Line #24 Creator/AgnesMoorehead


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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
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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
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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)
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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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Context Creator / AgnesMoorehead