Agnes passed away in 1974, and her mother was like 91 at the time. Mooreheads mother lived to be 106 when she passed in the early 1990's. Agnes was super talented.
Actually it’s the writing and directing that has gone down hill, not the acting. It’s the studios that don’t want to pay for intelligent filmmaking. Good screenwriting brings out the best acting.
@Bruce McPherson Yes, Bruce! Hence "TRANS-Atlantic." *It's a cultivated accent of English, blending together prestigious American and British English ways of speaking.* It is especially pronounced when combined with an authentic Boston accent! LOL I'm from Boston but I do not have a Boston accent. I have lived many places, mostly in my impressionable youth, far away from New England. Nobody ever knows where I'm from! Have a great day! ^. .^ ~ *Wikipedia
I've only seen one of her movies, 'The Bat', which was disappointing. Can you recommend a better one, I would love to see her in something good other than 'Bewitched'.
@@glamdolly30 She was a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre Players; "The Invaders" on Twilight Zone, a classic. The warden in the definitive women's prison film, "Caged." That don't make stars like Ms. Moorehead anymore, and our Hollywood entertainment is inferior.
Not any more. They're showing crap from the 80's and now. "Classic" means just that!! They need to leave TCM as classic (Ms. Moorehead, Crawford, Davis, Monroe, Hayward, etc. etc..) then make a channel for the new stuff (80's- rubbish.) Because that's what it is. Rubbish.. not "Classic." There is NO comparison!!
@@KeriRhodes-mn9teWhat..? The definition of “classic” is going to change as time goes on. What do you expect? Films from the 80’s are definitely classic by now.
Agnes Moorehead, back in the 50s and 60s, used to take a train to our small town in Wisconsin and walk a few blocks from the train station to visit an old friend of hers -- AND NOBODY KNEW -- she was just able to blend right in.
@@mylesburris3885 I don't know. I was young and in school at the time. My dad was in Radio back then, at the local radio station, and he told us about it. If he mentioned a name, I have totally forgotten. Also, he took a picture of a Cessna 310, at our local airport, with the N-number of 123MM. He said that it belonged to Walt Disney, and that he flew up there to also visit a friend. That friend I have no idea who that was either. Being in Radio, my dad had interviewed many well-known people, and for back then, he kept track of what was going on as best as he could. Not like today, with social media, the internet and TV coverage. It was a different world back then.
@@kayellen100 I'm about to break one of the unwritten male-rules in life; Rule #7 Don't add your 2c to a conversation with three people named Ruby, dawn, and Sheila...but I've always had a soft spot for Agnes Moorehead; and I like living on the edge. She always came across to me, as just being herself, not really acting. I believe that's what's called being a natural. The part that caught my attention was - classy, ladylike Powerful and independent My question to a woman...why is there so few, that fill your description? All one had to do, is be honest, and be one's self...simple as that.
I love Aggie! But it's no putdown to say that she's speaking with the tail-end of the mid-Atlantic "Posh" accent that Hollywood demanded in the 30s and 40s.
Dick Cavett is one lucky son of a... He's got to meet and interview hundreds, if not thousands, of legendary celebrities from actors to musicians and in between over the last 50 years. He's still living at the time I wrote this on July 22, 2021.
She spent her formative years in Ohio, Ms. Moorehead attended Muskingum University as did astronaut/ Senator John Glenn. A daughter of a preacher man, Agnes was very religious and a good soul.
@@zapkvr Yes, a lot of zealots are nasty. Like with most of our actions, much of it comes down to intent. Ms. Moorehead utilized her faith in order to be a better person, and to make for a better society. And there were rumors that she did some unorthodox things.
We had an old family friend, Esther, who looked and sounded EXACTLY like "Endora," especially in the later "Bewitched" seasons when her hair was flat and parted on the side. Esther once went to visit a friend in a nursing home and all the patients screamed "LOOK, IT'S AGNES MOOREHEAD!" when she walked in!!
The way her and Darrin would argue on Bewitched could give one an impression they were lifelong enemies but off the set, the two were the best of friends.
@@wurly164 --- She wasn't alone. When I was a kid I remember the adults talking about his illness and what a good actor he was on Bewtiched. I thought Dick Sargent was good in the role too. Just like the replacement for Gladys Cravitts.
@@jamesmonroe7406 Agnes was said to have hated Dick Sargent and apparently did not even try to hide it on set. She was also upset enough with the producers for forcing Dick York out that she made them cut her on-screen time and make her only a part-time player.
we talk about her stage work and her movie and television roles. But she has the very rarest of credit lists. Moorehead was an incredibly versatile and prolific radio actor. She was once hailed as the first lady of suspense appearing in Calvacade of America, Suspense Theater, Mercury Group theater, Campbell Playhouse etc. Despite being a contract player under MGM, Agnes was unique in that she insisted on a clause allowing her to continue to work in radio. It all shows in her acting style with perfect diction, and one of the most expressive , passionate and revealing of vocal virtuosity in any media. Not many can do more with a line or monologue than Moorehead. Nobody is ever going to have that kind of versatility in experience
She was a avid Bible reader according to Elizabeth Montgomery. Said Agnes brought her Bible to the set everyday. She’s of a generation that had character and integrity like other similar stars of her era.
