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Agnes Moorehead
American actress (–)
Agnes Moorehead | |
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Moorehead in Bewitched () | |
Born | Agnes Robertson Moorehead ()December 6, Clinton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | April 30, () (aged73) Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
Resting place | Dayton Memorial Park, Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Yearsactive | – |
Spouses | John Griffith Lee (m.; div.)Robert Gist (m.; div.) |
Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, April 30, ) was an American actress. In a career spanning five decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television.[1] Moorehead was the recipient of such accolades as a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards.
Moorehead had joined Orson Welles' Mercury Players, as one of his principal performers in She also had notable roles in films such as Citizen
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Agnes Moorehead | |
The Bat () | |
Birth name: | Agnes Robertson Moorehead |
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Date of birth: | December 6 () |
Date of death: | April 30 (aged 73) |
Death location: | Rochester, Minnesota, USA |
Spouse: | Jack G. Lee () Robert Gist () |
Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, – April 30, ) was a versatile Americanactress who won acclaim in radio, bio, television and in theater.
She was involved in two of the most famous and well-received radio shows of all time, Sorry Wrong Number, which earned her the Golden Mike Award, as well as a Golden Record, and War of the Worlds.
A testament to her long and successful career were her two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role that were twenty years apart: for Mrs. Parkington and for HushHush, Sweet Charlotte. She was also nominated four times for Academy Awards between and ; was a seven time Emmy Award nominee (winning once for a supporting role in Wild Wild West); and won the New York
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ON the screen Agnes Moorehead has depicted so many of the vinegary aspects of the female psyche that it may surprise you to learn she regards the hunger for self-improvement as one of life's greatest joys. Rarely have the women Miss Moorehead portrays been disturbed by such pangs.
If you know of Miss Moorehead only through her screen roles it may also surprise you to learn she adheres to such currently unfashionable beliefs as that prayer is efficacious and that it's better to work "for the glory of God" than for one's self. "My life has been ruled by my beliefs," says Miss Moorehead, "and in matters of belief I am a Fundamentalist."
Agnes Robertson Moorehead is of Protestant Irish ancestry and was born in Boston on December 6, Her father, John Henderson Moorehead, was a Presbyterian minister who moved to St. Louis soon after the birth of his only child. She grew up there, and during adolescence was allowed, in non-school hours, to be one of a group of girls who were part of the