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 Moorehead inBewitched (1969) | |
| Born | Agnes Robertson Moorehead (1900-12-06)December 6, 1900 Clinton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 30, 1974(1974-04-30) (aged 73) Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Resting place | Dayton Memorial Park,Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1933–1974 |
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Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress. In a career spanning five decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television.[1] Moorehead was the recipient of such accolades as aPrimetime Emmy Award and twoGolden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for fourAcademy Awards.
Moorehead had joinedOrson Welles'Mercury Players, as one of his principal performers in 1937. She also had notable roles in films such asCitizen Kane (1941),Dark Passage (1947),Show Boat (1951), andAll That Heaven Allows (1955). Moorehead garnered four nominations for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her performances in:The Magnificent Ambersons (1942),Mrs. Parkington (1944),Johnny Belinda (1948), andHush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). She is also known for theradio playSorry, Wrong Number (1943).
She gained acclaim for her role asEndora on theABCsitcomBewitched which she played from 1964 to 1972. Her performance earned her six nominations for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. For her role on the western seriesThe Wild Wild West, she won thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Agnes Robertson Moorehead was born on December 6, 1900,[2] inClinton, Massachusetts, the daughter of former singer Mary (née McCauley), who was 17 when she was born, andPresbyterian clergyman John Henderson Moorehead. Moorehead later claimed that she was born in 1906 to appear younger for acting parts.[3] She recalled that she made her first public performance at the age of three, when she recited theLord's Prayer in her father's church. The family moved toSt. Louis,Missouri, and her ambition to become an actress grew "very strong". Her mother indulged her active imagination, often asking, "Who are you today, Agnes?" while Moorehead and her younger sister Peggy (born Margaret Ann) engaged in mimicry. This involved coming to the dinner table and imitating their father's parishioners; they were further encouraged by his amused reactions.[4]
As a young woman, Moorehead joined the chorus of theSt. Louis Municipal Opera Company, known as "The Muny". In addition to her interest in acting, she developed a lifelong interest inreligion; in later years, actors such asDick Sargent recalled Moorehead's arriving on the set with "theBible in one hand and the script in the other".[4]
Moorehead earned a bachelor's degree in 1923, majoring in biology atMuskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. While there, she also appeared in college stage plays. She received an honorary doctorate in literature from Muskingum in 1947,[5] and served for a year on its board of trustees.[6] When her family moved toReedsburg, Wisconsin,[7] she taught public school for five years inSoldiers Grove, Wisconsin, while she also earned a master's degree in English and public speaking at the University of Wisconsin (now theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison).[8] She then pursued postgraduate studies at theAmerican Academy of Dramatic Arts, from which she graduated with honors in 1929. Moorehead also received an honorary doctoral degree fromBradley University inPeoria, Illinois.[9]
Moorehead's early acting career was unsteady, and although she was able to find stage work, she was often unemployed. She later recalled going four days without food, and said that it had taught her "the value of a dollar".[10] She found work in radio and was soon in demand, often working on several programs in a single day. She believed that it offered her excellent training and allowed her to develop her voice to create a variety of characterizations. Moorehead met actressHelen Hayes, who encouraged her to enter films, but her first attempts were met with failure.[8] When she was rejected as not being "the right type", Moorehead returned to radio.
By 1937, Moorehead had joinedOrson Welles'Mercury Players, as one of his principal performers along withJoseph Cotten. (In an appearance onThe Dick Cavett Show on February 19, 1973, she revealed that, in 1922, she had by chance met Welles (15 years her junior) when he was a mere seven years old at theWaldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.)[11] She performed in hisThe Mercury Theatre on the Air radio adaptations, and had a regular role opposite Welles in the serialThe Shadow asMargo Lane. In 1939, Welles moved the Mercury Theatre toHollywood, where he started working forRKO Pictures. Several of his radio performers joined him, and Moorehead made her film debut as the mother of his own character, Charles Foster Kane, inCitizen Kane[8] (1941), considered by most film critics one of the best films ever made. Moorehead was featured in Welles' second film,The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and received theNew York Film Critics Award[12] and anAcademy Award nomination[13] for her performance. She also appeared inJourney Into Fear (1943), a Mercury film production.
