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Agnes Moorehead (1900-1974) was a 4 time Oscar® nominated American actress. Her six-decade career included work in radio, stage, film, and television. Her most notable film roles were in Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, All That Heaven Allows, Show Boat, and Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Growing up we only knew her as Endora on the television series Bewitched.….we were completely clueless that she had put together one fine movie career.
Her IMDb page shows 116 acting credits from 1941-1974. This page will rank 63 Agnes Moorehead movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television appearances, shorts, and bit parts were not included in the rankings.
Agnes Moorehead Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Agnes Moorehead movies by movie titles and trailers to those movies
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- Sort Agnes Moorehead movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Agnes Moorehead movie received.
- Sort by how many Oscar® wins each Agnes Moorehead movie received.
- Sort Agnes Moorehead movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Agnes Moorehead Table
- Twenty-eight Agnes Moorehead movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 44.44% of her movies listed. How the West Was Won (1962) was her biggest box office hit.
- An average Agnes Moorehead movie grosses $114.10 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 40 Agnes Moorehead movies are rated as good movies…or 63.49% of her movies. Citizen Kane (1941) was her highest rated movie while The Conqueror (1956) was her lowest rated movie.
- Nineteen Agnes Moorehead movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 30.15% of her movies.
- Five Agnes Moorehead movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 7.93% of her movies.
- A “good movie” Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score is 60.00. 43 Agnes Moorehead movies scored higher that average….or 68.25% of her movies. How the West Was Won (1962) got the the highest UMR Movie Score while The Story of Mankind (1957) got the lowest UMR Movie Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Agnes Moorehead
1. Agnes Robertson Moorehead was born in Clinton, Massachusetts in 1900.
2. Agnes Moorehead’s big break was meeting Orson Welles. By 1937 she was one of his principal Mercury Players, along with Joseph Cotten.
3. In 1939, Welles moved the Mercury Theatre to Hollywood, where he started working for RKO Pictures. Several of his radio performers joined him, and Moorehead made her film debut as the mother of his own character, Charles Foster Kane, in 1941’s Citizen Kane, which is considered one of the best films ever made.
4. Agnes Moorehead was the first woman to host the Academy Awards®. She and Dick Powell were co-hosts in 1948.
5. Agnes Moorehead was one of the cast members of the ill-fated film The Conqueror (1956), which was filmed in 1954 in the Nevada desert close by to where the government was doing nuclear testing. In later years, those tests were suspected to have caused the cancer deaths of several of the films stars including John Wayne, Dick Powell, Susan Hayward and Pedro Armendáriz.
6. Agnes Moorehead initially turned down the role of Endora in Bewitched (1964), but reconsidered when Elizabeth Montgomery asked her in person, when they met in a department store. Moorehead joined the cast not expecting the series to last more than one season, let alone become a long-running hit.
7. Agnes Moorehead was married two times in her life. She did not have any children….though at one time she did adopt a child….but he ran away….and there are questions regarding the legality of the adoption.
8. Agnes Moorehead was Joan Crawford’s favorite actress.
9. Agnes Moorehead appeared in five Oscar® Best Picture nominees; Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Since You Went Away (1944), Johnny Belinda (1948) and How the West Was Won (1962). She earned 4 Best Supporting Actress Oscar® nominations.
10. Check out Agnes Moorehead’s movie career compared to current and classic stars on our Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time page.
I am a fan of Agnes Moorehead’s movies as well as a fan of Bewitched.
I have seen 35 of Moorehead’s movies.
I have seen 9 of the top 10. I haven’t seen Johnny Belinda.
The lowest rated film I’ve seen is The Story of Mankind, the lowest ranked film.
I have a lot of favourites. These are my top ten favourite Moorehead films:
How the West Was Won
Citizen Kane
The Swan
Magnificent Obsession
The Magnificent Andersons
The Bat (campy fun)
All That Heaven Allows
Show Boat
Jane Eyre
Dark Passage
That should read THE MAGNIFICANT AMBERSONS, not Andersons. I did not notice the error until the 5 minute option to edit had finished.
I heard the Magnificent Andersons was just as good as The Magnificent Ambersons….lol. I think we can forgive one of your rare mistakes…especially since I make so many myself….lol.