That fact, in fact, was used to assure those worried that the show might dabble in real occult. "You can be SURE Miss Moorehead would not be in it if so! Relax"... etc.
How very true ! It's a shame she's remembered mostly for the TV sitcom "Bewitched". She was an incredibly versatile performer, equally good in both comedic & dramatic roles. Appeared in so many classic films & radio programs !
Anne Liddle She was also in Magnificent Obsession with Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman. I THINK the three are in another movie together, where he plays a landscaper, Jane plays a wealthy woman and they fall in love.
Mule = Horse mother and donkey father. They are born sterile and can't reproduce. They are strong, hearty and devoted to a good owner. Great animals. Agnes was absolutely charming here - a dear lady!
We need to see more full versions of these archives. So many great actors and artists who are no longer with us. So much more interesting than most of the useless people in Hollywood now.
@@dianetheisen8664 I got a DVD of Michael Sarrazin the other day & was surprised to see Agnes Moorehead in the cast.A heck of a cast too.Until then I had only seen her in Bewitched.She was amazing.Michael Sarrazin,I feel,was grossly underrated.RIP to them both.
@@dianetheisen8664 totally agree! If they think that their view is going to sway my mind, they've got another thing coming. I listen to what the candidate says, if I agree with them, then they get my vote.
Jetthead18 Wasn’t she in “All About Eve?” I remember she was in a movies with Bette Davis and it was a small role but an important one. She played a sassy assistant.
She’s an American and I just love her mid-Atlantic accent! I recall my grandmother sounding very proper like her. We hear very little of this accent now a days. Maybe watching (listening) to re-runs of Frasier with Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce.
I was going to comment on her mid-Atlantic accent. It's not as pronounced in this interview as it was when she was working on Bewitched. The accent seems to disappear and reappear again throughout the interview, it's very very interesting. I'm absolutely fascinated with the mid-Atlantic accent, and often wear it myself. Kelsey Grammer was a master of mid-Atlantic English, and pulled it off brilliantly for over 20 years with his Frasier character. The pronunciation seems so formal and out of place in American culture these days, but I still think it's beautiful. There are still a handful of people today who talk like that - maybe from upbringing, or maybe from schooling, who knows. I don't care why they speak that way, I just love it.
The mid-Atlantic accent was taught in drama schools and was standard for Hollywood in the old days. That is funny since, then even more than now, actors used many accents to portray characters.
@@usmale4915 Although I am old enough to have watched it prime time, I only started watching the Twilight Zone in the late 1960's when I was mature enough to handle the show. That episode flipped me out when I first saw it then, and it still hold up today. Timeless performance!
" T double E double R double I double F double I Double CCCCC" The goose on spelling TERRIFIC only to be corrected by Ruben Kincaid from The Partridge Family " One should not consult with geese in matters of spelling the word is spelled TERRIFIC." lol
Wow. Amazing to think of "Endora" as a serious farmer AND a Beverly Hills socialite/movie star. Talk about polar opposite vocations! Cool, down to earth lady, and a great actress. I was a bit surprised to see her not only looking and sounding like Endora but DRESSING like her as well. (Although Mr. Pintar did mention in his Bewitched video that some cast members often wore their own clothes when shooting the series).
@@Nunofurdambiznez Yes, of course. Her work in the golden days of radio and Hollywood, with Orson Wells, in Citizen Kane, etc. Makes her farm vocation even more interesting/unusual. LOL ...I'm thinking Eva Gabor in "Green Acres"!
@@Person-mh6xq I'm not sure if I understand your comment. I'm not sure if you are denying that Moorehead was God-fearing or that it was wrong for her to be God-fearing.
Listen to the radio show that she did cause sorry wrong number you will feel all of the emotion that she embodies. Very well worth your time to listen it is here on UA-cam!
My grandfather hated farms. He always said it's no fun living on a farm. When my grandma married him he owned two gas stations and a grocery store and two apartment buildings. But he absolutely hated farms with a passion. I think it may been negative childhood memories. Agnes Moorehead would have been fun to hang around.
A delightful interview! Mr. Cavett was always able to get stars to relax and reveal the many facets of their lives. I admired Ms. Moorehead's performance in Johnny Belinda, and in Bewitched. Thank you for sharing this. ❤️
I remember my fourth grade class had a field trip to Rockefeller Center NBC studios. We toured many facilities one of which was an active recording of a a production with Agnes Moorehead in it. We watched behind a sound proofed glass wall as she was being attended by make up artists. She sat there very regal as they did their work. I saw the production on NBC later that week.
I'm not sure why you feel she was underrated. She was not leading lady material due to her unconventional looks (she was striking and attractive, but not in the pretty-pretty, movie star way required back then). So in fact despite that setback, she enjoyed great success and fame. It's a shame someone calling themselves 'Consrignrant' couldn't express a view here without descending into childish abuse. He just revealed himself to be a fool, with no class. Sad!
My mother used to love Agnes on Bewitched, I was always frightened by her, but as the years go by I like her more and more. She seems very classy. And anyway, Darren had it coming
Yesterday, I watching Charlotte’s Web (1973) with my children. I did not realize she was the Goose. Today - I’m preaching a Mother’s Day sermon and using her care for her mom as an illustration. She provided for her mom long after Agnes’ death.