Moorehead received positive reviews for her performance inMrs. Parkington (1944), and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress[14] and an Academy Award nomination.[15] Moorehead played another strong role inThe Big Street (1942) withHenry Fonda andLucille Ball, and then appeared in two films that failed to find an audience,Government Girl (1943) withOlivia de Havilland andThe Youngest Profession (1944) with adolescentVirginia Weidler.
By the mid-1940s, Moorehead became aMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player, negotiating a $6,000-a-week contract, which also allowed her to perform on radio, an unusual clause at the time. Moorehead explained that MGM usually refused to allow its actors to appear on radio, as "the actors didn't have the knowledge or the taste or the judgment to appear on the right sort of show."[16] In 1943–1944, Moorehead portrayed "matronly housekeeper Mrs. Mullet", who was constantly offering her "candied opinion", in theMutual Broadcasting System'sThe Adventures of Leonidas Witherall; she inaugurated the role on CBS Radio.[17]
Throughout her career, Moorehead skillfully portrayed puritanical matrons, neurotic spinsters, possessive mothers, and comical secretaries. She had supporting roles inThe Youngest Profession (1943),Since You Went Away (1944), and the crime dramaDark Passage (1947), starringHumphrey Bogart andLauren Bacall.[18] She then played Aggie McDonald in the 1948 film,Johnny Belinda. She played Parthy Hawks, wife of Cap'n Andy and mother of Magnolia, in MGM's hit 1951 remake ofShow Boat. Moorehead was inBroadway productions ofDon Juan in Hell in 1951–1952, andLord Pengo in 1962–1963.
In her first radio role, Moorehead appeared as a replacement for Dorothy Denvir's role as Min Gump inThe Gumps. During the 1940s and 1950s, Moorehead was one of the most in-demand actresses for radio dramas, especially on the CBS showSuspense. During the 946-episode run ofSuspense, Moorehead was cast in more episodes than any other actor or actress. She was often introduced on the show as the "first lady ofSuspense". Moorehead's most successful appearance onSuspense was in the playSorry, Wrong Number, written byLucille Fletcher,[18] broadcast on May 18, 1943. Moorehead played a selfish, neurotic woman who overhears a murder being plotted via crossed phone wires and eventually realizes she is the intended victim. She recreated the performance six times forSuspense and several times on other radio shows, always using her original, dog-eared script. The May 25, 1943 airing was made part of the National Sound Registry by theLibrary of Congress in 2014. In 1952, she recorded an album of the drama and performed scenes from the story in her one-woman show in the 1950s.Barbara Stanwyck played the role in the1948 film version.
In 1941, Moorehead played Maggie in the short-livedBringing Up Father program on theBlue Network.[19] From 1942 to 1949, Moorehead played the role of the mayor's housekeeper in the radio version ofMayor of the Town.[20] She also starred inThe Amazing Mrs. Danberry, a situation comedy onCBS in 1946. Moorehead's title character was described as "the lively widow of a department store owner who has a tongue as sharp as a hatpin and a heart as warm as summer."[21] Moorehead had the honor of being the first female co-host of the Oscars in 1948 at the 21st Academy Awards ceremony, which was broadcast exclusively on radio.
