Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. 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. 0000006756 00000 n Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. English Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Died "[citation needed], Moorehead was one of the first members of the company to make a connection between the film and the fallout. Share your memory. 0 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. Debbie Reynolds explicitly denied to film historian Robert Osborne that her "best friend" Moorehead was gay.[6]. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 April 30, 1974) was an American actress. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Agnes Moorehead had a glorious Hollywood career, but her life was not without challenges. Try again. The facility was inaugurated in Fall 2021. Moorehead bequeathed her 1967 Primetime Emmy Award statue for The Wild Wild West, her private papers, and her home in Rix Mills, Ohio, to her alma mater, Muskingum College. Moorehead played a selfish, neurotic woman who overhears a murder being plotted via crossed phone wires who eventually realizes she is the intended victim. 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. Moorehead, who died from uterine cancer on April 30, 1974, at a hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, also went through two divorces, as reported by the Los Angeles Times. However, she had negotiated to appear in only eight of every 12 episodes made, therefore allowing her sufficient time to pursue other projects. Map and Plan Your Own Roadside Adventure Try My Sights, Roadside America app for iPhone, iPad. Oops, something didn't work. Rejected as not being "the right type", Moorehead returned to radio. [5] In "The Invaders" (broadcast 27 January 1961) Moorehead played a woman whose isolated farm is plagued by mysterious intruders. Dr. Malcolm Wells: Oh he knew, but he didn't have time to think about it. This is a carousel with slides. Later in her life, Moorehead spent much time on her 320-acre farm in Ohio, land owned by her family for more than a century and had been homesteaded by her great-grandparents. Broadway productions that she appeared in include Marcos Millions, Scarlet Pages and Men, Soldiers and Women., Jimmy Stewart and Agnes Moorehead in the 1949 film "The Stratton Story" about baseball star Monty Straton. Of the 220 crew and cast members worked on The Conqueror, 91 contracted cancer. She is prominently displayed framed with a B&W 8x10 photograph and the wonderful autograph above my mantle on my eleven foot Wall of Fame. In January 1974, Moorehead performed in two episodes (including the very first) of CBS Radio Mystery Theater, the popular series produced by old-time radio master Himan Brown. Two of them were particularly "dirty", depositing long-lasting radiation over the area. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. 0000001287 00000 n Moorehead later shaved six years off her age by claiming to have been born in 1906. She was a great actress! She later recalled going four days without food, and said that it had taught her "the value of a dollar." "Fallout was very abundant more than a year after Harry",[citation needed] said Robert C. Pendleton, a former AEC researcher. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of John Moorehead (8246778)? Too bad the place was sold and razed. Snow in Disney's 1960 hit film Pollyanna. She received aNew York Film Critics Award and an Academy Award nomination for her performance in the latter film. 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. She worked until the very end. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. 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. Unlike her sister Margaret, or Peggy as she was called, gravitated to the profession of nursing. Pendleton, director of radiological health at the University of Utah, stated, "With these numbers, this case could qualify as an epidemic. Moorehead met the actress Helen Hayes who encouraged her to try to enter films, but her first attempts were met with failure. Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 - April 30, 1974) was an American actress. 0000011845 00000 n based on information from your browser. startxref With 91, I think the tie-in to their exposure on the set of The Conqueror would hold up even in a court of law. pt:Agnes Moorehead Agnes Moorehead appeared in many movies often cast in acid tongue roles and some are: "The Magnificent Ambersons, Our Vines have Tender Grapes, Dark Passage, The Left Hand of God and The Bat." Her numerous TV guest appearances led her to the 1960s TV sitcom Bewitched and became "Endora" the overbearing mother. In 1964, Moorehead accepted the role of Endora, in the situation comedy Bewitched. In a career spanning four decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television. Shortly before her death, Moorehead sought Christian causes to benefit after her death through her estate. | Photo: Wikimedia Commons. sr: With Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon, John Sutton. Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA. This account has been disabled. Moorehead married actor John Griffith Lee in 1930; they divorced in 1952. | Photo: Getty Images. stipulating BJU should use the farm for retreats and special meetings with a Christian emphasis. Try again later. Trip Planning Caution: RoadsideAmerica.com offers maps, directions and attraction details as a convenience, providing all information as is. Please try again later. Agnes Belle Pratt was born on month day 1887, at birth place, Iowa, to George Wesley Moorehead and Lydia Ann Moorehead. Man Finds Out His Fiance Is Pregnant, Forces Her to Choose between Abortion or Marriage, Karen Grassle Looks Great at 81 & Shows Her Wrinkles Years after Fight for Motherhood, Ray Romanos Non-public Wife Turns 60 He Wept in Closet When He Found Out about Her Cancer, Erin Murphy AKA Tabitha from 'Bewitched' Is Now a Mom of 6 Inside Her Life 50 Years after the Show, Hollywood Stars Including William Shatner Share Tributes to M*A*S*H Actor Sally Kellerman Who Died at 84, Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz's Kids Lived Different Lives after Parents Thrust Them into the Spotlight. | Photo: Getty Images, Her last acting appearances include a segment of a two-hour television trilogy, Rex Harrison: Stories of Love.. She fell ill during the production and was so sick that she had to quit and let Arlene Francis take her place. 0000008553 00000 n Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. (In contrast, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was 13 kilotons.) She was in many important films, including Dark Passage and Since You Went Away, either playing key small or large supporting parts. Learn more about managing a memorial . Her mother indulged her active imagination often asking, "Who are you today, Agnes? Year should not be greater than current year. 0000005395 00000 n What actress left her family's Ohio estate and farmlands. It had previously been held by generations of the Moorehead family, including Muskingum Class of. 0000012033 00000 n Edit your search or learn more Your Scrapbook is currently empty. She could play many different types, but often portrayed haughty, arrogant characters. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Several of his radio performers joined him, and Moorehead made her film debut as his mother in Citizen Kane (1941). 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. Moorehead, who died from uterine cancer on April 30, 1974, at a hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, also went through two divorces, as reported by the Los Angeles Times. That same season, she appeared in Pat O'Brien's ABC sitcom Harrigan and Son. including the Ohio farm, to the ultra-conservative Christian Bob Jones University, along with her huge library of Biblical studies books. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Curbed reports that the. 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.. All rights reserved. She was returned to Ohio for her entombment. In 1961 in Season 2, Episode 51 of The Twilight Zone, "The Invaders", Moorehead played a woman living in isolation who is terrorized by space aliens. 0 cemeteries found in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. She expressed a fondness for the show's star, Elizabeth Montgomery, and said that she had enjoyed working with her. %%EOF Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. She recreated the performance six times for Suspense and several times on other radio shows, always using her original, dog-eared script. I LOVED her make-up and the way she talked so COOL XXX000XXX LOVE YA ! %PDF-1.7 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." Try again later. Make sure that the file is a photo. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Eternal resting spot of Agnes Moorehead, best known as "Endora" the campy mother witch character on the TV series Bewitched. Moorehead from the trailer for Johnny Belinda (1948). In 1964, Moorehead played the slatternly maid, Velma Carruther, to Bette Davis in the gothic thriller Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte and would receive her fourth and final Academy Award nomination for her work. Her family's Ohio farm went to John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas along with her collection of Bibles and biblical scholarship materials. She later received an honorary doctorate in literature from Muskingum, and served for a year on its board of trustees. Learn more about managing a memorial . ). 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 She appeared as the nosy do-gooder "Miss Bertie" in the show The Rifleman. | Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. /Size 37 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. Year should not be greater than current year. His death due to a massive heart attack. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Born Agnes Robertson Moorehead on December 6, 1900, in Massachusetts, she was the daughter of singer Mary McCauley and Presbyterian clergyman John Henderson Moorehead. She expressed a fondness for the show's star, Elizabeth Montgomery, and said that she had enjoyed working with her. However, Moorehead biographer Charles Tranberg (I Love the Illusion: The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead, 2005) interviewed several of the actress's closest friends, including some who are openly gay, who all stated the rumor is untrue. She had attended high school in Hamilton and when not busy in Hollywood residing in her Beverly Hills home, she would spend long periods of time on a farm she owned in Hamilton purchased so as to be near her parents. She starred as a nun in the western TV series, Rawhide episode, "Incident of the Challenge", (1960). She was often introduced on the show as the "first lady of Suspense". /H [ 856 192 ] Include gps location with grave photos where possible. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. 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