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Agnes Moorehead
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6 December 1900 - 30 April 1974
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Agnes Moorhead is an American film actress, born on December 6, 1900 in Clinton, Massachusetts. She owes her birth to her father, John Henderson Moorhead, a Presbyterian minister, and her mother, singer Mildred McCauley. Her childhood, full of care and love, Agnes always remembered in her notes with extraordinary warmth and tenderness. In her childhood, the Moorhead family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where Agnes, growing up, made the only right decision for herself - to become an actress. Her
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Agnes Moorhead is an American film actress, born on December 6, 1900 in Clinton, Massachusetts. She owes her birth to her father, John Henderson Moorhead, a Presbyterian minister, and her mother, singer Mildred McCauley. Her childhood, full of care and love, Agnes always remembered in her notes with extraordinary warmth and tenderness. In her childhood, the Moorhead family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where Agnes, growing up, made the only right decision for herself - to become an actress. Her father had a great influence on the choice of correct life guidelines: a calm, balanced, devout man conducted long conversations with his daughter about religion, moral values of the human soul.
After graduating from high school, Agnes Moorhead entered Muskingum College, which she graduated in 1923 with a bachelor's degree in biology. While still studying at college, Agnes never for a moment forgot about her dream - to become an actress and took an active part in the work of the student theater. In 1929, a young girl, promising, talented Agnes, graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Art.
The first steps in a working career remained in Agnes’ memory as not very successful. And only 1939 brought Agnes a change for the better: she meets with her friends.
Citizen Kane "The Magnificence of the Ambersons,"
"Journey to Fear" "Since You Left," "Miss Parkington," "Floating Theatre" bring her worldwide fame, and the actress is seeking great well-deserved awards in the American film industry.
For a role in
The Magnificent Ambersons Agnes Moorhead was awarded the New York Critics Award and nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Miss Parkington (1944) earned her a second Oscar nomination.
During the 1940-1950s, the inimitable actress Agnes Moorhead was at the peak of her fame.
Agnes Moorhead died on April 30, 1974 of cancer in Rochester, Minnesota. /