Moorehead played one of her last roles on January 6, 1974, as Mrs. Ada Canby in the ironically titled "The Old Ones Are Hard to Kill", the inaugural episode ofCBS Radio Mystery Theater.[22]
In the 1950s, Moorehead continued to work in films and appeared on stage across the country. Her stage roles included a national tour of Shaw'sDon Juan in Hell, co-starringCharles Boyer,Charles Laughton, andCedric Hardwicke, and the pre-Broadway engagements of the new musicalThe Pink Jungle. She had a supporting role in the big-budgetHoward Hughes filmThe Conqueror (1956), starringJohn Wayne andSusan Hayward, a film she later regretted appearing in. She starred inThe Bat (1959) withVincent Price. She appeared as the hypochondriac Mrs. Snow in Disney's hit filmPollyanna (1960). She starred withBette Davis,Olivia de Havilland,Mary Astor, andJoseph Cotten inHush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) as the maid Velma, a role for which she was nominated for aBest Supporting Actress Academy Award.[23]
In 1959, Moorehead guest-starred on many series, includingThe Rebel andAlcoa Theatre. Her role in the radio playSorry, Wrong Number inspired writers of the CBS television seriesThe Twilight Zone to script an episode with Moorehead in mind.[24] In "The Invaders" (broadcast January 27, 1961), Moorehead played a woman whose isolated farm is plagued by mysterious intruders. Moorehead found the script odd because it had only one line of dialogue, at the very end. Her character gasped in terror once or twice, but never spoke. InSorry, Wrong Number, Moorehead offered a famed, bravura performance using only her voice.
Moorehead also had guest roles onChanning,Custer,Rawhide in "Incident at Poco Tiempo" as Sister Frances, andThe Rifleman. On February 10, 1967, she portrayed Miss Emma Valentine in "The Night of the Vicious Valentine" onThe Wild Wild West, a performance for which she won aPrimetime Emmy Award forOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.[18]
In 1964, Moorehead accepted the role of Endora, Samantha's (Elizabeth Montgomery) mortal-loathing, quick-witted witch mother in the situation comedyBewitched. She later commented that she had not expected it to succeed and that she ultimately felt trapped by its success, but she had negotiated to appear in only eight of every 12 episodes made, thus allowing her sufficient time to pursue other projects. She also felt that the television writing was often below standard and dismissed many of theBewitched scripts as "hack" in a 1965 interview forTV Guide.[25] The role brought her a level of recognition that she had not received before, asBewitched was in the top-10 programs for the first few years it aired.
Moorehead received six Emmy Award nominations for her work on the series, but was quick to remind interviewers that she had enjoyed a long and distinguished career, commenting to theNew YorkDaily News in 1965, "I've been in movies and played theatre from coast to coast, so I was quite well known before 'Bewitched,' and I don't particularly want to be identified as the witch."[26] Despite her ambivalence, she remained withBewitched until its run ended in 1972. Prior to her death in 1974, she said she had enjoyed playing the role enough, but it was not challenging, and the show itself was "not breathtaking", although her flamboyant and colorful character appealed to children. She expressed a fondness for the show's star, Elizabeth Montgomery, and said she had enjoyed working with her. Co-star Dick Sargent, who in 1969 replaced the illDick York as Samantha's husband Darrin Stephens, had a more difficult relationship with Moorehead, describing her as "a tough old bird."[16]
In fall 1964, Moorehead participated in a 5-minute commercial spot featuring casts of bothBonanza andBewitched, announcing the new 1965Chevrolet line. Moorehead was featured withDan Blocker extolling the virtues of the new '65 Chevy II.
In the 1970s, Moorehead's life was increasingly affected by declining health. In 1970, she appeared as a dying woman who haunts her own house in the earlyNight Gallery episode "Certain Shadows on the Wall".[27] She co-starred withShelley Winters andDebbie Reynolds in the horror filmWhat's the Matter with Helen? (1971) and had the lead role in the low-budget ax murderer filmDear Dead Delilah (1972) withWill Geer, her last starring role. She also reprised her role inDon Juan in Hell on Broadway and on tour, with an all-star cast that featuredEdward Mulhare,Ricardo Montalbán, andPaul Henreid.
Moorehead supplied the voice of the friendly "Goose" inHanna-Barbera's 1973 adaptation ofE. B. White's children's bookCharlotte's Web.
For the 1973 Broadway adaptation ofGigi, Moorehead portrayed Aunt Alicia and performed various songs, including "The Contract" for the original cast recording. She fell ill during the production, resulting inArlene Francis having to replace her. Moorehead died shortly afterward.
