Agnes Moorehead Roles
April 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
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Citizen Kane
Moorehead’s very first movie role was in the cinematic treasures Citizen Kane, often considered to be one of the greatest movies of all time. She played Mary Kane, the mother of the main character Charles Foster Kane, played by Orson Welles. The two met when she joined his ’30s radio troupe, Mercury Players. She appeared in his infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast in 1938 and it was Welles who inspired her to move to Hollywood and pursue movies.
🎦 1. Read a book where the MC is a mother OR where there is a 1, 7 or 8 in the page count (share count) OR where one person encourages another to follow their dreams.
The Magnificent Ambersons
In her next role she portrayed Aunt Fanny Minafer in Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons. The film earned Moorehead her first Academy Award nomination.
🎦 2. Read a book where the MC is an aunt OR set in a Midwestern State - (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, or Wisconsin - share state) OR a book that has received a nomination for an award (share name).
Mrs. Parkington
This movie tells the story of a woman's life, told via flashbacks, from boarding house maid to society matron. Susie is introduced to Baroness Aspasia Conti (Moorehead), a French aristocrat and close friend and former mistress of Augustus, who helps Susie pick out clothes and learn the social graces needed for a woman of her station.
Moorehead won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for this role.
🎦 3. Read a book set in Nevada or New York City OR a book that goes back and forth in time OR where an older person teaches a younger person about life (your interpretation).
Those Redheads from Seattle
A woman (Moorehead) takes her four unmarried daughters to Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush to help their father, not knowing he is already dead.
🎦 4. Read a book set in Alaska OR where a mother has four daughters OR with a red headed woman in the story.
Pollyanna
In this 1960 American comedy-drama film starring child actress Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, and Richard Egan in a story about a cheerful orphan changing the outlook of a small town. Moorehead plays the hypochondriac and grouchy Mrs. Snow.
🎦 5. Read a book set in a small town OR with a grouchy character OR tagged Humor.
Who's Minding the Store?
Rich Mrs. Phoebe Tuttle, a wealthy department store owner, is upset that her daughter Barbara is engaged to a man beneath their social status, Norman Phiffier.
🎦 6. Read a book where a mother has a daughter OR where someone works in a retail store OR where the MC's first name begins with P or last name begins with T.
Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Moorehead proved herself among top stars Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland and Mary Astor in this psychological horror thriller. She plays Charlotte's loyal housekeeper, Velma.
Moorehead won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for this role.
🎦 7. Read a book with a housekeeper character OR a book that is tagged as psychological, horror, or thriller OR a book set in the 1960s.
The Singing Nun
Her next movie is a 1966 American semi-biographical musical drama film about the life of Jeannine Deckers, the nun who recorded the chart-topping song "Dominique". Moorehead plays Sister Cluny.
🎦 8. Read a book with a nun in the story OR set in a location that begins with a B OR where a character can play the piano.
Charlotte's Web
Agnes voiced the Goose, an unnamed goose who is the one that encourages Wilbur to speak for the first time. Her seven goslings later hatch, although there were actually eight eggs (one was rotten).
🎦 9. Read a book with a character who encourages others OR a Series #7 (share series name) OR read Charlotte’s Web.
Wild Wild West
In 1967 she won an Emmy for her role as Emma Valentine in "The Night of the Vicious Valentine". To warn some of the country's wealthiest men about recurrent murders, Agents West and Gordon visit Curtis Dodd, who could become the next victim. Dodd, who is playing the piano, is killed as a lethal spear is fired from the piano keys. Through a series of clues, West and Gordon realize that murdered men were all married to younger women whose marriages were arranged by matchmaker Emma Valentine.
🎦 10. Read a book with a character who is a matchmaker (does not need to be a paid position) OR a book that is tagged Western OR by an author whose initials can be found in EMMA VALENTINE.
Moorehead’s very first movie role was in the cinematic treasures Citizen Kane, often considered to be one of the greatest movies of all time. She played Mary Kane, the mother of the main character Charles Foster Kane, played by Orson Welles. The two met when she joined his ’30s radio troupe, Mercury Players. She appeared in his infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast in 1938 and it was Welles who inspired her to move to Hollywood and pursue movies.
🎦 1. Read a book where the MC is a mother OR where there is a 1, 7 or 8 in the page count (share count) OR where one person encourages another to follow their dreams.
In her next role she portrayed Aunt Fanny Minafer in Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons. The film earned Moorehead her first Academy Award nomination.
🎦 2. Read a book where the MC is an aunt OR set in a Midwestern State - (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, or Wisconsin - share state) OR a book that has received a nomination for an award (share name).
This movie tells the story of a woman's life, told via flashbacks, from boarding house maid to society matron. Susie is introduced to Baroness Aspasia Conti (Moorehead), a French aristocrat and close friend and former mistress of Augustus, who helps Susie pick out clothes and learn the social graces needed for a woman of her station.
Moorehead won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for this role.
🎦 3. Read a book set in Nevada or New York City OR a book that goes back and forth in time OR where an older person teaches a younger person about life (your interpretation).
A woman (Moorehead) takes her four unmarried daughters to Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush to help their father, not knowing he is already dead.
🎦 4. Read a book set in Alaska OR where a mother has four daughters OR with a red headed woman in the story.
In this 1960 American comedy-drama film starring child actress Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, and Richard Egan in a story about a cheerful orphan changing the outlook of a small town. Moorehead plays the hypochondriac and grouchy Mrs. Snow.
🎦 5. Read a book set in a small town OR with a grouchy character OR tagged Humor.
Rich Mrs. Phoebe Tuttle, a wealthy department store owner, is upset that her daughter Barbara is engaged to a man beneath their social status, Norman Phiffier.
🎦 6. Read a book where a mother has a daughter OR where someone works in a retail store OR where the MC's first name begins with P or last name begins with T.
Moorehead proved herself among top stars Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland and Mary Astor in this psychological horror thriller. She plays Charlotte's loyal housekeeper, Velma.
Moorehead won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for this role.
🎦 7. Read a book with a housekeeper character OR a book that is tagged as psychological, horror, or thriller OR a book set in the 1960s.
Her next movie is a 1966 American semi-biographical musical drama film about the life of Jeannine Deckers, the nun who recorded the chart-topping song "Dominique". Moorehead plays Sister Cluny.
🎦 8. Read a book with a nun in the story OR set in a location that begins with a B OR where a character can play the piano.
Agnes voiced the Goose, an unnamed goose who is the one that encourages Wilbur to speak for the first time. Her seven goslings later hatch, although there were actually eight eggs (one was rotten).
🎦 9. Read a book with a character who encourages others OR a Series #7 (share series name) OR read Charlotte’s Web.
In 1967 she won an Emmy for her role as Emma Valentine in "The Night of the Vicious Valentine". To warn some of the country's wealthiest men about recurrent murders, Agents West and Gordon visit Curtis Dodd, who could become the next victim. Dodd, who is playing the piano, is killed as a lethal spear is fired from the piano keys. Through a series of clues, West and Gordon realize that murdered men were all married to younger women whose marriages were arranged by matchmaker Emma Valentine.
🎦 10. Read a book with a character who is a matchmaker (does not need to be a paid position) OR a book that is tagged Western OR by an author whose initials can be found in EMMA VALENTINE.
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