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Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress. Although she began at the Mercury Theatre, she appeared in more than seventy films, starting with Citizen Kane, and in dozens of television shows over a career lasting more than thirty years, but to modern audiences Moorehead is best known for her role as the witch Endora in the series Bewitched.

Although Moorehead rarely played leading roles in film, her skill at creating characters and her range earned her one Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as four Academy Award nominations and six Emmy nominations. Moorehead's transition to television was marked by recognition for both dramatic and comedic roles. She could play a wide variety of types, but often portrayed haughty, arrogant characters.

Filmography

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Interesting facts

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    Together with her husband Jack J. Lee, she adopted an orphan in 1949, who was named Sean and who, as he grew up, ran away from home.

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    Full name - Agnes Robertson Moorehead.

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    Died of uterine cancer.

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    Has English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh roots.

Family & relationships

Robert Gist spouse · divorced
Jack G. Lee husband · divorced
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