@@user-tq9vs6fc9u Today, talk show guests are only promoting their movies, or tv shows. In the 1970s, it was more about having an interesting conversation.
@@utapao74 She was positively incredible. Whether "Durwood", "Darwin", or "Dum-dum" she played the domineering mother-in-law to perfection. Part of the charm was the fact that she INTENTIONALLY screwed up his name EVERY time. I think the show would confirm this, but I think Durwood was her favorite. I remember it more often, but there was always something else.
She was in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock where she never said a single word. Everything was through her acting ability. It was fenominal! I'll watch anything that has her in it! The "stars" of today could learn alot from her! A total classy woman!
What a sophisticated lady she was, besides being an extraordinary actress. Agnes Moorehead was so intelligent and one in a million. Thank you for sharing this interview. She seemed always intriguing to me and that, by itself, is so fascinating. A serious and consummate professional. There are no more Agnes Mooreheads in Hollywood, unfortunately.
She was so much bigger as an actress than just Bewitched, she not even wanted to be part of it at first, but im glad she did, not only because Endora was the light of the party of that show, but also because made her character a tv pop icon bring new fans to check it out everything else she did
What a delightful and classy lady who was more of a celebrity than most people will ever know....nice to see the wholesome dialogue of these times...we have fallen far away from this level of decorum. Thanks for posting!
I only know Agnes from Bewitched, though from researching her I understand that she had a long career, especially in theatre. I also learned she died from cancer at the relatively early age of 73 (early especially compared to her mom who died at 106, 16 years after her daughter!) because she was in the doomed cast of The Conqueror which was filmed close to nuclear trials resulting in many of the cast and crew dying from cancer including John Wayne, Susan Hayward and Agnes.
Her farm was in my neck of the woods! Athens, Ohio, or somewhere close to it :) that's nice to know, cause she was my favorite character of this series :)
Agnes Morehead was a beautiful true Lady. She was extremely private and in rare interviews like this, she kept the conversation neutral. Her career left us with a plethora of fascinating movies. She will always be one of my most favorites.
This would have been around the time that she toured with Gigi (around '72). I remember it clearly because I had the opportunity to meet her backstage briefly before she went on. A prized moment in my past.
Agnes Moorhead was born in 1900 and was in her late 60’s when this interview was done. She talks about her parents, I’m just guessing they must have been born in the 1870’s
@@hcombs0104 Molly was born in 1883 which made her 106 when she died. She moved back to Reedsburg after her husband died in 1938. They lived here for 5 years while he had the Presbyterian church. Agnes came to visit her a couple times a year as did others (not as often) such as Debbie Reynolds and Cesar Romero. Agnes dedicated our new city hall in 1971. Agnes tried to get here every Christmas to read the Christmas story in her father's former church. Molly was also a great singer.
Aha, that's where she probably gets that wonderful grandness, English/ Irish parents, makes a lot of sense, I adored her even as a small child. Thanks for this lovely, if rather agricultural interview x
I've always loved Endora. I could listen to her talk for hours. I was a big Bewitched fan back in the day. I was recently surprised to learn that at the time I started watching Bewitched Agnes Morehead was already deceased. I think the lady that first played the original Mrs.Kravitz and Aunt Clara were also dead as well.
Oh my stars, this was awesome! She certainly deserved better than Dick Cavett's patter (I'm glad Ethel Merman stepped in there) but I could've listened to Ms. Moorehead speak for an hour more. Thanks so much for sharing this :)
Agnes passed away in 1974, and her mother was like 91 at the time. Mooreheads mother lived to be 106 when she passed in the early 1990's. Agnes was super talented.
What!??? Wow.
Such a classy lady! There is no class like this in Hollywood anymore. There are just people that "think" they are stars. Agnes was one of the greats!
How would you know what's in Hollywood?
Yes garbage now a days. I agreen
@@MalteseKat STFU
Well remember in old Hollywood, entertainers showed two different sides. The side they showed the public and the side they had in private.
Exactly!
Compare her to most of actresses today and you realize how far we've gone down.
Actually it’s the writing and directing that has gone down hill, not the acting. It’s the studios that don’t want to pay for intelligent filmmaking. Good screenwriting brings out the best acting.
Not even the same spieces
@DD
While that's true just look she carries and conducts herself. Worlds apart to some actresses now.
So true.
I thought the same thing!!!!! Yep!
Her accent is what they call Transatlantic, popular for her time, not heard anymore. I live in Boston. I WISH people spoke the way Agnes did!
A Ward I absolutely agree with you!
@Bruce McPherson Yes, Bruce! Hence "TRANS-Atlantic."
*It's a cultivated accent of English, blending together prestigious American and British English ways of speaking.*
It is especially pronounced when combined with an authentic Boston accent! LOL I'm from Boston but I do not have a Boston accent. I have lived many places, mostly in my impressionable youth, far away from New England. Nobody ever knows where I'm from!
Have a great day! ^. .^ ~
*Wikipedia
Yes, rarely heard now. The best Male equivalent example I can think of is William F. Buckley Jr.
