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Agnes Moorehead
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With a rare combination of talent and dedication, Agnes Moorehead has achieved stardom in television, radio, motion pictures and the legitimate stage. She has been an Academy Award nominee five times. Agnes plays the witch-mother-in-law, Endora, in the Screen Gems comedy hit, "Bewitched" and has been nominated five times for an "Emmy" in this role.
At age three "Agnes Moorehead" first appeared onstage, and at 11 she made her professional debut in the ballet and chorus of the St. Louis Opera. As a teenager she regularly sang on local radio. She earned a Ph.D. in literature and studied theater at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She began playing small roles on Broadway in 1928; shortly thereafter she shifted her focus to radio acting, becoming a regular on the radio shows March of Time, Cavalcade of America, and a soap opera series. She toured in vaudeville from 1933-36 with "Phil Baker". In 1940 she joined "Orson Welles"'s Mercury Theater Company, giving a great boost to her career. Moorehead debuted onscreen as Kane's mother in Welles' film "Citizen Kane" (1941).
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Emmy Award-winning actress Agnes Moorehead achieved international stardom on stage, screen, radio and television over the course of her 50-year career. She was a popular figure during the golden days of radio, from comedy with Jack Benny, Bob Hope and others, to drama, including legendary performances of the suspense classic Sorry, Wrong Number and for Orson Welles’ Mercury Theater, the famed War of the Worlds. Miss Moorehead made her Hollywood debut in Welles’ Citizen Kane and for her performance in Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons, received the first of four Academy Award nominations. Miss Moorehead ultimately made 100 films and appeared inmore than 100 television productions.
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Agnes Moorehead is probably best known for her role as Endora, the tart-tongued mother-in-law on the situation comedy Bewitched. When she took on that part... she had already had a long, varied, and distinguished acting carrer.
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