In January 1974, three months before her death, two episodes featuring Moorehead (including the series' premiere episode) aired on theCBS Radio Mystery Theater, the popular radio show produced and directed byHiman Brown.
In 1930, Moorehead married actor John Griffith Lee;[28] they divorced a year after fostering a boy named Sean Lee in 1952. She married actorRobert Gist in 1954, and they divorced in 1958.[18]
Moorehead's sexuality had been the subject of much speculation and dispute.[29] A number of articles that appeared in periodicals in the alternative press have identified her as a lesbian.[30]Paul Lynde, Moorehead's co-star onBewitched, stated: "Well, the whole world knows Agnes was a lesbian - I mean classy as hell, but one of the all-time Hollywood dykes".[31] JournalistBoze Hadleigh reported an incident, also sourced to Lynde, in which, when she caught one of her husbands cheating on her, "Agnes screamed at him that if he could have a mistress, so could she."[32] In a 1973 interview with Hadleigh, when afforded the opportunity to either confirm or, once and for all, put to rest the rumors regarding her sexual orientation, Moorehead "wryly" opts to do neither:
BH: Just one more question. Numerous Hollywood actresses -Garbo,Gish,Dietrich,Jean Arthur, um,Kay Francis,Stanwyck,Bankhead,Del Rio,Janet Gaynor, etc., etc. - have enjoyed lesbian or bi relationships. Have you ever...?
AM: Yes, you'd love to put me in their excellent company! Even if I don't belong in the same category. [Smiles wryly]
BH: You don't?
AM: Those ladies were more beautiful than me.[33]
Moorehead's close friendDebbie Reynolds stated categorically that Moorehead was not a lesbian. Reynolds's autobiography mentions the rumor and states it was started "maliciously" by one of Moorehead's husbands during their divorce.[citation needed] Moorehead's longtime friend and producerPaul Gregory concurs in the assessment. Quint Benedetti, Moorehead's longtime employee who was homosexual, also stated that Moorehead was not a lesbian and attributed the story to Paul Lynde's frequent gossiping and rumor-mongering.[34]
Moorehead rarely spoke publicly about her political beliefs, but she supported bothFranklin Delano Roosevelt (she portrayedEleanor Roosevelt multiple times over the course of her career) and close friendRonald Reagan for his1966 run forgovernor of California.[35]
Moorehead was one of many people to have developed cancer after exposure toradioactive fallout from atmosphericatomic bomb tests[36] while makingThe Conqueror (1956) withJohn Wayne inIron City, Utah. Several production members, as well as Wayne himself,Susan Hayward,Pedro Armendáriz (who died by suicide while suffering from cancer), and the film's directorDick Powell, later died fromcancer and cancer-related illnesses.[37] The cast and crew totalled 220 people. By the end of 1980, as ascertained byPeople, 91 of them had developed some form of cancer, and 46 had died of the disease.[38][39][40]
Moorehead died atMayo Clinic Hospital inRochester,Minnesota, on April 30, 1974, due touterine cancer at the age of 73.[2][41]
Moorehead is entombed in a crypt at Dayton Memorial Park inDayton, Ohio.[42] In 1994, she was posthumously inducted into theSt. Louis Walk of Fame.[43]
Moorehead bequeathed $25,000 toMuskingum College,[44] with instructions to fund one or more "Agnes Moorehead Scholarships". She also left half of her manuscripts to Muskingum—aPresbyterian school founded by her uncle—with the other half going to theUniversity of Wisconsin. Her family's Ohio farm went toBob Jones University inGreenville, South Carolina,[45] along with her collection of Bibles and biblical scholarship materials. Moorehead's father was a Presbyterian minister, and in 1921, when Agnes was an undergraduate at Muskingum, the college presented an honorary degree toBob Jones, Sr.[46]
