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On this date, Agnes Moorehead was born in Clinton, Massachusetts. Little did we know what a star she would become!
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Agnes Moorehead always said she graduated from Central High School in St. Louis in 1918, but is not in any of the Central High School yearbooks. She is in a Soldan High School yearbook.
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Agnes Moorehead got a bachelor's degree majoring in biology at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. While attending, she performed in some college stage plays.
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After graduation, Agnes Moorehead attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts where she (again) graduated, with honors.
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The Gumps was Agnes Moorehead's first radio show, and she got the role of Min Gump because she was a replacement for Dorothy Denvir. This show aired from 1931, to 1937.
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By this time, Agnes Moorehead had met the amazing Orson Welles, and become part of his Mercury Theater Group!
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Agnes Moorehead performs in Orson Welles and John Houseman's version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
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Agnes Moorehead (along with some other performers of this group) joined Orson Welles when he moved his Mercury Theater Group to Hollywood.
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A network with NBC called the Blue Network aired this program for a only a short amount of time, but even though it wasn't on air for very long, you know Agnes Moorehead had a part in it; she played the role of Maggie!
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In the radio version of this show, Agnes Moorehead was a part of the cast playing the mayor's housekeeper. She played this role from 1942 until 1949.
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Sorry Wrong Number was a radio thriller that Agnes Moorehead is most known for. She played the lead role of a bedridden woman who heard a murder being planned but no one would listen to her. It turns out in the end, that she was the murder victim!
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From 1943 to 1944 Agnes Moorehead played the role of a housekeeper named Mrs. Mullet in this radio show. Mutual Radio aired this show, but Agnes Moorehead also inaugurated the role on CBS radio!
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Agnes Moorehead also starred in this situation comedy radio show. CBS aired this program and she played Mrs. Jonathan Danbury!
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Agnes Moorehead played one of her last radio roles in the opening episode of CBS Radio Mystery Theater. She played the part of Mrs. Ada Canby!
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On this day, New York Times issued the death notice of the fabulous Agnes Moorehead. A very talented actress both on radio and television, that will forever be remembered.
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