Posted on 04/15/2022 3:11:29 PM PDT by lowbridge
In 1970, Agnes Moorehead performed this dramatic Biblical reading as a special guest on the 'Oral Roberts Easter Special'. The show was actually recorded a couple of months earlier, in January 1970. Moorehead, of course, was best known to TV audiences as 'Endora' the mother of Samantha on the hit ABC series 'Bewitched' at the time of this special. I thought I'd share it here as we celebrate the beginning of Passover and Easter weekend around the world.
Moorhead was a devout Christian, brought up in a strict Presbyterian household in which her father was a minister. It's been reported by her costars that Moorhead used to bring her Bible to work every day, and read it in her dressing room in between her scenes to be filmed. It's no wonder she's so passionate when doing this reading from the Bible.
The broach she wears around her neck in this Easter special is the piece of jewelry she most treasured in her life, and occasionally wore it on 'Bewitched'. It's been reported that when she passed away, she left this broach to Elizabeth Montgomery, who always admired it.
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“Almost everybody associated with Elizabeth Montgomery on that show was gay or lesbian.”
I always considered Elizabeth Montgomery one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood back in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Almost Grace Kelly-like.
Today, there’d never be Bewitched.
Today, she’d trigger more than Mrs. Kravitz for being a witch.
Today, she’d trigger atheists.
Seems to be a lot of accusations flying around by a bunch of amateur biologist tonight her on FR
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Moorehead#Sexuality
Looks like you got that from her Wikipedia entry. But also on that entry:
“Moorehead’s close friend Debbie 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.[20] Moorehead’s longtime friend and producer Paul 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.[21]”
I hate to tell you this but Debbie Reynolds confessed to many lesbian affairs and one of them was with Agnes Moorhead. The denial you cite was to protect Debbie not Agnes.
Does it really matter? Not really.
“Agnes Moorehead played Margot Lane, Lamont Cranston’s love interest”
I’ve heard a few of those shows, I’m sure I’ve heard her on that! We used to listen to the Sirius old time radio channel a lot. My fave is Johnny Dollar, but I must say The Jack Benny show really holds up.
The Shadow was good, but at least on the Sirius platform, the audio quality of that show was very poor.
Only to the Pharisees who take pride in their superior piety.
“That’s Steve Reeves”
“No, that’s Agnes Moorehead”
Agnes Moorhead was interred in the Abbey Mausoleum located in Dayton’s historic Memorial Park Cemetery.. That’s close to home.
RIP.
Some of my favorite roles:
Endora (of course) from Bewitched
Woman - Twilight Zone
The Bat - w/ Vincent Price
So we agree. It doesn’t really matter.
Debbie Reynolds was no shrinking violet, I’ll take her word on this.
“Victor Buono”
Gay or not, I’ve always thought that one of the most disappointing “might have beens” is the fact that Buono did not live long enough to play Nero Wolfe. I think he was THE ONE, and it just did not happen on our timeline!
In Hollywood Agnes Moorehead was known as ‘’The lesbians lesbian’’.
“Gay or not, I’ve always thought that one of the most disappointing “might have beens” is the fact that Buono did not live long enough to play Nero Wolfe. I think he was THE ONE, and it just did not happen on our timeline!”
Yeah, I could see him playing Nero Wolfe.
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