She is chiefly known for her role as Endora on the television series Bewitched.
While rarely playing leads in films, Moorehead's skill at character development and range earned her one Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe awards in addition to four Academy Award and six Emmy Award nominations. Moorehead's transition to television won acclaim for drama and comedy. She could play many different types, but often portrayed haughty, arrogant characters.
During the 1940s and 1950s, Moorehead was one of the most in demand actresses for Suspense. During the 946 episodes run of Suspense,
Moorehead was cast in more episodes than any other actor or actress.
She was often introduced on the show as the "first lady of Suspense". Moorehead's most successful appearance on Suspense was in the legendary play Sorry, Wrong Number, written by Lucille Fletcher,
broadcast on May 18, 1943. Moorehead played a selfish, neurotic woman
who overhears a murder being plotted via crossed phone wires and
eventually realizes she is the intended victim. She recreated the
performance six times for Suspense and several times on other
radio shows, always using her original, dog-eared script. In 1952, she
recorded an album of the drama, and performed scenes from the story in
her one-woman show in the 1950s. Barbara Stanwyck had played the role in the 1948 film version. radio dramas, especially on the CBS show
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