She formerly appeared on the Al Pierce Show, Ben Bernie Show and The March of Time.He was born in Muskingum County, Ohio. Also Known As: Agnes Robertson Moorehead Died At Age: 73 Family: Spouse/Ex-: John Griffith Lee (m. 1930-1952), Robert Gist (m. 1954-1958) father: John Henderson Moorehead mother: Mildred McCauley children: Sean Actresses American Women Height: 5'7" (170 cm ), 5'7" Females Died on: April 30, 1974 place of death: Rochester, Minnesota, United States | Photo: Getty Images. 0000008553 00000 n Agnes Belle Pratt (born Moorehead), 1887 - 1963. << All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. 0000002684 00000 n Verify and try again. Too bad the place was sold and razed. Agnes Moorehead had a glorious Hollywood career, but her life was not without challenges. | Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Ted Thackrey Jr. in the Los Angeles Times May 1, 1974, Agnes and her family owned a farm not far from me, quite the place. [citation needed] In 1954, she married actor Robert Gist, and they divorced in 1958. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Please reset your password. Make sure that the file is a photo. See production, box office & company info, Very suspensefulquite good for its day, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA. When you go in the front door, go up the steps and it is the first hall to the left (the Sanctuary of Peace). Moorehead received positive reviews for her performance in Mrs. Parkington, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy Award nomination. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Verify and try again. Can you list the top facts and stats about Agnes Moorehead? In 1964, Moorehead accepted the role of Endora, in the situation comedy Bewitched. Try again later. Agnes Moorehead not only deserved her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she deserved the the Oscar for her role in "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte." During the 1940s and 1950s, Moorehead was one of the most in demand actresses for radio dramas, especially on the CBS show Suspense. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. In 1923, Moorehead earned a bachelor's degree, with a major in biology, from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, and while there she also appeared in college stage plays. Moorehead received an honorary doctoral degree from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. She was a great actress! Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? The facility was inaugurated in Fall 2021. Her talent was not only limited to acting. "[citation needed], Moorehead was one of the first members of the company to make a connection between the film and the fallout. He graduated from Xenia Theological Seminary of which his uncle, Dr. W.G. This is a carousel with slides. A versatile actress, Moorehead played several roles, from heroin to villainess and tragedienne to comedienne. Moorehead later shaved six years off her age by claiming to have been born in 1906. She was in many important films, including Dark Passage and Since You Went Away, either playing key small or large supporting parts. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. R.I.P. The episode also stars Madlyn Rhue and Bob Steele. Agnes Moorehead was truly one of the best. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? In 1923, Moorehead earned a bachelor's degree, with a major in biology, from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, and while there she also appeared in college stage plays. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorhead, and Dick York, circa 1960s. She worked in radio throughout her career, and received many accolades. She performed in his The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio adaptations, and had a regular role opposite Welles in the serial The Shadow as Margo. Moorehead is entombed at Dayton Memorial Park in Dayton, Ohio. Did you ever meet Agnes Moorehead? . Throughout the 1940s, Agnes was kept busy in family dramas (Our . She also reprised her role in "Don Juan in Hell" on Broadway and on tour, in an all-star cast which also featured Edward Mulhare. 35 0 obj /ID[<0BE8C29F35D7E0B167E98183A8697925><0BE8C29F35D7E0B167E98183A8697925>]/Info 12 0 R Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. She commented to the New York Times in 1974, "I've been in movies and played theater from coast to coast, so I was quite well known before Bewitched, and I don't particularly want to be identified as a witch." This is a carousel with slides. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. It is obviously an old signature with the sentiment, "Best wishes for all the coming years." What actress left her familys Ohio estate and farmlands, to Bob Jones University, stipulating BJU should use the farm for retreats and special meetings with a Christian emphasis? Actress. 0000006578 00000 n or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Moorehead met the actress Helen Hayes who encouraged her to try to enter films, but her first attempts were met with failure. Moorehead played another strong role in The Big Street (1942) with Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball, and then appeared in two films that failed to find an audience, Government Girl with Olivia de Havilland and The Youngest Profession with the adolescent Virginia Weidler. She expressed a fondness for the show's star, Elizabeth Montgomery, and said that she had enjoyed working with her. Moorehead also left her professional papers, scripts, Christmas cards and scrapbooks to the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Blogathon 2015: Agnes Moorehead . In the 1950s, Moorehead continued to work in films and to appear on stage across the country, including a national tour of Shaw's Don Juan in Hell, co-starring Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, and Cedric Hardwicke. sr: Her close friend Sandra Gould, who was featured with her on Bewitched, recalls that long before Moorehead developed the uterine cancer that killed her in 1974, she recounted rumors of "some radioactive germs" on location in Utah, observing: "Everybody in that picture has gotten cancer and died." Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. RoadsideAmerica.comYour Online Guide to Offbeat Tourist Attractions. English We have set your language to As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Alongside Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland, Mary Astor and Joseph Cotten, she starred in Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), as the murdered maid, Velma, a role for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award. Failed to remove flower. Agnes Moorehead, whose acting career spanned half a century and almost every character role from glamorous divorcee to acid-tongued witch, died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minn.. After a private Presbyterian funeral service, Agnes was interred beside them in Abby Mausoleum located in Dayton's historic Memorial Park. To use this feature, use a newer browser. %%EOF With Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles, she was founder and charter member of the famed Mercury Theater Players. Agnes had a presence in the area. pt:Agnes Moorehead There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. In the years since her death, rumors about Moorehead's being a lesbian have been widespread, most notoriously in the book Hollywood Lesbians by Boze Hadleigh, whose source for the allegation was Paul Lynde. Despite her ambivalence, she remained with Bewitched until its run ended in 1972. April 30. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. In the story line, Lassiter's son, Phillip, was killed in the American Civil War four years earlier. She appeared in his radio production Julius Caesar, had a regular role in the serial The Shadow as Margo and was one of the players in his The War of the Worlds production. Visitor Tips and News About Crypt of Agnes Moorehead. In May 1976, BJU traded the Moorehead farmlands with an Ohio college for $25,000 and a collection of her library books. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. She joined the chorus of the St. Louis Municipal Opera Company, known as "The Muny". 13 24 . Add to your scrapbook. Her will stipulated that BJU should use the farm for retreats and special meetings "with a Christian emphasis", but the distance of the estate from the South Carolina campus rendered it mostly useless. Agnes Moorhead shows plenty of spunk, and the great Vincent Price steals every scene in which he appears. She is best known for her role as Endora on the television series Bewitched, but she also had notable roles in films, including Citizen Kane, Dark Passage, All That Heaven Allows, and Show Boat. Sorry! The "Bewitched" star battled with cancer and eventually succumbed to the disease at the age of 74, as shown in her IMDB profile. During the 946 episodes run of Suspense, Moorehead was cast in more episodes than any other actor or actress. Search for Another Deceased . He died in the pulpit of his church while preaching. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Learn more about merges. . As she was dying, she reportedly said: "I should never have taken that part.". There was an error deleting this problem. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. endobj cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. She later received an honorary doctorate in literature from Muskingum, and served for a year on its board of trustees. Her mother, Mary M. Moorehead (August 25, 1883 June 8, 1990), survived her by 16 years, dying at the age of 106 in 1990. GREAT NEWS! Moorehead's transition to television won acclaim for drama and comedy. Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 - April 30, 1974) was an American actress. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Lt. Andy Anderson: In plain English, he didn't know what hit him. "Detective Story" was an old time radio series that was later renamed "The Shadow" in which Moorehead played the part of Margot Lane from 1937 - 1939. [1] 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. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. "Some of the isotopes, such as strontium 90 and cesium 137, would not have diminished much. Moorehead also left her professional papers, scripts, Christmas cards and scrapbooks to the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Moorehead explained that MGM usually refused to allow their actors to play on radio as "the actors didn't have the knowledge or the taste of the judgment to appear on the right sort of show. Later that year she said that she had enjoyed playing the role, but that it was not challenging and the show itself was "not breathtaking" although her flamboyant and colorful character appealed to children. (1971, costarring Reynolds), she played an evangelist. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. What actress left her family's Ohio estate and farmlands. Search above to list available cemeteries. 20th Century Fox publicity photograph, c.1964. Moorehead later shaved six years off her age by claiming to have been born in 1906. Sorry! 