A Ward the people in Boston. At least the people within a 50 radius have a language of there own. Lol 😂
Like Mr. and Mrs. Howell
She was ridiculously talented and her acting career was much bigger than Bewitched.
I've only seen one of her movies, 'The Bat', which was disappointing. Can you recommend a better one, I would love to see her in something good other than 'Bewitched'.
@@glamdolly30 She was a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre Players; "The Invaders" on Twilight Zone, a classic. The warden in the definitive women's prison film, "Caged." That don't make stars like Ms. Moorehead anymore, and our Hollywood entertainment is inferior.
Magnificent Ambersons , just look for movies by Orson Wells. She has a very extensive movie career. Shes Citizen Kanes mom!
CITIZEN KANE!
direfranchement She was also in How the West Was Won
It seems like every third movie shown on TCM, Agnes Moorehead is in it. What talent. What class.
She was the queen of character actresses.
Not any more. They're showing crap from the 80's and now. "Classic" means just that!! They need to leave TCM as classic (Ms. Moorehead, Crawford, Davis, Monroe, Hayward, etc. etc..) then make a channel for the new stuff (80's- rubbish.) Because that's what it is. Rubbish.. not "Classic." There is NO comparison!!
@@KeriRhodes-mn9teWhat..? The definition of “classic” is going to change as time goes on. What do you expect? Films from the 80’s are definitely classic by now.
Agnes Moorehead, back in the 50s and 60s, used to take a train to our small town in Wisconsin and walk a few blocks from the train station to visit an old friend of hers -- AND NOBODY KNEW -- she was just able to blend right in.
Supposedly she knew Orson Welles as a young man In Wisconsin.
Interesting
What town?
@@merbella7 Portage.
@@mylesburris3885 I don't know. I was young and in school at the time. My dad was in Radio back then, at the local radio station, and he told us about it. If he mentioned a name, I have totally forgotten. Also, he took a picture of a Cessna 310, at our local airport, with the N-number of 123MM. He said that it belonged to Walt Disney, and that he flew up there to also visit a friend. That friend I have no idea who that was either. Being in Radio, my dad had interviewed many well-known people, and for back then, he kept track of what was going on as best as he could. Not like today, with social media, the internet and TV coverage. It was a different world back then.
She was a classy intelligent educated lady.. A professional. This is a interview...not the way some stars are so vain in themselves now . Legend/Icon.
Sorry, but Cavett was a Dick doing the interview...interrupting and then forgetting what question to ask next, after he got a brief answer.
I LOVED her performance in "The Twilight Zone" where she performed the entire show without any dialogue. PHENOMENAL!
Oh yes! That episode featuring Agnes Moorehead is simply one of the all time classics! Once you've seen it, you never forget it.
Gorgeous and simply amazing, she could play any part very well.
I agree.
That Twilight Zone episode scared the bejeezus out of me. I still remember it very clearly. I was terrified of robots under my bed.
Chris, you beat me to that comment. Remember that episode.👍
I was not expecting her to sound exactly like what she did on Bewitched. Beautiful lady.
I always loved watching her.
Ruby Sage Elizabeth Taylor sounds the same. Must have been their training.
@@samanthab1923 I just love it. So classy, so lady like. Powerful and independent, even.
@@kayellen100 I'm about to break one of the unwritten male-rules in life;
Rule #7 Don't add your 2c to a conversation with three people named Ruby, dawn, and Sheila...but I've always had a soft spot for Agnes Moorehead; and I like living on the edge.
She always came across to me, as just being herself, not really acting.
I believe that's what's called being a natural.
The part that caught my attention was - classy, ladylike Powerful and independent
My question to a woman...why is there so few, that fill your description?
All one had to do, is be honest, and be one's self...simple as that.
I love Aggie! But it's no putdown to say that she's speaking with the tail-end of the mid-Atlantic "Posh" accent that Hollywood demanded in the 30s and 40s.
Dick Cavett is one lucky son of a...
He's got to meet and interview hundreds, if not thousands, of legendary celebrities from actors to musicians and in between over the last 50 years. He's still living at the time I wrote this on July 22, 2021.
“Citizen Kane”! Welles said she was the most talented actress he ever knew.
I didn't know that, but I do know that she was his favorite actress for several years. He cast her in several of his plays, radio shows and movies.
I was in such awe as a child to watch her and Agnes Moorehead still has me in awe. Total class.
She spent her formative years in Ohio, Ms. Moorehead attended Muskingum University as did astronaut/ Senator John Glenn. A daughter of a preacher man, Agnes was very religious and a good soul.
Well everyone has their flaws. Religion doesn't make anyone particularly decent. It really makes some of them quite nasty.
@@zapkvr Yes, a lot of zealots are nasty. Like with most of our actions, much of it comes down to intent. Ms. Moorehead utilized her faith in order to be a better person, and to make for a better society. And there were rumors that she did some unorthodox things.
Check-out Eddie Fisher's second autobiography, relating to Miss Moorehead, and Eddie on a cold and rainy day, in Beverly Hills. YOWZA!
@@zapkvr true!!
