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AGNES MOOREHEAD

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Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974)

Moorehead began acting with Orson Wells and the Mercury Theatre. She
later appeared in more than seventy films beginning in 1941 with Citizen
Kane and on dozens of television shows during a career that spanned
more than thirty years, Moorehead is most  known to viewing audiences
for her role as the Endora the witch in the ABC-TV series Bewitched
(1964-1972). She earned on Emmy Award and two Golden Globe
awards in addition to four Academy Award and sis Emmy Award
nominations. Award nominations.

 

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Agnes Moorehead in the 1961 Twilight Zone episode “The Invaders”

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Moorehead as Endora and Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha in Bewitched.

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WINK MARTINDALE IS 78 TODAY

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Martindale’s rendition of the spoken-word song, "The Deck of Cards”
went to No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and sold over a million
copies in 1959.

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Winston Conrad Martindale known professionally as Wink Martindale, started
his career as a disc jockey and later hosted numerous game shows, including
Gambit on CBS from 1972 to 1976, High Rollers on NBC from 1987 to 1988
and Tic-Tac-Dough from 1978 to 1985 on NBC.    

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POST MAGAZINE ON THIS DAY IN 1947

 
The ad shown below appeared in this issue of Post

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A GIFT GIVING IDEA FROM WESTINGHOUSE

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1952

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RADIO SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1929

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Gertrude Berg


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Cast of The Goldbergs

The Rise of the Goldbergs began on the NBC radio network as a weekly
15-minute comedy-drama on Wednesday November 20, 1929, going daily
in 1931. The series moved to CBS radio in 1936 with the title shortened to
The Goldbergs and ran until 1946. The program was devised by writer-
actress Gertrude Berg.

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Announcer of the show was Clayton “Bud” Collyer

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