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Agnes Robertson Moorehead was an American actress whose 41-year career included work in radio, stage, film, and television. She is best known for her role as Endora on the television series Bewitched, but she also had notable roles in films, including Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Dark Passage, All That Heaven Allows, Show Boat, and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
Birth Name
Agnes Robertson Moorehead
Born
Thursday, 06 December 1900
Died
Tuesday, 30 April 1974
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Mary Kane (clip from Citizen Kane (1941)) | 2014 |
| Pioneers of Television | Self | 2008 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Helena / Endora | 2005 |
| Bewitched | Endora | 2005 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Velma | 1997 |
| Biography | Endora | 1987 |
| America at the Movies | Rebecca Prescott | 1976 |
| That's Entertainment! | Parthy Hawks | 1974 |
| Frankenstein: The True Story | Mrs. Blair | 1973 |
| Charlotte's Web | The Goose | 1973 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Mary Kane (clip from Citizen Kane (1941)) | 2014 |
| Pioneers of Television | Self | 2008 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Helena / Endora | 2005 |
| Bewitched | Endora | 2005 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Velma | 1997 |
| Biography | Endora | 1987 |
| America at the Movies | Rebecca Prescott | 1976 |
| That's Entertainment! | Parthy Hawks | 1974 |
| Frankenstein: The True Story | Mrs. Blair | 1973 |
| Charlotte's Web | The Goose | 1973 |
| Night of Terror | Bronsky | 1972 |
| Rolling Man | Grandmother | 1972 |
| Joanne Carson's VIPs | Self | 1972 |
| Dear Dead Delilah | Delilah Charles | 1972 |
| Suddenly Single | Marlene | 1971 |
| Marriage: Year One | Grandma Duden | 1971 |
| What's the Matter with Helen? | Sister Alma | 1971 |
| The Pet Set | Self | 1971 |
| Barefoot in the Park | Mrs. Wilson | 1970 |
| The Ballad of Andy Crocker | Lisa's mother | 1969 |
| Night Gallery | Head Witch (segment "Witches' Feast") / Emma Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall") | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Mrs. Cooper (segment 'Love and the Particular Girl') | 1969 |
| Della | Self | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Mrs. Ramsey | 1969 |
| The Don Rickles Show | Self - Guest | 1968 |
| Lancer | Laurette Normile | 1968 |
| The Magic Pear Tree | Chantelle | 1968 |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer | 1967 |
| Custer | Watoma | 1967 |
| The Woody Woodbury Show | Self - Guest | 1967 |
| Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! | Self | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self - Guest | 1967 |
| The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self | 1967 |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | The Red Queen | 1966 |
| The Lone Ranger | Black Widow | 1966 |
| The Singing Nun | Sister Cluny | 1966 |
| The Wild Wild West | Emma Valentine | 1965 |
| The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) | Self - Panelist | 1965 |
| Gypsy | Self - actress / Self | 1965 |
| Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Velma Cruther / Velma | 1965 |
| Bewitched | Endora | 1964 |
| The Hollywood Palace | Self - Dramatic Reader | 1964 |
| Who's Minding the Store? | Mrs. Phoebe Tuttle | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Pauline Moss / Liz Haggerty / Dona Ynez Ortega y Esteban | 1963 |
| Channing | Professor Amelia Webster | 1963 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Millie | 1963 |
| You Don't Say | Self | 1963 |
| Girl Talk | Self | 1963 |
| How the West Was Won | Rebecca Prescott | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Emma Garvey | 1962 |
| Jessica | Maria Lombardo | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Co-Host / Herself - Guest / Herself - Actress | 1961 |
| Bachelor in Paradise | Judge Peterson | 1961 |
| Password | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 1961 |
| Twenty Plus Two | Mrs. Eleanor Delaney / Mrs. Delaney | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| The Chevy Mystery Show | Elizabeth Marshall | 1960 |
| Pollyanna | Mrs. Snow | 1960 |
| My Sister Eileen | Aunt Harriet | 1960 |
| Startime | Carmen Lynch | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Jikiri | 1959 |
| The Rebel | Martha Lassiter | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Woman | 1959 |
| The Bat | Cornelia van Gorder | 1959 |
| Night of the Quarter Moon | Cornelia Nelson | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Sister Frances | 1959 |