Hey Flora
1. Thanks for the visit, comment and tally count.
2. Your 35 destroys the combined total of 20 that me and Steve put on the board.
3. The Story of Mankind is considered to be one of the worst movies ever made….but for some reason I want to see that one….the cast is stellar…..can it really bad that bad can it?
4. Of your favorites….I have seen half of them with Citizen Kane and HTWWW being my favorites….I want to see The Bat…..and for my mom….one day I will watch Magnificent Obsession…which is one of her all-time favorite movies.
Thanks for the feedback…sorry it took so long to respond back.
The Story of Mankind is a movie I watched during TCM’s Star of the Month look at Ronald Colman last July. It was his final film. I struggled through it. It is full of stars in scenarios that make up Colman as an Angel trying to prove mankind is essentially good and Vincent Price as the Devil trying to prove mankind is essentially evil and should be destroyed. The scenes are disjointed is several places and rather boring. It might be worth the look to see all the stars. I think the problems had more to do with the editing and continuity than the acting. Bad editing can really ruin a picture.
FLORA
Good, well thought out appraisal by you of the defects of Story of Mankind. I’m old enough to actually remember the production being announced before filming began and even then I thought that the premise might be too gimmicky to succeed and I was just 16 at the time.
As you say it was Colman’s final film, and it was Hedy’s penultimate one. Sad to see two once great stars fade in such an ultimately bad film.
For the record I couldn’t stand Agnes Moorehead’s character on Bewitched along with Larry Tate and Aunt Clara. Agnes was never on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on the 2016 who appeared in a film with her.
27 DENNIS HOPPER The Story of Mankind (1957)
40 HARRY DEAN STANTON How the West Was Won (1962)
220 ELI WALLACH How the West Was Won (1962)
245 MICKEY ROONEY Summer Holiday (1948)
271 ROBERT WAGNER The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
274 BRUCE DERN Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
313 GEORGE KENNEDY Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
622 RALPH MORATZ RAINTREE COUNTY (1957)
781 SHELLEY WINTERS What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971)
781 SHELLEY WINTERS What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971)
855 LESLIE NIELSEN The Opposite Sex (1956)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY Jeanne Eagels (1957)
966 KATHLEEN FREEMAN Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
966 KATHLEEN FREEMAN Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
These are the actors on the original list in 2000 who appeared in a film with Agnes and have since fallen off.
9 ORSON WELLES Citizen Kane (1941)
9 ORSON WELLES Jane Eyre (1944)
9 ORSON WELLES Journey Into Fear (1943)
9 ORSON WELLES The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
14 JOHN CARRADINE The Story of Mankind (1957)
14 JOHN CARRADINE The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
32 KIRK DOUGLAS The Story of Three Loves (1953)
43 KEENAN WYNN Since You Went Away (1944)
50 JEFF COREY Fourteen Hours (1951)
52 JAMES MASON The Story of Three Loves (1953)
56 HENRY FONDA How the West Was Won (1962)
56 HENRY FONDA The Big Street (1942)
100 IAN WOLFE Government Girl (1943)
100 IAN WOLFE Johnny Belinda (1948)
100 IAN WOLFE Pollyanna (1960)
100 IAN WOLFE Scandal at Scourie (1953)
108 DUB TAYLOR Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
119 RICHARD WIDMARK How the West Was Won (1962)
125 VINCENT PRICE Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
125 VINCENT PRICE The Bat (1959)
125 VINCENT PRICE The Story of Mankind (1957)
137 CARROLL BAKER How the West Was Won (1962)
139 E.G. MARSHALL The Left Hand of God (1955)
151 CESAR ROMERO The Story of Mankind (1957)
156 GREGORY PECK How the West Was Won (1962)
156 GREGORY PECK The Great Sinner (1949)
158 JOSEPH COTTEN Citizen Kane (1941)
158 JOSEPH COTTEN Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
158 JOSEPH COTTEN Journey Into Fear (1943)
158 JOSEPH COTTEN Since You Went Away (1944)
158 JOSEPH COTTEN The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
177 MARCEL DALIO Captain Blackjack (1950)
177 MARCEL DALIO Jessica (1962)
179 JOHN WAYNE How the West Was Won (1962)
179 JOHN WAYNE The Conqueror (1956)
180 LEE VAN CLEEF How the West Was Won (1962)
180 LEE VAN CLEEF Pardners (1956)
180 LEE VAN CLEEF The Conqueror (1956)
186 AVA GARDNER Show Boat (1951)
186 AVA GARDNER The Great Sinner (1949)
194 LAWRENCE TIERNEY Government Girl (1943)
205 BRIAN KEITH Fourteen Hours (1951)
221 JOHN CRAWFORD Show Boat (1951)
