Agnes Moorehead
Acting1900Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress. Although she began with the Mercury Theatre, appeared in more than seventy films beginning with Citizen Kane and on dozens of television shows during a career that spanned more than thirty years, Moorehead is most widely known to modern audiences for her role as the witch Endora in the series Bewitched.
While rarely playing leads in films, Moorehead's skill at character development and range earned her one Emmy Award and two Golden Globe awards in addition to four Academy Award and six Emmy Award nominations. Moorehead's transition to television won acclaim for drama and comedy. She could play many different types, but often portrayed haughty, arrogant characters.
Known For
Acting History
2024
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
as Self/Endora (archive footage)
2022
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
as Self (archive video)
2019
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Woman (archive footage)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frankenstein: The True Story
as Mrs. Blair
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
as Hercule's Wife
1973
Charlotte's Web
as Goose (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
1972
Rolling Man
as Grandmother
Night of Terror
as Bronsky
Dear Dead Delilah
as Delilah Charles
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TVas Mrs. Ramsey• 1 eps
1971
Suddenly Single
as Marlene
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
as Mrs. Pringle
Marriage: Year One
as Grandma Duden
What's the Matter with Helen?
as Sister Alma
Love, American Style
TVas Mrs. Cooper• 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TVas Self• 1 eps
1970
Night Gallery
TVas Emma Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall") / Head Witch (segment "Witches' Feast")• 1 eps
The Virginian
TVas Emma Garvey• 1 eps
1969
The Ballad of Andy Crocker
as Lisa's Mother
The Red Skelton Show
TVas Self / Bertha Bluenose• 1 eps
1968
The Magic Pear Tree
as Chantelle
1967
1966
The Singing Nun
as Sister Cluny
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as The Red Queen
Hollywood Squares
TVas Self
1964
What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?
as Velma Cruther
Burke's Law
TVas Dona Ynez Ortega y Esteban• 1 eps
Bewitched
TVas Endora• 254 eps
The Hollywood Palace
TVas Self - Dramatic Reader
1963
Who's Minding the Store?
as Phoebe Tuttle
The Greatest Show on Earth
TVas Millie
1962
How the West Was Won
as Rebecca Prescott
Jessica
as Maria Lombardo
1961
Twenty Plus Two
as Mrs. Eleanor Delaney
Bachelor in Paradise
as Judge Peterson
The Twilight Zone
TVas Woman• 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self - Co-Host / Self
1960
Pollyanna
as Mrs. Snow
The Rifleman
TVas Bertie Hoakam• 1 eps
Rawhide
TVas Sister Frances• 1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
TVas Jikiri• 1 eps
The Chevy Mystery Show
TVas Elizabeth Marshall• 1 eps
The Millionaire
TVas Katherine Boland• 1 eps
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TVas Mombi the Witch• 1 eps
1959
The Bat
as Cornelia van Gorder
Night of the Quarter Moon
as Cornelia Nelson
The Rebel
TVas Martha Lassiter• 1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
TVas Mrs. Adams• 1 eps
1958
Tempest
as Vassilissa Mironova
Suspicion
TVas Katherine Searles• 1 eps
DuPont Show of the Month
TVas Madame Defarge• 1 eps
1957
Raintree County
as Ellen Shawnessy
The True Story of Jesse James
as Mrs. Samuel
Jeanne Eagels
as Nellie Neilson
Operation Raintree
as Self
Not One Shall Die
as Hannah Lessing
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
as Ma Crater
The Story of Mankind
as Queen Elizabeth I
Climax!
TVas Irene• 1 eps
Wagon Train
TVas Mary Halstead• 1 eps
1956
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
as Bertha Parchman
The Conqueror
as Hunlun
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Miss Hattie
Pardners
as Mrs. Matilda Kingsley
The Swan
as Queen Maria Dominika
The Opposite Sex
as Countess Lavaliere
1955
Untamed
as Aggie (Kildare's governess)
All That Heaven Allows
as Sara Warren
The Left Hand of God
as Beryl Sigman
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TVas Self - Aunt Minnie• 1 eps
1954
Magnificent Obsession
as Nancy Ashford
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Mrs. Snow / Mrs. Pringle
1953
The Story of Three Loves
as Aunt Lydia
Those Redheads from Seattle
as Mrs. Edmonds
Scandal at Scourie
as Sister Josephine
Main Street to Broadway
as Mildred Waterbury
General Electric Theater
TVas Ana Konrad Bethlen
1952
The Blazing Forest
as Jessie Crain
1951
14 Hours
as Christine Hill Cosick
Show Boat
as Parthy Hawks
The Blue Veil
as Mrs. Palfrey
Adventures of Captain Fabian
as Aunt Jezebel
1950
Caged
as Ruth Benton
Black Jack
as Mrs. Emily Birk
1949
1948
The Woman in White
as Countess Fosco
Summer Holiday
as Cousin Lily
Station West
as Mrs. Mary Caslon
Johnny Belinda
as Aggie MacDonald
1947
The Lost Moment
as Juliana Borderau
Dark Passage
as Madge Rapf
1945
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
as Bruna Jacobson
Her Highness and the Bellboy
as Countess Zoe
Keep Your Powder Dry
as Lieut. Colonel Spottiswoode
1944
Mrs. Parkington
as Baroness Aspasia Conti
Since You Went Away
as Mrs. Emily Hawkins
Dragon Seed
as Third Cousin's Wife
The Seventh Cross
as Madame Marelli
Tomorrow, the World!
as Aunt Jessie Frame
1943
Government Girl
as Adele - Mrs. Delancey Wright
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Reed
The Youngest Profession
as Miss Featherstone
Journey into Fear
as Mrs. Mathews
1942
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Fanny Minafer
The Big Street
as Violette Shumberg
1941
Citizen Kane
as Mary Kane