| Tempest | Vassilissa Mironova | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Bertie Hoakam | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Hepzibah Pyncheon / Mombi the Witch / Witch | 1958 |
| Raintree County | Ellen Shawnessy | 1957 |
| The Story of Mankind | Queen Elizabeth I | 1957 |
| Alcoa Theatre | Mrs. Adams | 1957 |
| Suspicion | Katherine Searles | 1957 |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | Madame Defarge | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Mary Halstead | 1957 |
| Jeanne Eagels | Nellie Neilson | 1957 |
| The True Story of Jesse James | Mrs. Samuel | 1957 |
| The Opposite Sex | Countess Lavaliere / Countess | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | 1956 | |
| Pardners | Mrs. Matilda Kingsley | 1956 |
| The Revolt of Mamie Stover | Bertha Parchman | 1956 |
| The Swan | Queen Maria Dominika | 1956 |
| Meet Me in Las Vegas | Miss Hattie | 1956 |
| The Conqueror | Hunlun | 1956 |
| Camera Three | Self | 1956 |
| Matinee Theatre | Mrs. Barnes | 1955 |
| All That Heaven Allows | Sara Warren | 1955 |
| The Left Hand of God | Beryl Sigman | 1955 |
| Untamed | Aggie (Kildare's governess) / Aggie | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Katherine Boland | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Mrs. Snow / Mrs. Pringle | 1954 |
| Climax! | Irene / (segment "Child of the Wind") | 1954 |
| The Tonight Show | Self | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Mrs. Tolliver | 1954 |
| Magnificent Obsession | Nancy Ashford | 1954 |
| Those Redheads from Seattle | Mrs. Edmonds | 1953 |
| Main Street to Broadway | Mildred Waterbury | 1953 |
| The Revlon Mirror Theater | Martha Adams | 1953 |
| Scandal at Scourie | Sister Josephine | 1953 |
| The Story of Three Loves | Aunt Lydia / Aunt Lydia (segment "The Jealous Lover") | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Ana Konrad Bethlen | 1953 |
| The Blazing Forest | Jessie Crain | 1952 |
| The Blue Veil | Mrs. Palfrey | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Ma Crater | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Bertha Bluenose | 1951 |
| Show Boat | Parthy Hawks | 1951 |
| Adventures of Captain Fabian | Aunt Jezebel / Jezebel | 1951 |
| Fourteen Hours | Christine Hill Cosick | 1951 |
| Captain Blackjack | Mrs. Emily Birk | 1950 |
| Life with Linkletter | Self | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Aunt Minnie | 1950 |
| Caged | Ruth Benton | 1950 |
| Without Honor | Katherine Williams | 1949 |
| The Great Sinner | Emma Getzel | 1949 |
| The Stratton Story | Ma Stratton | 1949 |
| Johnny Belinda | Aggie MacDonald | 1948 |
| Station West | Mrs. Caslon / Mrs. Mary Caslon | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Mrs. Snow | 1948 |
| The Woman in White | Countess Fosco | 1948 |
| Summer Holiday | Cousin Lily | 1948 |
| The Lost Moment | Juliana Borderau | 1947 |
| Dark Passage | Madge Rapf | 1947 |
| Her Highness and the Bellboy | Countess Zoe | 1945 |
| Our Vines Have Tender Grapes | Bruna Jacobson | 1945 |
| Keep Your Powder Dry | Lieut. Colonel Spottiswoode / Lt. Col. Spottiswoode | 1945 |
| Tomorrow, the World! | Aunt Jessie Frame | 1944 |
| Mrs. Parkington | Aspasia Conti / Baroness Aspasia Conti | 1944 |
| The Seventh Cross | Mme. Marelli / Madame Marelli | 1944 |
| Dragon Seed | Third Cousin's Wife | 1944 |
| Since You Went Away | Emily Hawkins / Mrs. Emily Hawkins | 1944 |
| Jane Eyre | Mrs. Reed | 1943 |
| Government Girl | Adele - Mrs. Delancey Wright / Adele Wright | 1943 |
| The Youngest Profession | Miss Featherstone | 1943 |
| Journey Into Fear | Mrs. Mathews | 1943 |
| The Big Street | Violette Shumberg | 1942 |
| The Magnificent Ambersons | Fanny Minafer | 1942 |
| Citizen Kane | Mary Kane | 1941 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1971 | Emmy | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy | Nominated |
| 1970 | Emmy | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy | Nominated |
| 1969 | Emmy | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series | Nominated |
| 1968 | Emmy | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy | Nominated |
| 1967 | Emmy | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1967 | Emmy | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama | Won |
| 1966 | Emmy | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy | Nominated |
| 1965 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1965 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 1949 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1945 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1945 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 1943 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
