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Agnes Moorehead

Voice Actress / Film Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Television Presenter / Actress | * 12/06/1900 († 73, 04/30/1974) | Clinton, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA))
Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress. In a career spanning five decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television. Moorehead was the recipient of such accolades as a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards. Moorehead had joined Orson Welles' Mercury Players, as one of his principal performers in 1937. She also had notable roles in films such as Citizen Kane (1941), Dark Passage (1947), Show Boat (1951), and All That Heaven Allows (1955). Moorehead garnered four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her performances in: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Mrs. Parkington (1944), ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Agnes Moorehead

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame 2x Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture 4x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Agnes Moorehead as Actress(77)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)1974 That's Entertainment!
as The Goose1973 Charlotte's Web
as Delilah Charles1972 Dear Dead Delilah
as Bronsky1972 Night of Terror
as Grandmother1972 Rolling Man
as Marlene1971 Suddenly Single
as Grandma Duden1971 Marriage: Year One
as Lisa's Mother1969 The Ballad of Andy Crocker
as Chantelle1968 The Magic Pear Tree
as Sister Cluny1966 The Singing Nun
as The Red Queen1966 Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Velma Cruther1964 Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Mrs. Phoebe Tuttle1963 Who's Minding the Store?
as Maria Lombardo1962 Jessica
as Rebecca Prescott1962 How the West Was Won
as Judge Peterson1961 Bachelor in Paradise
as Mrs. Eleanor Delaney1961 Twenty Plus Two
as Mrs. Snow1960 Pollyanna
as Cornelia Nelson1959 Night of the Quarter Moon
as Cornelia van Gorder1959 The Bat
as Vassilissa Mironova1958 Tempest
as Ellen Shawnessy1957 Raintree County
as Queen Elizabeth I1957 The Story of Mankind
as Nellie Neilson1957 Jeanne Eagels
as Hannah Lessing1957 Not One Shall Die
as herself1957 Operation Raintree
as Queen Maria Dominika1956 The Swan
as Bertha Parchman1956 The Revolt of Mamie Stover
as Countess Lavaliere1956 The Opposite Sex
as Miss Hattie1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Hunlun1956 The Conqueror
as Mrs. Matilda Kingsley1956 Pardners
as Sara Warren1955 All That Heaven Allows
as Beryl Sigman1955 The Left Hand of God
as Aggie (Kildare's governess)1955 Untamed
as Nancy Ashford1954 Magnificent Obsession
as Sister Josephine1953 Scandal at Scourie
as Mrs. Edmonds1953 Those Redheads from Seattle
as Mildred Waterbury1953 Main Street to Broadway
as Aunt Lydia1953 The Story of Three Loves
as Jessie Crain1952 The Blazing Forest
as Parthy Hawks1951 Show Boat
as Mrs. Palfrey1951 The Blue Veil
as Christine Hill Cosick1951 Fourteen Hours
as Aunt Jezebel1951 Adventures of Captain Fabian
as Mrs. Emily Birk1950 Black Jack
as Ruth Benton1950 Caged
as Katherine Williams1949 Without Honor
as Emma Getzel1949 The Great Sinner
as Ma Stratton1949 The Stratton Story
as Aggie MacDonald1948 Johnny Belinda
as Cousin Lily1948 Summer Holiday
as Countess Fosco1948 The Woman in White
as Mrs. Mary Caslon1948 Station West
as Juliana Borderau1947 The Lost Moment
as Madge Rapf1947 Dark Passage
as Bruna Jacobson1945 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
as Countess Zoe1945 Her Highness and the Bellboy
as Lieut. Colonel Spottiswoode1945 Keep Your Powder Dry
as Aunt Jessie Frame1944 Tomorrow, the World!
as Madame Marelli1944 The Seventh Cross
as Baroness Aspasia Conti1944 Mrs. Parkington
as Mrs. Emily Hawkins1944 Since You Went Away
as Third Cousin's Wife1944 Dragon Seed
as Miss Featherstone1943 The Youngest Profession
as Mrs. Reed1943 Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Mathews1943 Journey into Fear
as Adele - Mrs. Delancey Wright1943 Government Girl
as Fanny Minafer1942 The Magnificent Ambersons
as Violette Shumberg1942 The Big Street
as Mary Kane1941 Citizen Kane

TV Shows/Series with Agnes Moorehead as Actress(42)

as herself1971 The Pet Set
as Head Witch (segment "Witches' Feast")1970 Night Gallery
as Emma Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")1970 Night Gallery
as Mrs. Cooper1969 Love, American Style
1968 Lancer
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1967 Custer
as herself1966 Hollywood Squares
as Emma Valentine1965 The Wild Wild West
as Endora1964 Bewitched
as Self - Dramatic Reader1964 The Hollywood Palace
as Liz Haggerty1963 Burke's Law
as Dona Ynez Ortega y Esteban1963 Burke's Law
as Pauline Moss1963 Burke's Law
as Emma Garvey1962 The Virginian
as herself1961 The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host1961 The Mike Douglas Show
as Elizabeth Marshall1960 The Chevy Mystery Show
as Martha Lassiter1959 The Rebel
as Sister Frances1959 Rawhide
as Bertie Hoakam1958 The Rifleman
as Mrs. Adams1957 Alcoa Theatre
as Mary Halstead1957 Wagon Train
as Katherine Searles1957 Suspicion
as Katherine Boland1955 The Millionaire
as (segment "Child of the Wind")1954 Climax!
as Irene1954 Climax!
as Ana Konrad Bethlen1953 GE Theater
as Self / Bertha Bluenose1951 The Red Skelton Show

Full Name: Agnes Moorehead
Born: Thursday, 12/06 1900 (December) in Clinton, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 04/30 1974 (April) in Rochester (aged: 73)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Wisconsin–Madison, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Central VPA High School, Soldan International Studies High School
Spouses (current/former): Robert Gist
Agnes Moorehead frequently works together with these people:
Harry Townes (22x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (21x, Actor)
Vincent Price (20x, Actor)
Skip Homeier (20x, Actor)
Harry Harvey (20x, Actor)
Vera Miles (19x, Actress)
John Dehner (19x, Actor)
Leif Erickson (18x, Actor)
Robert McCord (18x, Actor)
John Hoyt (17x, Actor)
Don Taylor (17x, Crew)
Orson Welles (14x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2679, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/05/2024