222 BESS FLOWERS Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)
222 BESS FLOWERS Show Boat (1951)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Opposite Sex (1956)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Story of Three Loves (1953)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Swan (1956)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Youngest Profession (1943)
222 BESS FLOWERS Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
222 BESS FLOWERS Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
225 PAUL SMITH (I) All That Heaven Allows (1955)
232 ROY JENSON How the West Was Won (1962)
234 AKIM TAMIROFF Dragon Seed (1944)
236 LEE MARVIN Raintree County (1957)
237 PETER LAWFORD Mrs. Parkington (1944)
256 HANK WORDEN Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
270 FRANK SINATRA Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
271 PETER BROCCO The Story of Three Loves (1953)
271 PETER BROCCO What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971)
271 PETER BROCCO What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971)
273 GEORGE COULOURIS Citizen Kane (1941)
281 ELIZABETH TAYLOR Jane Eyre (1944)
281 ELIZABETH TAYLOR Raintree County (1957)
296 KENNETH TOBEY The Great Sinner (1949)
296 KENNETH TOBEY The Stratton Story (1949)
299 FRITZ FELD Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
299 FRITZ FELD Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
301 LEE J. COBB How the West Was Won (1962)
301 LEE J. COBB The Left Hand of God (1955)
302 RICHARD ANDERSON The Story of Three Loves (1953)
321 LAUREN BACALL Dark Passage (1947)
332 ANGIE DICKINSON Jessica (1962)
344 JAMES STEWART How the West Was Won (1962)
344 JAMES STEWART The Stratton Story (1949)
354 CYRIL CUSACK The Blue Veil (1951)
359 KARL MALDEN How the West Was Won (1962)
359 KARL MALDEN Pollyanna (1960)
364 LESLIE CARON The Story of Three Loves (1953)
392 ALEC GUINNESS The Swan (1956)
395 WALTER PIDGEON Mrs. Parkington (1944)
395 WALTER PIDGEON Scandal at Scourie (1953)
404 JACK ELAM Pardners (1956)
409 ROD TAYLOR Raintree County (1957)
420 MAURICE MARSAC Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)
421 MICHAEL ANSARA Dear Dead Delilah (1972)
424 ZSA ZSA GABOR The Story of Three Loves (1953)
428 JOHN PHILLIP LAW Show Boat (1951)
446 RAY WALSTON Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
446 RAY WALSTON Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
459 DABBS GREER Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
463 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
483 MURRAY HAMILTON Jeanne Eagels (1957)
499 JESSICA TANDY The Seventh Cross (1944)
508 ROBERT BLAKE The Seventh Cross (1944)
518 HOWARD VERNON Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
518 HOWARD VERNON Captain Blackjack (1950)
520 WILLIAM SCHALLERT The Story of Mankind (1957)
532 JIM BACKUS Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
532 JIM BACKUS The Opposite Sex (1956)
534 BOB HOPE Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
544 LEO GORDON The Conqueror (1956)
553 DAN O’HERLIHY The Blue Veil (1951)
555 HUME CRONYN The Seventh Cross (1944)
562 PAUL BRYAR How the West Was Won (1962)
562 PAUL BRYAR The Story of Three Loves (1953)
577 OSSIE DAVIS Fourteen Hours (1951)
583 PAUL STEWART Citizen Kane (1941)
583 PAUL STEWART Government Girl (1943)
589 ROCK HUDSON All That Heaven Allows (1955)
589 ROCK HUDSON Magnificent Obsession (1954)
599 JOHN DOUCETTE Station West (1948)
599 JOHN DOUCETTE The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
606 ALBERTO MORIN The Story of Three Loves (1953)
606 ALBERTO MORIN Untamed (1955)
606 ALBERTO MORIN Untamed (1955)
612 JEFFREY HUNTER Fourteen Hours (1951)
612 JEFFREY HUNTER The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
617 PAUL FREES Pollyanna (1960)
623 RUSS TAMBLYN How the West Was Won (1962)
625 HENRY GIBSON Charlotte’s Web (1973)
634 JOAN COLLINS The Opposite Sex (1956)
648 HARRY MORGAN How the West Was Won (1962)
648 HARRY MORGAN The Blue Veil (1951)
651 MELVYN DOUGLAS The Great Sinner (1949)
657 DEBBIE REYNOLDS Charlotte’s Web (1973)
657 DEBBIE REYNOLDS How the West Was Won (1962)
657 DEBBIE REYNOLDS The Singing Nun (1966)
657 DEBBIE REYNOLDS What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971)
657 DEBBIE REYNOLDS What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971)
671 EDUARDO CIANELLI The Lost Moment (1947)
682 RAY TEAL Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)
682 RAY TEAL The Youngest Profession (1943)
691 GEORGE PEPPARD How the West Was Won (1962)
706 GABRIELE FERZETTI Jessica (1962)
712 FINLAY CURRIE Tempest (1958)
731 JOHN HOYT The Conqueror (1956)
732 ARTHUR O’CONNELL Citizen Kane (1941)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER Since You Went Away (1944)