0000011845 00000 n Moorehead skillfully portrayed puritanical matrons, neurotic spinsters, possessive mothers, and comical secretaries throughout her career. In "Sorry, Wrong Number" Moorehead offered a famed, bravura performance using only her voice, and for "The Invaders" she was offered a script where she had no dialogue at all. She started her acting career on stage at the age of 3, and by the Continue reading What a Character! Snow in Disney's 1960 hit film Pollyanna. Of those, 46 people died, including Moorehead, Susan Hayward, John Wayne, and the films director-producer, Dick Powell, Agnes Moorehead in trailer Citizen Kane (1941). We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. She then pursued post-graduate studies at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, from which she graduated with honors in 1929. Some people look down at anything made in the fifties or sixties as hopelessly hokeyand they don't know what they're missing either. Prior to her time in Tinseltown, Moorehead earned a bachelor's degree in 1923 from Muskingum College (now University) in New Concord. Weve updated the security on the site. Please enter your email and password to sign in. In 1967, she portrayed an Indian named Watoma on the ABC military-western series Custer with Wayne Maunder in the title role. Moorehead garnered four nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her performances in: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Mrs. Parkington (1944), Johnny Belinda (1948), and HushHush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). Died Her family's Ohio farm went to John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, along with her collection of Bibles and biblical scholarship materials. cemeteries found in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Please reset your password. By the mid 1940s, Moorehead joined MGM, negotiating a $6,000-a-week contract with the provision to perform also on radio, an unusual clause at the time. In the 19631964 season, she appeared in an episode of the ABC series about college life, Channing. Agnes Moorehead's acting career spanned half a century and she portrayed almost every character role from glamorous divorcee to acid-tongued witch. Her family's Ohio farm went to John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, along with her collection of Bibles and biblical scholarship materials. Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. it:Agnes Moorehead Moorehead received six Emmy Award nominations, but was quick to remind interviewers that she had enjoyed a long and distinguished career. Moorehead was a devout Presbyterian (Reynolds described her as "terribly religious") and, in interviews, often spoke of her relationship with God. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Moorehead explained that MGM usually refused to allow their actors to play on radio as "the actors didn't have the knowledge or the taste of the judgment to appear on the right sort of show." Some tips may not be verified. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Please try again later. 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. stipulating BJU should use the farm for retreats and special meetings with a Christian emphasis. She believed that it offered her excellent training and allowed her to develop her voice to create a variety of characterizations. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Agnes Moorehead in trailer "Citizen Kane" (1941). Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? She appeared as the nosy do-gooder "Miss Bertie" in the show The Rifleman. Moorehead, was president for 22 years.In 1900 he was ordained to the United Presbyterian ministry and during the World War served as chaplain at the Great Lakes Training Station at Chicago. Barbara Stanwyck had played the role in the 1948 film version. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. More, National Cryptologic Museum, Annapolis Junction, Maryland (Feb 27-Mar 5, 2023). There was an error deleting this problem. 16473 People 7 Records 7 Sources: . Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. The Bat is a taut, suspenseful story, and one which proves gore isn't strictly necessary in order to be frightening. On-route maps, 1,000s of photos, special research targets! She was one of over 90 (of 220) cast and crew members including co-stars Susan Hayward, John Wayne, and Pedro Armendariz, as well as director-producer Dick Powell who, over their lifetimes, all developed cancer(s); at least 46 from the cast and crew have since died from cancer(s), including all of those named above. As a teacher in New York, she enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and made her first appearance at the Municipal Opera in St. Louis. 0000000015 00000 n %PDF-1.7 Her mother indulged her active imagination often asking "Who are you today, Agnes? Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. based on information from your browser. Miss her so much ! The mausoleum is all the way in the back, but easy to find. She was a marvelous actress who covered every field of entertainment from performing in over one hundred films, doing dozens of radio programs, taking on numerous television work and acting in theater, to touring as a public speaker. She found work in radio and was soon in demand, often working on several programs in a single day. Debbie Reynolds explicitly denied to film historian Robert Osborne that her "best friend" Moorehead was gay.[6]. Use our attraction recommendation and maps to plan your next road trip. But in a group this size you'd expect only 30-some cancers to develop. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? The room is large enough to have plenty of air, especially with the others searching the house for her. [1] 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 knew a thing or two about eyeshadow. Try again later. She and several cast members were exposed to radiation while making "The Conqueror" in Nevada which led to speculation this was the cause when diagnosed with uterine cancer. (In contrast, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was 13 kilotons.) With Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon, John Sutton. Year should not be greater than current year. As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story. Drag images here or select from your computer for Rev John Henderson Moorehead memorial. The role brought her a level of recognition that she had not received before as Bewitched was in the top 10 programs for the first few years it screened. Rejected as not being "the right type", Moorehead returned to radio. Please try again later. 0000001287 00000 n We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. 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