Filmography
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Known For
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte Velma (1964) -
Citizen Kane Mary Kane (1941) -
Bewitched Endora (1964-1972) -
Known For
The Magnificent Ambersons Fanny Minafer (1942) -
Actress
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love Hercule's Wife (1974) -
Frankenstein: The True Story Mrs. Blair (1973) -
Charlotte's Web The Goose (1973) -
Dear Dead Delilah Delilah Charles (1972) -
Marcus Welby, M.D. Mrs. Ramsey (1972) -
Night of Terror Bronsky (1972) -
Rolling Man Grandmother (1972) -
Bewitched Endora (1964-1972)
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Love, American Style Mrs. Cooper (segment 'Love and the Particular Girl') (1971) -
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Guest Performer (1971) -
![The Magical World of Disney]( "The Magical World of Disney")
The Magical World of Disney Mrs. Pringle (1971) -
![The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove]( "The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove")
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove Mrs. Pringle (1971) -
![Suddenly Single]( "Suddenly Single")
Suddenly Single Marlene (1971) -
![Marriage: Year One]( "Marriage: Year One")
Marriage: Year One Grandma Duden (1971) -
![Night Gallery]( "Night Gallery")
Night Gallery Head Witch (segment "Witches' Feast") (1970-1971) -
![What's the Matter with Helen?]( "What's the Matter with Helen?")
What's the Matter with Helen? Sister Alma (1971) -
![The Virginian]( "The Virginian")
The Virginian Emma Garvey (1970) -
![Barefoot in the Park]( "Barefoot in the Park")
Barefoot in the Park Mrs. Wilson (1970) -
![The Red Skelton Hour]( "The Red Skelton Hour")
The Red Skelton Hour Bertha Bluenose (1969) -
![Lancer]( "Lancer")
Lancer Laurette Normile (1969) -
![The Ballad of Andy Crocker]( "The Ballad of Andy Crocker")
The Ballad of Andy Crocker Lisa's mother (1969) -
![That's Life]( "That's Life")
That's Life (1969) -
![The Magic Pear Tree]( "The Magic Pear Tree")
The Magic Pear Tree Chantelle (1968) -
![The Lone Ranger]( "The Lone Ranger")
The Lone Ranger Black Widow (1966-1968) -
![Custer]( "Custer")
Custer Watoma (1967) -
![The Wild Wild West]( "The Wild Wild West")
The Wild Wild West Emma Valentine (1967) -
![Alice Through the Looking Glass]( "Alice Through the Looking Glass")
Alice Through the Looking Glass The Red Queen (1966) -
![The Singing Nun]( "The Singing Nun")
The Singing Nun Sister Cluny (1966) -
![Burke's Law]( "Burke's Law")
Burke's Law Pauline Moss (1963-1965) -
![Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte]( "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte")
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte Velma (1964) -
![The Greatest Show on Earth]( "The Greatest Show on Earth")
The Greatest Show on Earth Millie (1964) -
![Channing]( "Channing")
Channing Professor Amelia Webster (1964) -
![Who's Minding the Store?]( "Who's Minding the Store?")
Who's Minding the Store? Mrs. Phoebe Tuttle (1963) -
![How the West Was Won]( "How the West Was Won")
How the West Was Won Rebecca Prescott (1962) -
Poor Mr. Campbell Adrice Campbell (1962)
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![Jessica]( "Jessica")
Jessica Maria Lombardo (1962) -
![Bachelor in Paradise]( "Bachelor in Paradise")
Bachelor in Paradise Judge Peterson (1961) -
![Twenty Plus Two]( "Twenty Plus Two")
Twenty Plus Two Mrs. Eleanor Delaney (1961) -
![My Sister Eileen]( "My Sister Eileen")
My Sister Eileen Aunt Harriet (1961) -
![The Twilight Zone]( "The Twilight Zone")
The Twilight Zone Woman (1961) -
![The Rifleman]( "The Rifleman")
The Rifleman Bertie Hoakam (1960) -
![Shirley Temple's Storybook]( "Shirley Temple's Storybook")
Shirley Temple's Storybook Hepzibah Pyncheon (1958-1960) -
![Harrigan and Son]( "Harrigan and Son")
Harrigan and Son (1960) -
![Rawhide]( "Rawhide")
Rawhide Sister Frances (1960) -
![Adventures in Paradise]( "Adventures in Paradise")
Adventures in Paradise Jikiri (1960) -
![The Chevy Mystery Show]( "The Chevy Mystery Show")
The Chevy Mystery Show Elizabeth Marshall (1960) -
![Pollyanna]( "Pollyanna")
Pollyanna Mrs. Snow (1960) -
![The Millionaire]( "The Millionaire")
The Millionaire Katherine Boland (1960) -
![Startime]( "Startime")
Startime Carmen Lynch (1960) -
![The Rebel]( "The Rebel")
The Rebel Martha Lassiter (1959) -
![The Bat]( "The Bat")
The Bat Cornelia van Gorder (1959) -
![Alcoa Theatre]( "Alcoa Theatre")
Alcoa Theatre Mrs. Adams (1959) -
![Night of the Quarter Moon]( "Night of the Quarter Moon")
Night of the Quarter Moon Cornelia Nelson (1959) -
![General Electric Theater]( "General Electric Theater")
General Electric Theater Ana Konrad Bethlen (1959) -
![Tempest]( "Tempest")
Tempest Vassilissa Mironova (1958) -
![Suspicion]( "Suspicion")
Suspicion Katherine Searles (1958) -
![Playhouse 90]( "Playhouse 90")
Playhouse 90 Rose Ganun (1958) -
![The DuPont Show of the Month]( "The DuPont Show of the Month")
The DuPont Show of the Month Madame Defarge (1958) -
![Wagon Train]( "Wagon Train")
Wagon Train Mary Halstead (1957) -
![The Story of Mankind]( "The Story of Mankind")
The Story of Mankind Queen Elizabeth I (1957) -
![Raintree County]( "Raintree County")
Raintree County Ellen Shawnessy (1957) -
![Jeanne Eagels]( "Jeanne Eagels")
Jeanne Eagels Nellie Neilson (1957) -
![Climax!]( "Climax!")