742 RICARDO MONTALBAN The Singing Nun (1966)
745 RICHARD BASEHART Fourteen Hours (1951)
746 HERB VIGRAN Charlotte’s Web (1973)
760 SYLVIA KOSCINA Jessica (1962)
765 LOUIS JOURDAN The Swan (1956)
767 PHILIP AHN Dragon Seed (1944)
767 PHILIP AHN The Left Hand of God (1955)
775 DINA MERRILL Twenty Plus Two (1961)
775 DINA MERRILL Twenty Plus Two (1961)
799 MAUREEN STAPLETON Main Street to Broadway (1953)
811 ROBERT NICHOLS The Blue Veil (1951)
816 CARLETON YOUNG How the West Was Won (1962)
816 CARLETON YOUNG The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
816 CARLETON YOUNG Twenty Plus Two (1961)
816 CARLETON YOUNG Twenty Plus Two (1961)
824 FRANK WILCOX Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
824 FRANK WILCOX Show Boat (1951)
824 FRANK WILCOX The Story of Three Loves (1953)
824 FRANK WILCOX Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
840 FRANK GORSHIN Night of the Quarter Moon (1959)
840 FRANK GORSHIN The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
851 CEDRIC HARDWICKE The Story of Mankind (1957)
863 ALAN HALE JR. The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
874 DEAN JONES Night of the Quarter Moon (1959)
874 DEAN JONES The Opposite Sex (1956)
877 JERRY LEWIS Pardners (1956)
877 JERRY LEWIS Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
877 JERRY LEWIS Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
882 DEAN MARTIN Pardners (1956)
894 PHILIP VAN ZANDT Citizen Kane (1941)
894 PHILIP VAN ZANDT Dragon Seed (1944)
894 PHILIP VAN ZANDT Untamed (1955)
894 PHILIP VAN ZANDT Untamed (1955)
915 IVAN TRIESAULT Scandal at Scourie (1953)
918 BETTE DAVIS Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
922 JOHN CASSAVETES Fourteen Hours (1951)
925 RAYMOND BURR Station West (1948)
930 BING RUSSELL The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
936 JOSE NIETO Captain Blackjack (1950)
961 NICKY BLAIR Night of the Quarter Moon (1959)
962 OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Government Girl (1943)
962 OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
963 FRANK FERGUSON Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
963 FRANK FERGUSON Main Street to Broadway (1953)
969 BYRON FOULGER Mrs. Parkington (1944)
969 BYRON FOULGER Since You Went Away (1944)
969 BYRON FOULGER Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
969 BYRON FOULGER Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
984 PETER MAMAKOS The Conqueror (1956)
990 STEFAN SCHNABEL Journey Into Fear (1943)
994 ELLEN CORBY Caged (1950)
994 ELLEN CORBY Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Aggie actually appeared with 41 Oscar winners!!
ALEC GUINNESS The Swan (1956)
ANNE BAXTER The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
BETTE DAVIS Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
BURL IVES Station West (1948)
CHARLES COBURN The Story of Mankind (1957)
CHARLES LAUGHTON The Blue Veil (1951)
CLAUDETTE COLBERT Since You Went Away (1944)
DONALD CRISP POLLYANNA (1960)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Jane Eyre (1944)
ETHEL BARRYMORE The Great Sinner (1949)
ETHEL BARRYMORE The Story of Three Loves (1953)
FRANK SINATRA Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
