Agnes Moorehead
Birth Name:
Agnes Robertson Moorehead
Birth Place:
Clinton, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Posthumously honored by the St․ Louis Walk of Fame
- First woman to be named co-host of the Oscars
- After receiving a bachelor's degree from Muskingum College, she would become a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin before eventually studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- After graduating from Muskingum College with a bachelor's degree, she would move with her family to Reedsburg, Wisconsin, where she would teach public school for five years before pursuing her acting career full-time
- Quote: "Permissiveness in society springs from a lack of standards․ There must be a rule of behavior, an appreciation of basic values․"
- Initially interested in stage work, she would be persuaded to try a career in film by new acquaintance Helen Hayes in the early '30s
- Most well-known for her work as Endora on "Bewitched", a role she would portray for more than eight years, garnering her multiple award nominations and wins until the series' end in 1972
- Endured unemployment during the earliest stages of her career and once recounted a period in which she was forced to go four days without eating
- One of more than 90 crew members of "The Conqueror", which filmed in the Nevada desert near nuclear test sites, that subsequently died of various types of cancer
Awards
- 1942NBR Award - Best Acting:Winner
- 1942NYFCC Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 1942Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (September):Winner
- 1943Oscar - Best Actress in a Supporting Role:Nominated
- 1945Oscar - Best Actress in a Supporting Role:Nominated
- 1945Golden Globe - Best Supporting Actress:Winner
- 1949Oscar - Best Actress in a Supporting Role:Nominated
- 1951Golden Laurel - Top Female Character Performance:Nominated
- 1952Golden Laurel - Top Female Character Performance:Winner
- 1957Golden Laurel - Top Female Comedy Performance:Nominated
- 1958Golden Laurel - Top Female Supporting Performance:Nominated
- 1965Oscar - Best Actress in a Supporting Role:Nominated
- 1965Golden Globe - Best Supporting Actress:Winner
- 1965Golden Laurel - Supporting Performance, Female:Nominated
- 1966Golden Laurel - Supporting Performance, Female:Nominated
- 1966Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy:Nominated
- 1967Gold Medal - Favorite TV Program:Nominated
- 1967Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama:Winner
- 1967Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 1968Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy:Nominated
- 1969Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series:Nominated
- 1970Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy:Nominated
- 1971Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy:Nominated
- 2003TV Land Award - Favorite Classic TV In-Law:Winner
- 2004TV Land Award - Favorite "Big, Bad Momma":Nominated
- 2005TV Land Award - Favorite Mother-In-Law:Winner