Agnes Moorehead
Name
Agnes Moorehead
Role
Endora
Birthdate
December 6, 1900
Birthplace
Clinton, Massachusetts, United States
Death Date
April 30, 1974 (age 73)
Death Place
Rochester, Minnesota, United States [1]
Agnes Moorehead portrayed Samantha Stephens ' mother, Endora , who disapproves of her daughter's marriage to a mortal .
Biography
Agnes Moorehead was a versatile American actress who is best remembered for her portrayals of strong, eccentric characters and whose career extended to radio, the stage, film and television.
Moorehead began performing as a child, and as a young adult she sang on local radio programs. She attended Muskingum College, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Bradley University, receiving a Ph.D. in literature. She taught high school for a time while attending the American Academy of Performing Arts in New York City. She made her stage debut in 1929 but in the 1930s returned to radio, and her voice was heard regularly on such programs as "The Shadow" and such radio dramas as “Sorry, Wrong Number". During these years she met the actor and director Orson Welles and joined his Mercury Theatre. Welles cast Moorehead in his landmark film "Citizen Kane" (1941), in which she gave a subtle yet powerful performance as Kane’s mother. The following year Moorehead gave perhaps her finest performance, as Fanny Minafer in Welles’ "The Magnificent Ambersons". She was honoured for her highly wrought portrayal of a sexually repressed spinster.
Moorehead appeared in a number of films and television shows during the following decades, often, perhaps owing to typecasting, playing the role of a somewhat unbalanced character. Many recognize her largely from her role on the television series Bewitched (September 1964 to July 1972), in which Moorehead played the sarcastic and elegant witch Endora. [2]
Bewitched Credits
Episode
Airdate
I, Darrin, Take This Witch, Samantha
September 17, 1964
Be It Ever So Mortgaged
September 24, 1964
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
October 1, 1964
Mother Meets What's-His-Name
October 8, 1964
Help, Help, Don't Save Me
October 15, 1964
Witch or Wife?
November 5, 1964
Just One Happy Family
November 19, 1964
It Takes One to Know One
November 26, 1964
A Is for Aardvark
January 14, 1965
The Cat's Meow
January 21, 1965
A Nice Little Dinner Party
January 27, 1965
Your Witch Is Showing
February 4, 1965
Eye of the Beholder
February 25, 1965
Red Light, Green Light
March 4, 1965
Which Witch Is Which?
March 11, 1965
Driving Is the Only Way to Fly
March 25, 1965
Open the Door, Witchcraft
April 8, 1965
George the Warlock
April 22, 1965
A Change of Face
May 13, 1965
Remember the Main
May 20, 1965
Eat at Mario's
May 27, 1965
Cousin Edgar
June 3, 1965
Alias Darrin Stephens
September 18, 1965
A Very Special Delivery
September 23, 1965
My Grandson, the Warlock
October 7, 1965
The Joker Is a Card
October 14, 1965
Trick or Treat
October 28, 1965
And Then I Wrote
November 11, 1965
Junior Executive
November 18, 1965
Aunt Clara's Old Flame
November 25, 1965
My Boss, the Teddy Bear
December 9, 1965
Speak the Truth
December 16, 1965
And Then There Were Three
January 13, 1966
The Dancing Bear
February 10, 1966
Double Tate
February 17, 1966
Samantha, the Dressmaker
February 24, 1966
Baby's First Paragraph
March 10, 1966
Disappearing Samantha
April 7, 1966
Divided He Falls
May 5, 1966
The Catnapper
May 19, 1966
What Every Young Man Should Know
May 26, 1966
The Girl with the Golden Nose
June 2, 1966
Nobody's Perfect
September 15, 1966
Witches and Warlocks Are My Favorite Things
September 29, 1966
A Most Unusual Wood Nymph
October 13, 1966
Endora Moves in for a Spell
October 20, 1966
Twitch or Treat
October 27, 1966
Dangerous Diaper Dan
November 3, 1966
I'd Rather Twitch Than Fight
November 17, 1966
Oedipus Hex
November 24, 1966
Sam's Spooky Chair
December 1, 1966
Sam in the Moon
January 1, 1967
Ho Ho the Clown
January 12, 1967
Super Car
January 19, 1967
The Trial and Error of Aunt Clara
February 2, 1967