Moorehead's mother, Mary, received all of Moorehead's clothing and jewelry, and Moorehead made provisions to support Mary for the rest of her life. TheBeverly Hills home was left to Moorehead's attorney, Franklin Rohner, along with the furnishings and personal property within. Small bequests were made for friends and domestic staff, along with some charitable contributions.[47] In her will, she made no provision for her foster son Sean Lee. In fact, she had fostered Sean only until his 18th birthday, and her will stated that she had "no children, natural or adopted, living or deceased".[48]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Poor Mr. Campbell | Adrice Campbell | Television movie |
| 1953 | The Revlon Mirror Theater | Martha Adams | Episode: "Lullaby" |
| 1955 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Aunt Minnie | Episode: "Roberta" |
| 1956 | Matinee Theatre | Mrs. Barnes | Episode: "Greybeards and Witches" |
| Studio 57 | Mrs. Tolliver | Episode: "Teacher" | |
| 1957 | Climax! | Irene | Episode: "Locked in Fear" |
| Wagon Train | Mary Halstead | Episode: "The Mary Halstead Story" | |
| 1958 | The DuPont Show of the Month | Madame Defarge | Episode: "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| Playhouse 90 | Rose Ganun | Episode: "The Dungeon" | |
| Suspicion | Katherine Searles | Episode: "The Protege" | |
| 1959 | G.E. True Theatre | Ana Konrad Bethlen | Episode: "Deed of Mercy" |
| Alcoa Theatre | Mrs. Adams | Episode: "Man of His House" | |
| The Rebel | Mrs. Martha Lassiter | Episode: "In Memoriam" | |
| 1960 | Startime | Carmen Lynch | Episode: "Closed Set" |
| The Millionaire | Katherine Boland | Episode: "Millionaire Katherine Boland" | |
| The Chevy Mystery Show | Elizabeth Marshall | Episode: "Trial by Fury" | |
| Adventures in Paradise | Jikiri | Episode: "The Krismen" | |
| Rawhide | Sister Frances | S3:E8, "Incident at Poco Tiempo" | |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Hepzibah Pyncheon Mombi the Witch Witch | 3 episodes | |
| The Rifleman | Alberta 'Bertie' Hoakam | Episode: "Miss Bertie" season 3, episode 14 | |
| 1961 | The Twilight Zone | Woman | Episode: "The Invaders" |
| My Sister Eileen | Aunt Harriet | 2 episodes | |
| 1963–1965 | Burke's Law | Pauline Moss Dona Ynez Ortega y Esteban Liz Haggerty | 2 episodes |
| 1964 | Channing | Professor Amelia Webster | Episode: "Freedom Is a Lovesome Thing God Wot" |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Millie | Episode: "This Train Don't Stop Till It Gets There" | |
| 1964–1972 | Bewitched | Endora | 146 episodes; Main role |
| 1966 | The Lone Ranger | Black Widow | Episode: "The Trickster/Crack of Doom/The Human Dynamo" |
| 1966 | Password | Herself | Game Show Contestant / Celebrity Guest Star |
| 1967 | The Wild Wild West | Emma Valentine | Episode: "The Night of the Vicious Valentine" |
| Custer | Watoma | Episode: "Spirit Woman" | |
| 1969 | Lancer | Mrs. Normile | Episode: "A Person Unknown" |
| The Red Skelton Show | Bertha Bluenose | Episode: "He Wanted to Be a Square Shooter But He Found That his Barrel was Round" | |
| 1970 | Barefoot in the Park | Mrs. Wilson | Episode: "Pilot" |
| The Virginian | Emma Garvey | Episode: "Gun Quest" | |
| 1971 | Night Gallery | Emma Brigham | 2 episodes |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | Mrs. Pringle | Episode: "Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove" | |
| Love, American Style | Mrs. Cooper | Segment: "Love and the Particular Girl" | |
| 1971 | Marriage: Year One | Grandma Duden | Television movie |
| Suddenly Single | Marlene | Television movie | |
| The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove | Mrs. Pringle | Television movie | |
| 1972 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Mrs. Ramsey | Episode: "He Could Sell Iceboxes to Eskimos" |
| Rolling Man | Grandmother | Television movie | |
| Night of Terror | Bronsky | Television movie | |
| 1973 | Frankenstein: The True Story | Mrs. Blair | Television movie |