FREDRIC MARCH Tomorrow, the World! (1944)
GEORGE CHAKIRIS Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
GEORGE KENNEDY Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
GIG YOUNG The Woman in White (1948)
GRACE KELLY Fourteen Hours (1951)
GRACE KELLY The Swan (1956)
GREER GARSON Mrs. Parkington (1944)
GREER GARSON Scandal at Scourie (1953)
GREER GARSON The Singing Nun (1966)
GREGORY PECK How the West Was Won (1962)
GREGORY PECK The Great Sinner (1949)
HENRY FONDA How the West Was Won (1962)
HENRY FONDA The Big Street (1942)
HUMPHREY BOGART Dark Passage (1947)
HUMPHREY BOGART The Left Hand of God (1955)
JAMES DUNN Government Girl (1943)
JAMES STEWART How the West Was Won (1962)
JAMES STEWART The Stratton Story (1949)
JANE DARWELL Caged (1950)
JANE DARWELL Government Girl (1943)
JANE WYMAN All That Heaven Allows (1955)
JANE WYMAN Johnny Belinda (1948)
JANE WYMAN Magnificent Obsession (1954)
JANE WYMAN The Blue Veil (1951)
JENNIFER JONES Since You Went Away (1944)
JESSICA TANDY The Seventh Cross (1944)
JOAN FONTAINE Jane Eyre (1944)
JOHN WAYNE How the West Was Won (1962)
JOHN WAYNE The Conqueror (1956)
KARL MALDEN How the West Was Won (1962)
KARL MALDEN Pollyanna (1960)
KATHARINE HEPBURN Dragon Seed (1944)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Dragon Seed (1944)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Since You Went Away (1944)
MARY ASTOR Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
MELVYN DOUGLAS The Great Sinner (1949)
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Government Girl (1943)
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
RITA MORENO Untamed (1955)
RONALD COLMAN The Story of Mankind (1957)
SHELLEY WINTERS What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971)
SPENCER TRACY How the West Was Won (1962)
SPENCER TRACY The Seventh Cross (1944)
SUSAN HAYWARD The Conqueror (1956)
SUSAN HAYWARD The Lost Moment (1947)
SUSAN HAYWARD Untamed (1955)
WALTER BRENNAN How the West Was Won (1962)
WALTER HUSTON Dragon Seed (1944)
WALTER HUSTON Summer Holiday (1948)
WALTER HUSTON The Great Sinner (1949)
That should be 43 Oscar winners, I left these off.
JANE WYMAN Pollyanna (1960)
LEE MARVIN Raintree County (1957)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Raintree County (1957)
EVA MARIE SAINT Raintree County (1957)
Hey Dan
1. I agree with you about her character on Bewitched….of her family of witches and warlocks she was not among my favorites either….her character was a one note pony…the same joke over and over.
2. With Harry Dean Stanton’s passing…I think all of the ones still on the 2016 list…..they are all no longer with us.
3. Second list is massive massive massive.
4. 8 Bess Flowers movies…..just was looking at Telly Savalas’ list and he had no Bess movies….so now the universe seems better….lol.
As always….thanks for sharing this information….it is greatly appreciated.
5. 41 Oscar winners is pretty stout…with HTWWW giving her many of that 41.
6.
I have taken Steve Lensman’s advice on a previous occasion to copy to the main and permanent page this post before it disappears though I suppose that any post of mine deserves to be “syndicated” throughout the pages of the site.
