Trivia

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.

Taught high school, directed school plays and coached the oratory team in Soldiers Grove, WI. The team won numerous contests.

Received her Bachelor's degree, with a major in biology, from Muskingum University in New Concord, OH. She later received an honorary Litt.D degree from the university.

Died of cancer, as did Susan Hayward, John Wayne and director Dick Powell, as well as other cast and many crew members on the film, The Conqueror (1956). Some people strongly believe that, unknown by those involved with it at the time, the film was shot on location at a site which received heavy fallout from atmospheric nuclear testing at the (then) Nevada Proving Grounds.

First woman to co-host the Academy Awards (with Dick Powell) (1948).

Received her Master's degree in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Took in foster son Sean shortly after final separation from first husband Jack G. Lee.

She did not enjoy filming Bewitched (1964), since it forced her to get up at 4:45 a.m., start makeup at 6:00 a.m. and continue filming often until 8:00 p.m.

During the first season of Bewitched (1964) she did not like aspects of the scripts, but felt she could not complain to director William Asher because he was star Elizabeth Montgomery's husband.

With Orson Welles, she was founder and charter member of the famous Mercury Theater Players.

She has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), All That Heaven Allows (1955) and How the West Was Won (1962).

A devoutly religious woman, she often came to set with her script in one hand and her Bible in the other.

Survived by her mother, who outlived her by 16 years, dying at the age of 106 in 1990.

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).

Her limousine is on display at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

Daughter of Presbyterian minister Dr. John Henderson Moorehead.

Following her death, she was interred at Dayton Memorial Park in Dayton, OH.

Although her death has been reported as being caused by lung cancer, this is not true--it started in her uterus and spread to her lungs.

Alumna of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1929.

Remembered by many as the magical mother-in-law Endora on Bewitched (1964), though she preferred to be remembered for other roles.

Attended New York's Academy of Dramatic Arts, studying alongside Rosalind Russell.

She was a staunch Republican and Christian conservative who supported the presidencies of men like Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.

Attended and graduated from Central High School in St. Louis, MO.

In Italy, she was often dubbed by Wanda Tettoni, Giovanna Scotto or Franca Dominici. Occasionally, she was dubbed by Tina Lattanzi, Rina Morelli or by Dhia Cristiani.