| 1974 | Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love | Hercules's Wife | Television movie |
Moorehead began appearing on stage during her training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She appeared in seven productions as a student. She continued acting in the theater throughout her career until just a few months before her death.[49]
| Year | Play | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Courage | Understudy |
| 1929 | Soldiers and Women | Understudy |
| 1929 | Scarlet Pages | Company |
| 1929 | Candle Light | Company |
| 1934 | All the King's Horses | Company |
| 1951 | Don Juan In Hell | Doña Ana.[a] |
| 1954 | An Evening with Agnes Moorehead | Herself[b] |
| 1957 | The Rivalry | Mrs.Stephen A. Douglas. Moorehead toured with the play but dropped out before its New York debut. |
| 1959 | The Pink Jungle | Eleanor West |
| 1962 | Prescription: Murder | Claire Fleming |
| 1962 | Lord Prego | Miss Swanson |
| 1963 | High Spirits | Madame Arcati |
| 1973 | Gigi | Aunt Alicia |
Moorehead appeared on hundreds of individual broadcasts across a radio career that spanned from 1926 to her final two appearances, onCBS Radio Mystery Theater in 1974.[50]
| Year | Program | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1929–1930 | Believe It or Not | Ensemble |
| 1930–1933 | Sherlock Holmes | Ensemble |
| 1931 | The Ben Bernie Show | Ensemble |
| 1932–1933 | Mysteries In Paris | Nana |
| 1933–1934 | Evenings In Paris | Anna |
| 1933–1936 | The Armour Hour | Ensemble |
| 1934 | The Gumps | Min |
| 1934–1935 | Heartthrobs of the Hills | Ensemble |
| 1935–1937 | Dot and Will | Rose |
| 1935–1936 | The New Penny | |
| 1936 | Way Down East | |
| 1936–1938 | The March of Time | Ensemble /Eleanor Roosevelt. |
| 1937 | Terry and the Pirates | The Dragon Lady |
| 1937–1939 | The Shadow | Margo Lane |
| 1938 | The Mercury Theatre on the Air | Ensemble |
| 1938 | The Campbell Playhouse | Ensemble |
| 1938–1941 | Cavalcade of America | Ensemble |
| 1939–1940 | Brenda Curtis | Brenda's mother |
| 1939–1940 | The Aldrich Family | Mrs. Brown |
| 1940 | The Adventures of Superman | Lara |
| 1941–1942 | Bringing Up Father | Maggie |
| 1941–1942 | Bulldog Drummond | Ensemble |
| 1942–1949 | Mayor of the Town | Marilly |
| 1942–1960 | Suspense | Mrs. Elbert Stevenson[c] |
| 1974 | CBS Radio Mystery Theater | Ada Canby, Lorna Kitteridge |
| Year | Awards | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Magnificent Ambersons | Nominated |
| New York Film Critics Circle | Best Actress | Won | ||
| 1944 | Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Mrs. Parkington | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Won | ||
| 1948 | Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Johnny Belinda | Nominated[51] |
| 1964 | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Nominated | ||
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won[52] | ||
| 1966 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Bewitched | Nominated |
| 1967 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated | ||
| 1968 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated | ||
| 1969 | Nominated | |||
| 1970 | Nominated | |||
| 1971 | Nominated | |||
| 1967 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | The Wild Wild West | Won |
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Alice Ghostley (Esmerelda, sixth series onwards) died on September 21, 2007, aged 84. Maurice Evans (Maurice) died on March 12, 1989, aged 87.Agnes Moorehead (Endora) died of uterine cancer on April 30, 1974, aged 73. David White (Larry Tate) died of a heart attack on November 27, 1990, aged 74. Dick York (Darrin, first five series) died of emphysema on February 20, 1992, aged 63. Dick Sargent (Darrin, sixth series onwards) died of prostate cancer on July 8, 1994, aged 64. Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha) died of bowel cancer on May 18, 1995, aged 62.
