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3 | ->''"I don't believe in the girl‐next‐door image. What the actor has to sell to the public is fantasy, a magic kind of ingredient that should not be analyzed.”'' |
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5 | Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress best known for her role as Endora on ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''. However, her six-decade career also included work in radio, stage, and film. |
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7 | She was part of Creator/OrsonWelles' Mercury Theater troupe and as such made her film debut in ''Film/CitizenKane'', which was also the film debut for Welles and most of the other cast. She also appeared in Welles' second film, ''Film/TheMagnificentAmbersons''. She went on to enjoy a thriving career as a character actress that included parts in such films as ''Film/JohnnyBelinda'', ''Theatre/ShowBoat'', ''Film/AllThatHeavenAllows'', and ''Film/HushHushSweetCharlotte''. On television, besides being a regular on ''Bewitched'', she also appeared in guest roles on a number of other series, perhaps most notably in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E15TheInvaders The Invaders]]", one of the best-remembered episodes from ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}''. During her career she was nominated for four UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, in addition to seven Primetime MediaNotes/{{Emmy Award}}s (winning one) and two UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}}s (winning both). |
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9 | Moorehead died in 1974 of uterine cancer, just two years after her most famous role on ''Bewitched'' had ended. She is one of a disproportionately large number of the cast and crew from the film ''Film/TheConqueror'' to have died of cancer. She married twice, both marriages ending in divorce, and had no children. Although she was rumoured to be a lesbian both during her lifetime and in the years since, most of those close to her deny that she was.[[note]]Her ''Bewitched'' co-star Creator/PaulLynde reportedly outed her, though Lynde was a well-known [[TheGadfly gadfly]] who never let the truth get in the way of a good story.[[/note]] She was survived by her mother Mary, who bore her when she was 17 years old, and lived to the ripe old age of ''106'' before passing in 1990. |
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12 | !!Roles with pages on TV Tropes: |
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15 | [[folder:Film roles]] |
16 | * ''Film/CitizenKane'' (1941) as Mary Kane |
17 | * ''Film/TheMagnificentAmbersons'' (1942) as Fanny Minafer |
18 | * ''Film/JourneyIntoFear'' (1942) as Mrs. Mathews |
19 | * ''Film/GovernmentGirl'' (1943) as Adele Wright |
20 | * ''Film/{{Jane Eyre|1943}}'' (1943) as Mrs. Reed |
21 | * ''Film/SinceYouWentAway'' (1944) as Emily Hawkins |
22 | * ''Film/DarkPassage'' (1947) as Madge Rapf |
23 | * ''Literature/TheWomanInWhite'' (1948) as Countess Fosco |
24 | * ''Film/JohnnyBelinda'' (1948) as Aggie [=MacDonald=] |
25 | * ''Film/{{Caged}}'' (1950) as Ruth Benton |
26 | * ''Theatre/ShowBoat'' (1951) as Parthy Hawks |
27 | * ''Film/MagnificentObsession'' (1954) as Nancy Ashford |
28 | * ''Film/AllThatHeavenAllows'' (1955) as Sara Warren |
29 | * ''Film/TheConqueror'' (1956) as Hunlun |
30 | * ''Film/TheSwan'' (1956) as Queen Maria Dominika |
31 | * ''Film/TheRevoltOfMamieStover'' (1956) as Bertha Parchman |
32 | * ''Theatre/TheBat'' (1959) as Cornelia van Gorder |
33 | * ''Film/{{Pollyanna|1960}}'' (1960) as Mrs. Snow |
34 | * ''Film/HowTheWestWasWon'' (1962) as Rebecca Prescott |
35 | * ''Film/HushHushSweetCharlotte'' (1964) as Velma Cruthers |
36 | * ''Film/TheSingingNun'' (1966) as Sister Cluny |
37 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicPearTree'' (1968) as Chantelle (voice) |
38 | * ''Film/WhatsTheMatterWithHelen'' (1971) as Sister Alma |
39 | * ''WesternAnimation/CharlottesWeb'' (1973) as The Goose (voice) |
40 | * ''Film/FrankensteinTheTrueStory'' (1973) as Mrs. Blair |
41 | [[/folder]] |
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43 | [[folder:Television roles]] |
44 | * ''Series/WagonTrain'' (1 episode, 1957) as Mary Halstead |
45 | * ''Series/Playhouse90'' (1 episode, 1958) as Rose [=GaNun=] |
46 | * ''Series/TheMillionaire'' (1 episode, 1960) as Katherine Boland |
47 | * ''Series/{{Rawhide}}'' (1 episode, 1960) as Sister Frances |
48 | * ''Series/TheRifleman'' (1 episode, 1960) as Bertie Hoakam |
49 | * ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' ([[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E15TheInvaders 1 episode]], 1961) as Woman |
50 | * ''Series/BurkesLaw'' (3 episodes, 1963–65) as Liz Haggerty[=/=]Dona Ynez Ortega y Esteban[=/=]Pauline Moss |
51 | * ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' (1964–1972) as Endora |
52 | * ''Radio/TheLoneRanger'' (2 episodes, 1966–68) as Black Widow (voice) |
53 | * ''Series/TheWildWildWest'' (1 episode, 1967) as Emma Valentine |
54 | * ''Series/TheVirginian'' (1 episode, 1970) as Emma Garvey |
55 | * ''Series/NightGallery'' (2 episodes, 1970–71) as Emma Brigham[=/=]Head Witch |
56 | * ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'' (1 episode, 1971) as Mrs. Cooper |
57 | * ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Wonderful World of Disney]]'' (2 episodes, 1971) as Mrs. Pringle |
58 | * ''Series/MarcusWelbyMD'' (1 episode, 1972) as Mrs. Ramsey |
59 | [[/folder]] |
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61 | [[folder:Radio roles]] |
62 | * ''Radio/TheShadow'' (1937–39) as Margo Lane (voice) |
63 | * ''Radio/TheMercuryTheatreOnTheAir'' (3 episodes, 1938) as Mina Harker[=/=]Mrs. Hawkins[=/=]Mrs. Lincoln (voice) |
64 | * ''Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' (1 episode, 1940) as Lara Lor-Van (voice) |
65 | * ''Radio/CBSRadioMysteryTheater'' (2 episodes, 1974) as Ada Canby[=/=]Lorna Kitteredge (voice) |
66 | [[/folder]] |
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71 | * IAmNotSpock: As she put it in one interview, "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 the witch." |
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