BOB ROY
March 9, 2018 at 6:21 am
1 Great versatile supporting actress and one of the mainstays of the Hudson/Wyman weepies Magnificent Obsession and All that Heaven Allows though more in the former than the latter. Accordingly it surprises me that in his lead-in Bruce conversely highlights “Heaven” and ignores “Obsession”.
2 Despite the higher Cogerson Review rating for Heaven [deservedly now regarded as a classic depiction of social attitudes and morals of the 1950s] Agnes’ Nurse Nancy Ashford in Obsession was larger and much more central to the plot than Sara Warren in Heaven and I thought demanded more of Agnes’ great acting skills. I have seen both so many times that as an authority on the two flicks I think that I am now entitled to regard my self as a “Joel” – though by my own reckoning that’s maybe not saying a lot!
3 However the selection of the two miniature black and white stills from Amberson and Kane compensate for the Obsession lead-in reference omission as they are for me nostalgically classy. Good stuff in Possibly Interesting Facts as well
4 Congratulation anyway to this site for again demonstrating its broad approach in giving due recognition to a performer who though of no great personal direct box office worth was nevertheless essential to the quality of the production lines of old Hollywood. Certainly as my Joan was Agnes’ fave actress [which I never hitherto knew] I have to come on board and give this new Agnes page a Lensman “Vote up”
Hey Bob….thanks for bringing this comment over. Interesting points about Magnificent Obsession and All That Heaven Allows. I have not seen either one….so I will bow to your opinion. Mom loves both of these movies….with her favorite being Magnificent Obsession. Glad you liked the Interesting Facts. It is a shame that she and Orson Welles stopped making movies. History might say he needed her more than she needed him….because her post Welles career is pretty awesome. Thanks for the Lensman “Vote Up”
I watched a lot of reruns of Bewitched when I was young so I probably remember Agnes best as Endora from that TV show.
I’ve seen just 10 of the 63 films on the chart. Favorites include – How The West Was Won, Citizen Kane, Dark Passage, Show Boat and Who’s Minding the Store?
Good to see How The West Was Won topping the UMR and box office charts. It was the 2nd biggest hit of that year, I’m guessing The Longest Day was the chart topper for 1962.
I haven’t seen Since You Went Away or All That Heaven Allows.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve
1. Right there with you in regards to watching her in Bewitched……that is how I remember her too…..amazing when I realized her movie career was so stellar.
2. I have also seen 10 of her movies….combined we are still well behind Flora.
3. Citizen Kane and How The West Was Won are my favorites as well.
4. Yep…The Longest Day topped the box office charts for movies made in 1962.
5. Since You Went Away is ok…..I have not seen All That Heaven Allows either.
Thanks for the feedback.
It is very hard to praise Agnes Moorehead enough. Even her five Oscar nominations don’t convey the power and scope she gave to every role, no matter how badly some of the scripts were written. She remains one of the finest character actresses that Hollywood has ever produced.
Our 4 Star Agnes Moorehead Performances from our Rating The Movie Stars Book
1941 Citizen Kane
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons
1943 Journey Into Fear
1944 Jane Eyre
1944 Since You Went Away
1944 Mrs. Parkington
1944 Tomorrow, The World!
1945 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1947 Dark Passage
1947 The Lost Moment
1948 Johnny Belinda
1949 The Stratton Story
1950 Caged
1951 Fourteen Hours
1951 Show Boat
1951 The Blue Veil
1953 The Story of Three Loves
1954 Magnificent Obsession
1956 All That Heaven Allows
1956 The Swan
1956 The Opposite Sex
1957 Jeanne Eagels
1957 Rainbow County
1959 The Bat
1960 Pollyanna
1961 Bachelor in Paradise
1962 How The West Was Won
1965 Hush Hush….Sweet Charlotte
1971 What’s The Matter With Helen
1975 Dear Dead Delilah
Always good to get Joel’s thoughts on the website. He does make the error of saying Moorehead got 5 Oscar nominations…when she really only got 4 Oscar nominations. 30 Four Star Performances is pretty stout. I do question giving so many of her later roles 4 star ratings….the clips from Dear Dead Delilah look horrible. So Bob…I do not blindly follow Joel’s opinions…all the time…lol.
“So Bob…I do not blindly follow Joel’s opinions…all the time…lol.”
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