I was privileged to attend a talk given by this wonderful lady at the theater in downtown Dayton, OH in the mid-70's. She was spectacular and funny!!
We had an old family friend, Esther, who looked and sounded EXACTLY like "Endora," especially in the later "Bewitched" seasons when her hair was flat and parted on the side. Esther once went to visit a friend in a nursing home and all the patients screamed "LOOK, IT'S AGNES MOOREHEAD!" when she walked in!!
That's hilarious. We had a neighbor who looked exactly like Alice Pearce (the first Mrs. Gladys Kravitz) and ACTED just like her too.
We act like most people are classy today?
Always loved her ! What an elegant woman indeed
The way her and Darrin would argue on Bewitched could give one an impression they were lifelong enemies but off the set, the two were the best of friends.
The Tazzman that’s true and she was very upset when he left the show for health reasons.
@@wurly164 --- She wasn't alone. When I was a kid I remember the adults talking about his illness and what a good actor he was on Bewtiched. I thought Dick Sargent was good in the role too. Just like the replacement for Gladys Cravitts.
Yes, that’s what I heard.
She and dick York were friends .
@@jamesmonroe7406 Agnes was said to have hated Dick Sargent and apparently did not even try to hide it on set. She was also upset enough with the producers for forcing Dick York out that she made them cut her on-screen time and make her only a part-time player.
we talk about her stage work and her movie and television roles. But she has the very rarest of credit lists. Moorehead was an incredibly versatile and prolific radio actor. She was once hailed as the first lady of suspense appearing in Calvacade of America, Suspense Theater, Mercury Group theater, Campbell Playhouse etc. Despite being a contract player under MGM, Agnes was unique in that she insisted on a clause allowing her to continue to work in radio. It all shows in her acting style with perfect diction, and one of the most expressive , passionate and revealing of vocal virtuosity in any media. Not many can do more with a line or monologue than Moorehead. Nobody is ever going to have that kind of versatility in experience
She was really incredible...
Great job; very Valuable and Comprehensive information about iconic Actor Agnes Morehead !
She was a avid Bible reader according to Elizabeth Montgomery. Said Agnes brought her Bible to the set everyday.
She’s of a generation that had character and integrity like other similar stars of her era.
I received some flak for making a similar comment.
@@carmenfrisicaro9890Doubtless from those lacking character and integrity.
That fact, in fact, was used to assure those worried that the show might dabble in real occult. "You can be SURE Miss Moorehead would not be in it if so! Relax"... etc.
@carmen: flak!? Sad! I'm kind of moth & flame about religion for ME, but deeply respect those of solid faith.
Wonderful lady! 💗
If you really want to see her act watch her in "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte"
Its great!
One of her best! And she was nominated! Magnificent Ambersons was pretty epic on her part alone.
That movie scared the crap out of me when I was a kid!
"How the West Was Won"
PS I agree!! I have watched that movie a million times!!
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, The Magnificent Ambersons & Caged - three fantastic performances she gave.
I love her, she was essential to Bewitched
Agnes Moorhead is an American Master.
How very true ! It's a shame she's remembered mostly for the TV sitcom "Bewitched". She was an incredibly versatile performer, equally good in both comedic & dramatic roles. Appeared in so many classic films & radio programs !
Agnes moorhead was outstanding as velma in hush hush sweet charlotte , a truly great actress ....a must see..
Anne Liddle She was also in Magnificent Obsession with Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman. I THINK the three are in another movie together, where he plays a landscaper, Jane plays a wealthy woman and they fall in love.
I so agree! A remarkable performance, and what a fantastic "look".
She was outstanding in Dark Passage a movie with Bogart and Bacall. I highly recommend it. Loved her
She more than holds her own, especially in her last scene!
Yes! = After an acidic speech scary and melodramatic, she crashes through a window a few storeys up there. = Unforgettable scene.
She was HOT in that movie.
Yes, a wonderful movie. She nailed that role!!❤
Mule = Horse mother and donkey father. They are born sterile and can't reproduce. They are strong, hearty and devoted to a good owner. Great animals. Agnes was absolutely charming here - a dear lady!
Read an article decades ago about a rare few female mules who weren't sterile, and reproduced. The article was "Never Say Never"
Thank you!
@@sharksport01 - A hinny is the reverse in parentage.
@@karendegraaf1146 Interesting!
@@OldsVistaCruiser And quite cruel for a wee donkey to give birth to a horse's offspring. Should never happen, should it?
We need to see more full versions of these archives. So many great actors and artists who are no longer with us. So much more interesting than most of the useless people in Hollywood now.
I agree. Today's so-called actors/actresses just want to force their political views on everyone. As if they're view matters!
@@dianetheisen8664 I got a DVD of Michael Sarrazin the other day & was surprised to see Agnes Moorehead in the cast.A heck of a cast too.Until then I had only seen her in Bewitched.She was amazing.Michael Sarrazin,I feel,was grossly underrated.RIP to them both.
That’s nostalgia. People are still very interesting. Being jaded is commonplace.
@@dianetheisen8664 totally agree! If they think that their view is going to sway my mind, they've got another thing coming. I listen to what the candidate says, if I agree with them, then they get my vote.