Three Wishes
February 9, 1967
I Remember You...Sometimes
February 16, 1967
Art for Sam's Sake
February 23, 1967
Charlie Harper, Winner
March 2, 1967
The Crone of Cawdor
March 16, 1967
No More Mr. Nice Guy
March 23, 1967
It's Wishcraft
March 30, 1967
How to Fail in Business with All Kinds of Help
April 6, 1967
There's Gold in Them Thar Pills
May 4, 1967
Long Live the Queen
September 7, 1967
Toys in Babeland
September 14, 1967
Business, Italian Style
September 21, 1967
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
September 28, 1967
Cheap, Cheap
October 5, 1967
No Zip in My Zap
October 12, 1967
Birdies, Bogeys and Baxter
October 19, 1967
Allergic to Macedonian Dodo Birds
November 16, 1967
Solid Gold Mother-in-Law
November 30, 1967
My, What Big Ears You Have
December 7, 1967
I Get Your Nannie, You Get My Goat
December 14, 1967
Once in a Vial
January 4, 1968
Snob in the Grass
January 11, 1968
If They Never Met
January 25, 1968
A Prince of a Guy
February 8, 1968
To Twitch or Not to Twitch
March 14, 1968
Tabatha's Cranky Spell
March 28, 1968
The Man of the Year
May 2, 1968
Samantha's Wedding Present
September 26, 1968
Samantha on the Keyboard
October 10, 1968
Darrin, Gone and Forgotten
October 17, 1968
It's So Nice to Have a Spouse Around the House
October 24, 1968
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
November 7, 1968
Instant Courtesy
December 26, 1968
Samantha's Super Maid
January 2, 1969
One Touch of Midas
January 23, 1969
Samantha the Bard
January 30, 1969
Samantha the Sculptress
February 6, 1969
Going Ape
February 27, 1969
Tabitha's Weekend
March 6, 1969
The Battle of Burning Oak
March 13, 1969
Samantha's Power Failure
March 20, 1969
Samantha Twitches for UNICEF
March 27, 1969
Daddy Does His Thing
April 4, 1969
Samantha's Good News
April 10, 1969
Samantha's Shopping Spree
April 17, 1969
Samantha and Darrin in Mexico City
April 24, 1969
Samantha and the Beanstalk
September 18, 1969
Samantha's Yoo-Hoo Maid
September 25, 1969
Samantha's Curious Cravings
October 9, 1969
...And Something Makes Four
October 16, 1969
Naming Samantha's New Baby
October 23, 1969
To Trick or Treat or Not to Trick or Treat
October 30, 1969
Samantha's Secret Spell
November 13, 1969
You're So Agreeable
December 11, 1969
Samantha's Better Halves
January 1, 1970
The Phrase Is Familiar
January 15, 1970
Samantha's Secret Is Discovered
January 22, 1970
What Makes Darrin Run?
February 12, 1970
The Generation Zap
March 5, 1970
Okay, Who's the Wise Witch?
March 12, 1970
If the Shoe Pinches
March 26, 1970
Mona Sammy
April 2, 1970
Turn on the Old Charm
April 9, 1970
To Go or Not to Go, That Is the Question
September 24, 1970
The Salem Saga
October 8, 1970
Samantha's Hot Bedwarmer
October 15, 1970
Samantha's Bad Day in Salem
November 5, 1970
Samantha's Old Salem Trip
November 12, 1970
Samantha's Pet Warlock
November 19, 1970
Samantha's Old Man
December 3, 1970
The Corsican Cousins
December 10, 1970
Samantha's Magic Potion
December 17, 1970
Mother-in-Law of the Year
January 14, 1971
The Return of Darrin the Bold
February 4, 1971
This Little Piggie
February 25, 1971
Mixed Doubles
March 4, 1971
Money Happy Returns
March 18, 1971
Out of the Mouths of Babes
March 25, 1971
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
April 15, 1971
How Not to Lose Your Head to King Henry VIII (Part 1)
September 15, 1971
How Not to Lose Your Head to King Henry VIII (Part 2)
September 22, 1971
Bewitched, Bothered and Baldoni
October 13, 1971
Paris, Witches Style
October 20, 1971
A Plague on Maurice and Samantha
November 10, 1971
The Warlock in the Gray Flannel Suit
December 1, 1971
The Eight-Year Itch Witch
December 8, 1971
Three Men and a Witch on a Horse
December 15, 1971
Adam, Warlock or Washout?
December 29, 1971
Samantha on Thin Ice
January 29, 1972
School Days, School Daze
March 4, 1972
A Good Turn Never Goes Unpunished
March 11, 1972
The Truth, Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me Sam
March 25, 1972
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