Agnes Moorehead
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Film
Jessica
Maria Lombardo
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
The Rifleman
Bertie Hoakam
1958
Series
Bewitched
Endora
1964
Series
Wagon Train
Mary Halstead
1957
Series
Matinee Theater
1955
Series
The Wild Wild West
1965
Series
The Wild Wild West
Emma Valentine
1965
Series
The Twilight Zone
Woman
1959
Series
The Virginian
Emma Garvey
1962
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Bertha Bluenose
1951
Series
Love, American Style
Mrs. Cooper
1969
Series
Rawhide
Sister Frances
1959
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Climax!
(segment "Child of the Wind")
1954
Series
Climax!
Irene
1954
Series
Night Gallery
Head Witch (segment "Witches' Feast")
1970
Series
Night Gallery
Emma Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")
1970
Series
Burke's Law
Liz Haggerty
1963
Series
Burke's Law
Pauline Moss
1963
Series
Burke's Law
Dona Ynez Ortega y Esteban
1963
Film
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Reed
1943
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self - Aunt Minnie
1950
Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Mrs. Ramsey
1969
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Series
The Rebel
Martha Lassiter
1959
Series
Adventures in Paradise
Jikiri
1959
Series
The Millionaire
Katherine Boland
1955
Film
Citizen Kane
Mary Kane
1941
Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Witch
1958
Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Mombi the Witch
1958
Series
Suspicion
Katherine Searles
1957
Series
Lancer
1968
Series
Startime
Carmen Lynch
1959
Series
Alcoa Theatre
Mrs. Adams
1957
Series
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self
1967
Series
DuPont Show of the Month
Madame Defarge
1957
Film
How the West Was Won
Rebecca Prescott
1962
Series
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Dramatic Reader
1964
Series
Hollywood Squares
Self
1966
The Greatest Show on Earth
Millie
1963
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Pringle
1954
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Snow
1954
Film
Bewitched
Endora (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
The Chevy Mystery Show
Elizabeth Marshall
1960
Series
Custer
1967
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Snow (archive footage)
1961
Series
The Pet Set
Self
1971
Film
Dark Passage
Madge Rapf
1947
Film
Charlotte's Web
Goose (voice)
1973
That's Life
1968
Film
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Velma Cruther
1964
Film
The Magnificent Ambersons
Fanny Minafer
1942
Film
Fourteen Hours
Christine Hill Cosick
1951
Film
Caged
Ruth Benton
1950
Film
Pollyanna
Mrs. Snow
1960
Series
The Lone Ranger
Black Widow (voice)
1966
Series
General Electric Theater
Ana Konrad Bethlen
1953
Film
Show Boat
Parthy Hawks
1951
Film
The Conqueror
Hunlun
1956
Film
All That Heaven Allows
Sara Warren
1955
Series
Frankenstein: The True Story
Mrs. Blair
1973
Film
The Opposite Sex
Countess Lavaliere
1956
Series
Revlon Mirror Theatre
Martha Adams
1953
Film
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Film
Magnificent Obsession
Nancy Ashford
1954
Film
The True Story of Jesse James
Mrs. Samuel
1957
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Ma Crater
1951
Film
Raintree County
Ellen Shawnessy
1957
Film
The Story of Three Loves
Aunt Lydia
1953
Film
Bachelor in Paradise
Judge Peterson
1961
Film
The Bat
Cornelia van Gorder
1959
Film
Who's Minding the Store?
Phoebe Tuttle
1963
Film
The Youngest Profession
Miss Featherstone
1943
Film
The Singing Nun
Sister Cluny
1966
Film
Night of the Quarter Moon
Cornelia Nelson
1959
Film
Marriage: Year One
Grandma Duden
1971
Film
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
Hercule's Wife
1974
Film
The Swan
Queen Maria Dominika
1956
Film
Johnny Belinda
Aggie MacDonald
1948
Film
The Big Street
Violette Shumberg
1942
Film
Pardners
Mrs. Matilda Kingsley
1956
Film
The Story of Mankind
Queen Elizabeth I
1957
Film
Since You Went Away
Emily Hawkins
1944
Film
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The Red Queen
1966
Film
Untamed
Aggie (Kildare's governess)
1955
Film
The Left Hand of God
Beryl Sigman
1955
Film
Government Girl
Adele - Mrs. Delancey Wright
1943
Film
Her Highness and the Bellboy
Countess Zoe
1945
Film
Jeanne Eagels
Nellie Neilson
1957
Film
The Great Sinner
Emma Getzel
1949
Film
Dragon Seed
Third Cousin's Wife
1944
Film
Station West
Mrs. Mary Caslon
1948
Film
The Seventh Cross
Madame Marelli
1944
Film
Summer Holiday
Cousin Lily
1948
Film
The Woman in White
Countess Fosco
1948
Film
Journey into Fear
Mrs. Mathews
1943
Film
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
Bertha Parchman
1956
Film
The Ballad of Andy Crocker
Lisa's Mother
1969
Film
What's the Matter with Helen?
Sister Alma
1971
Film
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Miss Hattie
1956
Film
Operation Raintree
Self
1957
Film
Mrs. Parkington
Baroness Aspasia Conti
1944
Film
Tomorrow, the World!
Aunt Jessie Frame
1944
Film
The Lost Moment
Juliana Borderau
1947
Film
Those Redheads from Seattle
Mrs. Edmonds
1953
Film
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Self (archive video)
2022
Film
The Blue Veil
Mrs. Palfrey
1951
Film
Adventures of Captain Fabian
Aunt Jezebel
1951
Film
Tempest
Vassilissa Mironova
1958
Film
Frankenstein: The True Story
Mrs. Blair
1974
Film
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Woman (archive footage)
2019
Film
The Stratton Story
Ma Stratton
1949
Film
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Bruna Jacobson
1945
Film
A Bewitched Christmas
Endora
1994
Film
Keep Your Powder Dry
Lieut. Colonel Spottiswoode
1945
Film
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
Mrs. Pringle
1971
Film
Main Street to Broadway
Mildred Waterbury
1953
Film
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
Self/Endora (archive footage)
2023
Film
Suddenly Single
Marlene
1971
Film
Rolling Man
Grandmother
1972
Film
Without Honor
Katherine Williams
1949
Film
The Blazing Forest
Jessie Crain
1952
Film
Black Jack
Mrs. Emily Birk
1950
Film
The Magic Pear Tree
Chantelle
1968
Film
Scandal at Scourie
Sister Josephine
1953
Film
Not One Shall Die
Hannah Lessing
1957
Film
Twenty Plus Two
Mrs. Eleanor Delaney
1961
Film
Night of Terror
Bronsky
1972
Film
Dear Dead Delilah
Delilah Charles
1972
Film
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Ma Crater
1957
Film
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
1991