Agnes Moorehead was a great actress Shirley Booth was another one of my favorites.
What xlnt taste you have ! Ms Moorehead and Ms Booth were both such incredibly gifted actresses ! Equally good in both comedic and dramatic roles !
Hazey !
Her acting was like Bette Davis. Wasn't afraid to "ugly down" and realistic.
Jetthead18 Wasn’t she in “All About Eve?” I remember she was in a movies with Bette Davis and it was a small role but an important one. She played a sassy assistant.
Is she with ugly down quite often in fact in reality she was very beautiful
hotgritz4sho It was Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte
" Endora ", ( Agnes Moorehead ), certainly was a *classy* actress, much like Samantha, ( Elizabeth Montgomery ). 🤗🤗🤗
@@hotgritz4sho that was Thelma Ritter.
She’s an American and I just love her mid-Atlantic accent! I recall my grandmother sounding very proper like her. We hear very little of this accent now a days. Maybe watching (listening) to re-runs of Frasier with Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce.
BennyB5555---The way she "retoned" her voice for Bewitched was really cool.
You'd never know she grew up in Missouri.
BennyB5555 You reminded me whenever my nan answered the phone she always said "Headooo"
I was going to comment on her mid-Atlantic accent. It's not as pronounced in this interview as it was when she was working on Bewitched. The accent seems to disappear and reappear again throughout the interview, it's very very interesting. I'm absolutely fascinated with the mid-Atlantic accent, and often wear it myself. Kelsey Grammer was a master of mid-Atlantic English, and pulled it off brilliantly for over 20 years with his Frasier character. The pronunciation seems so formal and out of place in American culture these days, but I still think it's beautiful. There are still a handful of people today who talk like that - maybe from upbringing, or maybe from schooling, who knows. I don't care why they speak that way, I just love it.
The mid-Atlantic accent was taught in drama schools and was standard for Hollywood in the old days. That is funny since, then even more than now, actors used many accents to portray characters.
Beautiful historical interview. Love Agnes Moorhead!! ❤️❤️❤️
Such a charming and talented lady. ❤️
"The Invaders" Twilight Zone episode from 1961. Doesn't speak a word, just acting. One of the better episodes, with a great twist at the end.
That is one of the very best episodes of the Twilight zone ever made.
@@marciadiehl5733 It is the best episode, creeped me out the first time I saw it! (Yes, I really am that old).
@@usmale4915 Although I am old enough to have watched it prime time, I only started watching the Twilight Zone in the late 1960's when I was mature enough to handle the show. That episode flipped me out when I first saw it then, and it still hold up today. Timeless performance!
DannyH really!? Good looking out. Will try to find that episode.
@@marciadiehl5733 I saw it in prime time when I was 8 years old in 1961. I remember it scared the crap out of me.
She was wonderful as the voice of "The Goose" in Charlotte's Web.
" T double E double R double I double F double I Double CCCCC" The goose on spelling TERRIFIC only to be corrected by Ruben Kincaid from The Partridge Family " One should not consult with geese in matters of spelling the word is spelled TERRIFIC." lol
@@David-dz3ig LOL I HAD TO GO LISTEN TO IT. Brilliant for a goose. LOL
Loved her acting in PollyAnna and Bewtched .She was a very gifted actress
Patti Brooks Omg 😲 I forgot she was in Pollyanna. My favorite movie from childhood.
Ok Patti, you DO know she was in dozens and dozens of films as well, right? Her acting/film accolades are numerous, to be sure.
I agree 100 per cent !!
I absolutely love her in Since You Went Away!
Where can I find real friends like her and Hattie McDaniel? Aggie was a national treasure!
Wow. Amazing to think of "Endora" as a serious farmer AND a Beverly Hills socialite/movie star. Talk about polar opposite vocations! Cool, down to earth lady, and a great actress.
I was a bit surprised to see her not only looking and sounding like Endora but DRESSING like her as well. (Although Mr. Pintar did mention in his Bewitched video that some cast members often wore their own clothes when shooting the series).
ok.. but, you DO know she had an incredible acting career BEFORE Bewitched, right?
@@Nunofurdambiznez Yes, of course. Her work in the golden days of radio and Hollywood, with Orson Wells, in Citizen Kane, etc. Makes her farm vocation even more interesting/unusual. LOL ...I'm thinking Eva Gabor in "Green Acres"!
Agnes Moorehead was everything today's Hollywood is not, i.e., classy, talented, God-fearing, literate, intellectual, and cultured.
God-fearing?! LOL. What world are you living in that that is your standard?
@@Person-mh6xq Agnes was a deeply religious woman who often had her bible with her on the set of Bewitched.
@@Person-mh6xq I'm not sure if I understand your comment. I'm not sure if you are denying that Moorehead was God-fearing or that it was wrong for her to be God-fearing.
That is general society today!
@@carmenfrisicaro9890 Agnes Moorehead was gay. There are countless gay people who believe in God.
She was so talented, so cool to find out how down to earth she was.
Very elegant lady, very smart too. I've never seen this interview before. Thanks for posting.
She really deserved an Oscar for Citizen Kane...acted the hell out of her few minutes on screen.
All the productions she did with orson Wells was legendary in itself. So underrated!
