. For the 1943 film adaptation see Journey into Fear (film. Journey Into Fear is a well-known 1940 spy thriller by Eric The Youngest Profession is a 1943 film directed by Edward Buzzell, and starring Virginia Weidler, John Carroll, Edward Arnold Charlotte Brontë 's novel Jane Eyre ( 1847) has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. Since You Went Away is a 1944 Film distributed by United Artists. Dragon Seed is a 1944 war Drama film starring Katharine Hepburn. The Seventh Cross is a 1944 film starring Spencer Tracy, Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Mrs Parkington is a 1944 Drama film which tells the story of a woman's life told in flashbacks from hotel maid to society matron Her Highness and the Bellboy was a 1945 film starring Hedy Lamarr and Robert Walker. Our Vines Have Tender Grapes is an American motion picture released in 1945 directed by Roy Rowland and staring Edward G Dark Passage ( 1947) is a Warner Bros Film noir directed by Delmer Daves and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall The Lost Moment is a 1947 Drama film made by Universal Pictures. Summer Holiday is a Musical film released in 1948, starring Mickey Rooney and Gloria DeHaven. Station West is a Black-and-white 1948 film based on a Western novel by Luke Short. For the 1967 version see Johnny Belinda (1967 film. Johnny Belinda is a 1948 Drama film based on the The Stratton Story is a 1949 Film directed by Sam Wood which tells the true story of Monty Stratton, a Major League Baseball Without Honor ( 1949) is a Film noir starring Laraine Day and Dane Clark. Caged is a 1950 film tells the story of a teenage newlywed who is sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery Fourteen Hours is a 1951 film about the efforts of a New York police officer (played by Paul Douglas) to stop a despondent man ( Richard Show Boat ( 1951) is a film based on the musical by Jerome Kern (music and Oscar Hammerstein II (script and lyrics and the novel by The Blue Veil ( 1951) is a film drama made by Wald / Krasna Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The Story of Three Loves, also known as Equilibrium, is a 1953 romantic portmanteau film made by MGM. Magnificent Obsession ( 1954) is a Universal International Pictures romantic Feature film starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson The Left Hand of God is a 1955 film drama made by 20th Century Fox. All That Heaven Allows ( 1955) is a romance Feature film starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson in a story about a well-to-do The Conqueror is a 1956 Epic film produced by Howard Hughes and starring John Wayne as the Mongol conqueror Genghis The Swan is a 1956 Remake by MGM of a 1925 film (also remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night) The Revolt of Mamie Stover ( 1956) is a film made by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. Pardners is a movie starring the comedy team of Martin and Lewis and was released on July 25, 1956 by Paramount Pictures. The Opposite Sex ( 1956) is a musical remake of the 1939 classic comedy The Women. Jeanne Eagels ( aka The Jeanne Eagels story) is a 1957 fictionalised Biographical film of the life of stage star Jeanne Raintree County is a novel by Ross Lockridge Jr. It tells the story of a small-town Midwestern teacher and poet named John Shawnessy who in his younger The Story of Mankind is a 1957 Fantasy film, based on the nonfiction book The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon The Bat ( 1959) is a Mystery film directed by Crane Wilbur, and co-starring Vincent Price and Agnes Moorehead. For other uses see Pollyanna (disambiguation Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H How the West Was Won is a 1962 epic Western film which follows four generations of a family (starting as the Prescotts as they move ever Who's Minding the Store? is a comedy film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Jerry Lewis. Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte (also known as What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?) is a 1964 American Horror film The Singing Nun is a 1966 semi- Biographical film about the life of Jeanine Deckers, a Nun who recorded the chart-topping hit Charlotte's Web, a children's book by E B White, was adapted into an animated Musical film by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Frankenstein The True Story is a 1973 British made-for-television Horror film based on the book Frankenstein (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1992). Westport is a coastal town located on Long Island Sound in Fairfield County, Connecticut, 47 miles north of New York City in the United ISBN 0-313-28155-6
- Warren Sherk, Agnes Moorehead: A Very Private Person. (Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1976). Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə ISBN 0-8059-2317-9
- Charles Tranberg, I Love the Illusion: The Life And Career of Agnes Moorehead (Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media, 2005) ISBN 1-59393-029-1
References
- ^ Kear, Lynn. Albany is a city in and the County seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, in the southwestern part of the state Agnes Moorehead: a Bio-Bibliography. (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1992). ISBN 0-313-28155-6. Page 2. Moorehead rarely spoke of her younger sister Margaret, who died when both were children, and was often thought of as an only child
- ^ a b c Kear, Lynn (1992). Agnes Moorehead: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press, Connecticut, p 12. ISBN 0-313-28155-6.
- ^ Richard J. Hand, Terror on the Air!: Horror Radio in America, 1931 – 1952. McFarland, 2006. ISBN 0-7864-2367-6
- ^ a b "Debbie Reynolds". Private Screenings. TCM. Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner September 25, 2002.
- ^ Minnesota Department of Health (1974). Agnes Moorehead Certificate of Death. Find A Death. Retrieved on 2008-04-06. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus
External links
- Agnes Moorehead at Find A Grave
- Agnes Moorehead at the Internet Broadway Database
- Agnes Moorehead at the Internet Movie Database
- Article about the radioactive film set (from The Straight Dope)
- St. Louis Walk of Fame
- Guide to over 100,000 Moorehead documents spanning 1923-1974 at the Wisconsin Historical Society
- Interview with biographer Charles Tranberg from Harpies Bizarre
| Preceded by Jack Benny 19th Academy Awards |
Oscars host 20th Academy Awards (with Dick Powell) |
Succeeded by George Montgomery 21st Academy Awards |
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| Preceded by Joan Fontaine for Suspicion |
NYFCC Award for Best Actress 1942 forThe Magnificent Ambersons |
Succeeded by Ida Lupino for The Hard Way |
| Preceded by Katina Paxinou for For Whom the Bell Tolls |
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture 1945 for Mrs. Parkington |
Succeeded by Angela Lansbury for The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| Preceded by Margaret Rutherford for The V.I.P.'s |
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture 1965 for Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
Succeeded by Ruth Gordon for Inside Daisy Clover |
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| NAME | Moorehead, Agnes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moorehead, Agnes Robertson |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clinton, Massachusetts, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1974 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Rochester, Minnesota, United States |
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