Climax! Irene (1956-1957) -
![Schlitz Playhouse]( "Schlitz Playhouse")
Schlitz Playhouse Ma Crater (1957) -
![The True Story of Jesse James]( "The True Story of Jesse James")
The True Story of Jesse James Mrs. Samuel (1957) -
![Studio 57]( "Studio 57")
Studio 57 Mrs. Tolliver (1956) -
![The Opposite Sex]( "The Opposite Sex")
The Opposite Sex Countess de Brion (1956) -
![Pardners]( "Pardners")
Pardners Mrs. Matilda Kingsley (1956) -
![The Revolt of Mamie Stover]( "The Revolt of Mamie Stover")
The Revolt of Mamie Stover Bertha Parchman (1956) -
![Matinee Theatre]( "Matinee Theatre")
Matinee Theatre Mrs. Barnes (1956) -
![The Swan]( "The Swan")
The Swan Queen Maria Dominika (1956) -
![Meet Me in Las Vegas]( "Meet Me in Las Vegas")
Meet Me in Las Vegas Miss Hattie (1956) -
![The Conqueror]( "The Conqueror")
The Conqueror Hunlun (1956) -
![The Left Hand of God]( "The Left Hand of God")
The Left Hand of God Beryl Sigman (1955) -
![All That Heaven Allows]( "All That Heaven Allows")
All That Heaven Allows Sara Warren (1955) -
![Untamed]( "Untamed")
Untamed Aggie (1955) -
![Magnificent Obsession]( "Magnificent Obsession")
Magnificent Obsession Nancy Ashford (1954) -
![Those Redheads from Seattle]( "Those Redheads from Seattle")
Those Redheads from Seattle Mrs. Edmonds (1953) -
![Main Street to Broadway]( "Main Street to Broadway")
Main Street to Broadway Mildred Waterbury (1953) -
![The Revlon Mirror Theater]( "The Revlon Mirror Theater")
The Revlon Mirror Theater Martha Adams (1953) -
![Scandal at Scourie]( "Scandal at Scourie")
Scandal at Scourie Sister Josephine (1953) -
![The Story of Three Loves]( "The Story of Three Loves")
The Story of Three Loves Aunt Lydia (segment "The Jealous Lover") (1953) -
![The Blazing Forest]( "The Blazing Forest")
The Blazing Forest Jessie Crain (1952) -
![The Blue Veil]( "The Blue Veil")
The Blue Veil Mrs. Palfrey (1951) -
![Show Boat]( "Show Boat")
Show Boat Parthy Hawks (1951) -
![Adventures of Captain Fabian]( "Adventures of Captain Fabian")
Adventures of Captain Fabian Aunt Jezebel (1951) -
![Fourteen Hours]( "Fourteen Hours")
Fourteen Hours Christine Hill Cosick (1951) -
![Captain Blackjack]( "Captain Blackjack")
Captain Blackjack Mrs. Emily Birk (1950) -
![Caged]( "Caged")
Caged Ruth Benton (1950) -
![Without Honor]( "Without Honor")
Without Honor Katherine Williams (1949) -
![The Great Sinner]( "The Great Sinner")
The Great Sinner Emma Getzel (1949) -
![The Stratton Story]( "The Stratton Story")
The Stratton Story Ma Stratton (1949) -
![Johnny Belinda]( "Johnny Belinda")
Johnny Belinda Aggie MacDonald (1948) -
![Station West]( "Station West")
Station West Mrs. Caslon (1948) -
![The Woman in White]( "The Woman in White")
The Woman in White Countess Fosco (1948) -
![Summer Holiday]( "Summer Holiday")
Summer Holiday Cousin Lily (1948) -
![The Lost Moment]( "The Lost Moment")
The Lost Moment Juliana Borderau (1947) -
![Dark Passage]( "Dark Passage")
Dark Passage Madge Rapf (1947) -
![Her Highness and the Bellboy]( "Her Highness and the Bellboy")
Her Highness and the Bellboy Countess Zoe (1945) -
![Our Vines Have Tender Grapes]( "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes")
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes Bruna Jacobson (1945) -
![Keep Your Powder Dry]( "Keep Your Powder Dry")
Keep Your Powder Dry Lt. Col. Spottiswoode (1945) -
![Tomorrow, the World!]( "Tomorrow, the World!")