You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe !! :-)
While she was brilliant in Bewitched, listen to her old radio shows she was on. Maybe the best female actress ever on radio. ✌️
Listen to the radio show that she did cause sorry wrong number you will feel all of the emotion that she embodies.
Very well worth your time to listen it is here on UA-cam!
I listened to Sorry Wrong Number late one night. Terrifying! She was incredible!
mileybird1 if you get Sirius radio, they have old time radio shows like Jack Benny, Gunsmoke, detectives, Dragnet etc. My favorite channel ✌️
Dan Merchant I will be sure to listen.
ok Dan, you DO know she was in dozens and dozens of films as well, right? Her acting/film accolades are numerous, to be sure.
I loved Agnes Moorehead! Such class! Endora was one of my favorite characters on Bewitched!
Agnes Moorehead -The most beautiful lady in in movies,tv,radio ever even in 2020 missed her pure class she had
My grandfather hated farms. He always said it's no fun living on a farm. When my grandma married him he owned two gas stations and a grocery store and two apartment buildings. But he absolutely hated farms with a passion. I think it may been negative childhood memories. Agnes Moorehead would have been fun to hang around.
I downloaded the whole 8 seasons of bewitched and really love all the actors... they are all sorely missed!
Where from please?
A delightful interview! Mr. Cavett was always able to get stars to relax and reveal the many facets of their lives. I admired Ms. Moorehead's performance in Johnny Belinda, and in Bewitched. Thank you for sharing this. ❤️
She was also The First Lady of Suspense, especially for Sorry, Wrong "Number"
I remember my fourth grade class had a field trip to Rockefeller Center NBC studios. We toured many facilities one of which was an active recording of a a production with Agnes Moorehead in it. We watched behind a sound proofed glass wall as she was being attended by make up artists. She sat there very regal as they did their work. I saw the production on NBC later that week.
She was a good actress, actually underrated.
I thought she was very underrated connie the spotlight was on someone else in bewitched
She wasn't underrated at all. You're talking out of your ass.
I'm not sure why you feel she was underrated. She was not leading lady material due to her unconventional looks (she was striking and attractive, but not in the pretty-pretty, movie star way required back then). So in fact despite that setback, she enjoyed great success and fame.
It's a shame someone calling themselves 'Consrignrant' couldn't express a view here without descending into childish abuse. He just revealed himself to be a fool, with no class. Sad!
How right you are ! VERY underrated !
My mother used to love Agnes on Bewitched, I was always frightened by her, but as the years go by I like her more and more. She seems very classy. And anyway, Darren had it coming
Endora scared me too!
She never scared me. When I was a kid I thought she was imposing.
Yesterday, I watching Charlotte’s Web (1973) with my children. I did not realize she was the Goose.
Today - I’m preaching a Mother’s Day sermon and using her care for her mom as an illustration. She provided for her mom long after Agnes’ death.
Back when you could have a real conversation without having to plug a movie.
or a book but in this case, quite unexpectedly a farm lol
You can still do that today....?
@@user-tq9vs6fc9u Today, talk show guests are only promoting their movies, or tv shows. In the 1970s, it was more about having an interesting conversation.
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All the time.
What a surprising woman! Actress and very hardworking!
Agnes was a great actor and a very classy lady. R.I.P Agnes!!
I Adore this Lady
She made alot of movies
Man
She had a legendary career beside bewitched tv show,
Worked with Orson Welles in the Mercury Theatre. She was in Citizen Kane, playing Kane’s mother when he was a boy.
Yes she was in numerous movies in the 40s and 50s. I've seen her on TMC. And she didn't look like Endora!
Underrated. Brilliant.
This aired in 1973. Sadly, she passed away the following year. 😓
"Durwood" was lucky to have her as a meddling mother-in-law
LOL! That was awesome!
I thought she was Darwin's mother-in-law?
Bernie Houston Dum Dum’s too!
@@ashleyelizabeth8335 Yes, she did despise the poor mortal.
@@utapao74 She was positively incredible. Whether "Durwood", "Darwin", or "Dum-dum" she played the domineering mother-in-law to perfection. Part of the charm was the fact that she INTENTIONALLY screwed up his name EVERY time. I think the show would confirm this, but I think Durwood was her favorite. I remember it more often, but there was always something else.
One of Hollywood's greatest actresses 💜💜
The One And Only;
The Lovely Agnes Moorehead
♡♡♡
She was in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock where she never said a single word. Everything was through her acting ability.
It was fenominal!
I'll watch anything that has her in it!
The "stars" of today could learn alot from her!
A total classy woman!
That was The Twilight Zone : The Invaders
What a sophisticated lady she was, besides being an extraordinary actress. Agnes Moorehead was so intelligent and one in a million. Thank you for sharing this interview. She seemed always intriguing to me and that, by itself, is so fascinating. A serious and consummate professional. There are no more Agnes Mooreheads in Hollywood, unfortunately.
Much more than Endora she was a great Actress.
Somebody should have told the idiot host...!
I've aways loved her name. "Agnes Moorehead" sounds as distinguished and theatrical as "Ethel Barrymore."
