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1930
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1974
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1930
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{"value"=>"Georgia Johnstone papers regarding Agnes Moorehead"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.</span><div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span><span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}
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{"value"=>"Georgia Johnstone Papers regarding Agnes Moorehead consist primarily of correspondence between actress, Moorehead and Johnstone, her personal secretary. The letters by Moorehead are rich in the details of her life and her acting career. Letters written by Johnstone on which Moorehead scrawled her answers are filed with the letters Moorehead wrote. There is some correspondence each woman had with third parties, but it all pertains to Moorehead. Also includes a small amount of production material such as scripts she considered and texts for her one-woman show, two speeches she gave, a few programs and itineraries, memos of the Agnes Moorehead fan club, and biographical sketches, clippings and two scrapbooks about Moorehead."}
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{"value"=>"<p>Georgia Johnstone papers regarding Agnes Moorehead, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Johnstone, Georgia", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Agnes Moorehead, star of radio, television, stage and film, was born on December 6, 1906, in Clinton, Massachusetts. Her parents were John Henderson Moorehead, a Presbyterian minister, and Mary Mildred MacCauley. The family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and then to Reedsburg, Wisconsin. Agnes Moorehead began performing during the summers at the age of ten and worked with the St. Louis Municipal Opera Company in the ballet and chorus for four years. She graduated from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, and received a master's degree in English and Public Speaking from the University of Wisconsin. She then studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.</p> <p>Moorehead began her broadcasting career as a singer and frequently appeared in dramatic and variety radio programs through the 1930s and 1940s. This included a starring role in <em render=\"italic\">Sorry, Wrong Number</em> on <em render=\"italic\">Suspense</em> in 1943, and a role as Marilly, the volatile housekeeper in <em render=\"italic\">Mayor of the Town</em>, with Lionel Barrymore. She appeared with Beatrice Lillie, Bert Lahr, Bob Hope, Fred Allen, and others in tragedy, comedy, mystery, and other genres. She was a founder and charter member of the Mercury Theatre Players with Joseph Cotton and Orson Welles. Her connection to Welles led to her screen debut as the mother in <em render=\"italic\">Citizen Kane</em> in 1941. This was followed by <em render=\"italic\">The Magnificent Ambersons</em> (1942), which brought her the New York Critics Award for Best Actress and her first of five Academy Award nominations. She was also nominated for <em render=\"italic\">Mrs. Parkington</em> (1944), <em render=\"italic\">Johnny Belinda</em> (1948), <em render=\"italic\">All That Heaven Allows</em> (1956), and <em render=\"italic\">Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte</em> (1964). She appeared in many other films, including <em render=\"italic\">Dark Passage, How the West was Won, Jane Eyre, Raintree County, Showboat</em>, and <em render=\"italic\">The Singing Nun</em>.</p> <p>Moorehead made her Broadway debut in <em render=\"italic\">Scarlet Pages</em> and then appeared in <em render=\"italic\">All the King's Horses, Courage, Soldiers and Women, Candlelight</em>, and <em render=\"italic\">Lord Pengo</em>, among others. She toured in George Bernard Shaw's <em render=\"italic\">Don Juan in Hell</em> with Charles Boyet, Sir Frederick Hardwicke, and Charles Laughton in the United States and Europe. She also toured in her one-woman show, <em render=\"italic\">The Fabulous Redhead</em>, beginning in 1954 and intermittently for ten years including stints in the Middle East. She also toured in <em render=\"italic\">The Pink Jungle, The Rivalry, Prescription: Murder</em>, and <em render=\"italic\">High Spirits</em>.</p> <p>Moorehead's best-known television role was as the mother witch Endora on ABC's <em render=\"italic\">Bewitched</em> (1964-1971), for which she received 5 Emmy nominations. She won an Emmy for a guest-starring role on <em render=\"italic\">The Wild, Wild West</em>. Other television credits include <em render=\"italic\">The Twilight Zone, Playhouse 90</em>, <em render=\"italic\">Studio One, Shirley Temple Theatre, Wagon Train, The Rebel</em>, and <em render=\"italic\">That's Life</em>, among many others.</p> <p>Agnes Moorehead was married and divorced twice, to John Griffith and to Robert Grist, and had one adopted son, Sean. Along with her acting career, she was also a teacher of drama. She lived in Beverly Hills, California, but enjoyed spending time at a family home in the Ohio countryside. She died on April 30, 1974.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Georgia Johnstone papers regarding Agnes Moorehead consist primarily of correspondence between Moorehead and Johnston, who was her personal secretary. The letters by Moorehead are rich in the details of her life and her acting career. Letter written by Johnstone on which Moorehead scrawled her answers are filed with the letters that Moorehead wrote. There is some correspondence with third parties, but it all pertains to Moorehead's career. Also included is a small amount of production material, such as scripts that she considered and texts for her one-woman show, two speeches that she gave, a few programs and itineraries, memos of the Agnes Moorehead fan club, and biographical sketches and clippings about Moorehead.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Georgia Johnstone papers regarding Agnes Moorehead is arranged in six series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21679#c819311'>Series I: Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Correspondence is primarily between Agnes Moorehead and her secretary, Georgia Johnstone. It focuses on Moorehead's career, but also touches on her personal life.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21679#c819343'>Series II: Personal Papers</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21679#c819346'>Series III: Production Materials</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This small file contains texts for readings delivered by Moorehead, speeches she gave, and a script and film scenario sent to her for consideration.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21679#c819352'>Series IV: Publicity</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains press releases with biographical information on Moorehead, programs, and the newsletter of her fan club.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21679#c819356'>Series V: Clippings</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains photocopied clippings about Moorehead's career.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/the/21679#c819361'>Series VI: Scrapbooks</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains two oversized scrapbooks of personal correspondence, telegrams, Christmas and birthday cards, programs, and clippings reflecting Moorehead's personal and professional list. They were removed from their binding at some point before processing. The mounted material has not been removed or photocopied.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged in 6 series: Series I. Correspondence; Series II. Personal papers; Series III. Production materials; Series IV. Publicity; Series V. Clippings; Series VI. Scrapbooks</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Processed by Elisabeth Elkind, October 2003</p>"}
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2.25 linear feet (4 boxes)
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1930
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1974