Tomorrow, the World! Aunt Jessie Frame (1944) -
![Mrs. Parkington]( "Mrs. Parkington")
Mrs. Parkington Aspasia Conti (1944) -
![The Seventh Cross]( "The Seventh Cross")
The Seventh Cross Mme. Marelli (1944) -
![Dragon Seed]( "Dragon Seed")
Dragon Seed Third Cousin's Wife (1944) -
![Since You Went Away]( "Since You Went Away")
Since You Went Away Emily Hawkins (1944) -
![Jane Eyre]( "Jane Eyre")
Jane Eyre Mrs. Reed (1943) -
![Government Girl]( "Government Girl")
Government Girl Adele Wright (1943) -
![The Youngest Profession]( "The Youngest Profession")
The Youngest Profession Miss Featherstone (1943) -
![Journey Into Fear]( "Journey Into Fear")
Journey Into Fear Mrs. Mathews (1943) -
![The Big Street]( "The Big Street")
The Big Street Violette Shumberg (1942) -
![The Magnificent Ambersons]( "The Magnificent Ambersons")
The Magnificent Ambersons Fanny Minafer (1942) -
![Citizen Kane]( "Citizen Kane")
Citizen Kane Mary Kane (1941) -
Actress
![The Mercury Theatre on the Air]( "The Mercury Theatre on the Air")
The Mercury Theatre on the Air Mrs. Lincoln (1938) -
Soundtrack
![Charlotte's Web]( "Charlotte's Web")
Charlotte's Web (1973) -
![What's the Matter with Helen?]( "What's the Matter with Helen?")
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![Bewitched]( "Bewitched")
Bewitched (1970) -
![Alice Through the Looking Glass]( "Alice Through the Looking Glass")
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![How the West Was Won]( "How the West Was Won")
How the West Was Won (1962) -
![Meet Me in Las Vegas]( "Meet Me in Las Vegas")
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) -
![Summer Holiday]( "Summer Holiday")
Summer Holiday (1948) -
![Mrs. Parkington]( "Mrs. Parkington")
Mrs. Parkington (1944) -
Soundtrack
![The Magnificent Ambersons]( "The Magnificent Ambersons")
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) -
Archive footage
![Hollywood Maudit: Le Conquérant]( "Hollywood Maudit: Le Conquérant")
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![Welcome to the Basement]( "Welcome to the Basement")
Welcome to the Basement (2016) -
![Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles]( "Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles")
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![The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs]( "The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs")
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![Pioneers of Television]( "Pioneers of Television")
Pioneers of Television (2011) -
![The Naked Archaeologist]( "The Naked Archaeologist")
The Naked Archaeologist (2008-2010) -
![The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics]( "The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics")
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La imagen de tu vida (2006)
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![Bewitched]( "Bewitched")
Bewitched (2005) -
![Backstory]( "Backstory")
Backstory (2001) -
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![Biography]( "Biography")
Biography (1999) -
![20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years]( "20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years")
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![Century of Cinema]( "Century of Cinema")
Century of Cinema (1995) -
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![America at the Movies]( "America at the Movies")
America at the Movies (1976) -
![That's Entertainment!]( "That's Entertainment!")
That's Entertainment! (1974) -
![Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare!]( "Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare!")
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![The Magical World of Disney]( "The Magical World of Disney")
The Magical World of Disney (1963) -
![The Ed Sullivan Show]( "The Ed Sullivan Show")
The Ed Sullivan Show (1960) -
Archive footageThe Best in Mystery (1954)
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![Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership]( "Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership")
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Additional Crew
![King of Kings]( "King of Kings")
King of Kings (1961)
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Did You Know
Trivia
She appeared in five Best Picture Oscar nominees: Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Since You Went Away (1944), Johnny Belinda (1948) and How the West Was Won (1962).
Quotes
[when asked if there will be Brotherhood in the 1970s] Unless the country and the people in it go back to some Christian principles, there will be no peace. We must really care for each other. Just being polite is caring for your fellow man, but ...
Trademark
Red Hair
Nickname
Aggie
Star Sign
Sagittarius
Personal Details
Born
Agnes Robertson Moorehead
Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
Died
(age 73)
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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