She's one of the best..Such a sweet lady
She was so much bigger as an actress than just Bewitched, she not even wanted to be part of it at first, but im glad she did, not only because Endora was the light of the party of that show, but also because made her character a tv pop icon bring new fans to check it out everything else she did
she became a gay icon
I aint never seen Endora interviewed this was cool man -thanks -
John Delcher she would have corrected your grammer
@@wurly164 grammer
“The first woman of suspense!” Suspense, the highly rated radio program declared her that!
Omg! And that was Ethel Merman next to Dick Cavett 😍
Two of the greats in one sitting.
Was Walter Matthau the other guest??
Jerry Stephens could be🤔👍🏻
@@MsBaby1959 Doing a bit of research, the guest is Robert A. Citron who was an engineer and scientist amongst many of his professions.
Eddie Faccioni wow, great thnx for the info. :))
What a delightful and classy lady who was more of a celebrity than most people will ever know....nice to see the wholesome dialogue of these times...we have fallen far away from this level of decorum. Thanks for posting!
I only know Agnes from Bewitched, though from researching her I understand that she had a long career, especially in theatre. I also learned she died from cancer at the relatively early age of 73 (early especially compared to her mom who died at 106, 16 years after her daughter!) because she was in the doomed cast of The Conqueror which was filmed close to nuclear trials resulting in many of the cast and crew dying from cancer including John Wayne, Susan Hayward and Agnes.
A farmer was once asked what he would do if he had a million dollars. He said, Keep farming and when its gone I still be farming.
Known by my generation for her role as Endora of Bewitched, Agnes Moorhead had a very long, amazing career.
What a beautiful woman! Thank you for this peek at her personality.
WOWW I haven't seen her in an interview before, This was a Great Treat!! THANKYOU 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😊
She was wonderful in everything I saw her in. Loved her in Bewitched. Grateful that she would do that show with her extensive background.
Her farm was in my neck of the woods! Athens, Ohio, or somewhere close to it :) that's nice to know, cause she was my favorite character of this series :)
Her farm was between Cumberland and New Concord I believe
What a terrific find this is. Agnes Moorehead is American acting royalty.
Agnes Morehead was a beautiful true Lady. She was extremely private and in rare interviews like this, she kept the conversation neutral. Her career left us with a plethora of fascinating movies. She will always be one of my most favorites.
I always loved Agnes Moorehead & felt she was so talented and so totally underrated for such a Talented Great Actress.
She's wonderful in every way possible.
The people for the set of Bewitched said what you see is what you get with Agnes. Great interview. Thanks for sharing this.
This would have been around the time that she toured with Gigi (around '72). I remember it clearly because I had the opportunity to meet her backstage briefly before she went on. A prized moment in my past.
What a wonderful entertainer she was and pure class !!!!!
Agnes Moorhead was born in 1900 and was in her late 60’s when this interview was done.
She talks about her parents, I’m just guessing they must have been born in the 1870’s
I did not realize she was that old at the time of this interview, she seemed much younger.
@@seththomas9105 her demeanor has a lot to do with that. She smiles and laughs a lot... which I think makes people look and feel younger.
Her mother died in 1990, so she was born in 1884?
@@hcombs0104 Molly was born in 1883 which made her 106 when she died. She moved back to Reedsburg after her husband died in 1938. They lived here for 5 years while he had the Presbyterian church. Agnes came to visit her a couple times a year as did others (not as often) such as Debbie Reynolds and Cesar Romero. Agnes dedicated our new city hall in 1971. Agnes tried to get here every Christmas to read the Christmas story in her father's former church. Molly was also a great singer.
Thank you so much to the person who made this rare interview available where Agnes Moorhead was just Agnes Moorehead!
Thank You for sharing the interview.
Aha, that's where she probably gets that wonderful grandness, English/ Irish parents, makes a lot of sense, I adored her even as a small child. Thanks for this lovely, if rather agricultural interview x
Very cool interview.. Thank you
I've always loved Endora. I could listen to her talk for hours. I was a big Bewitched fan back in the day. I was recently surprised to learn that at the time I started watching Bewitched Agnes Morehead was already deceased. I think the lady that first played the original Mrs.Kravitz and Aunt Clara were also dead as well.
This lovely actress had such a magnificent career to discuss beyond 'Bewitched'.
Every show she has ever done has been absolutely wonderful. YES even in Bewitched
Agnes Moorehead was highly educated and highly respected and had a great life!
I always think she was the best in bewitched . amazing lady! Very classy very talented. Thank you!
She was just lovely. I adore this woman!
Oh my stars, this was awesome! She certainly deserved better than Dick Cavett's patter (I'm glad Ethel Merman stepped in there) but I could've listened to Ms. Moorehead speak for an hour more. Thanks so much for sharing this :)
Douglas Morris Now that's a mouthful. I don't think anyone ever wanted Ethel Merman to step in. 😊
Douglas Morris Both beautiful ladies. Way before Botox & facelifts became a must. They just aged beautifully the way God intended.
@@Lvmykidos2 The way they intended, their life, their choices, made by them and no other.
Absolutely my all time favorite.Blessed be Ms.Moorehead...
Remarkable woman - Thank you for posting!
Very underrated. She was in many, many movies.