Agnes Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974)
I cannot find an image of the sublime Agnes Morehead
actually knitting but this piece about her in the Indiana Evening Gazette*, (8 April, 1968) is filled with information such as
“Her favorite magic wands are a pair of knitting
needles…started knitting almost as early in life as she started acting…her
mother (taught her) knitting.”
The article contains multiple references to her then famous
role as Endora, the mother-witch in the 1960-70s’ television series, Bewitched, as well as mentioning her making shawls, sweaters and argyle socks,
knitting as she learned her lines and in between takes.
My first introduction to her was in Jane Eyre (1943), a film I seemed to see over and over again
in my childhood. She was chilling and elegant, as so often, but my all time
favourite performances of hers are in Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) and her solo performance in the famous
Twilight Zone episode, The Invaders
(1961.)
I couldn’t resist these photographs of her –
picture perfect representations of the eras – love that hat!
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