Agnes Moorehead's Lovely Home Then and Now
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- Photos of Agnes' home. Song used was Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 IV. Allegro assai by Philharmonia Cassovia. Most of these photos can be found at this page on my blog dedicated to Agnes: aggie-obsessed.... Check it out!!! If you pay attention, you can see in the newer photos where Agnes had been posing :) The address of Agnes' home in CA was 1023 Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills. I really hope you enjoy this video ~ thanks!!!
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Lately I find myself fascinated by this enigmatic, enchanting person. What a commanding presence! She had that certain je ne sais quoi. I can't imagine how anyone could challenge her in even the most minimal fashion. Thank you for posting. Can't believe I'm just now seeing this amazing glimpse into her personal life.
She lived on Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills, the same street that Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, and other stars lived on. I'm fascinated by the movie star homes from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
This was just her Tuscan style home in BH...she also had a farm in Ohio and did actual farming. She was such a versatile actress and person with so many interests. Loved Endora-she was an icon of self-expression. Agnes was a gem💐💗
She looked very proud of her home. Both she and her home were very beautiful.
Today's generation could learn a thing or two from Ms. Moorehead. Her kind of class doesn't seem to exist anymore.
Amen - alas you just don't see this kind of class now. What a woman!
definitely one of the Great Character Actors of ALL TIME!
Celebrities, and people just in general were more interesting, engaging, and charming from that generation.
She was a fantastic actress!
hcombs0104 , amén and amen Soo true.
Class, elegance and opulent....one gracious lady!
What a wonderful actress and gracious Lady. She was unquestionably a one of a kind. Class act and greatly admired for her work.
There was something just so fascinating about Agnes Moorehead. I enjoy watching her in anything, even that highly unglamorous Twilight Zone episode wherein she doesn’t speak at all.
I've been a fan of hers since I saw her in a Humphrey Bogart movie when I was a teenager. Dark Passage. If you get a chance, watch it. This was a treat to see her home. She had CLASS which is sorely lacking nowadays.
Her home is beautiful and tasteful. The library shows that she was very intelligent. A classy lady. And a great actress. I liked her in Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Bewitched, and in Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
Saw her reading a couple of books in pictures of her, so I read them myself.. they were great!! Agnes had great taste in books, homes, decor, clothing!! Just 💜 her dearly and miss her dearly too!!!!! (for you Agnes, 💜⚘️)
That lady had class and could dress to the nines
Yet
Very well said!
Hi Agnes had a lovely home agnes is smashing actress. X
She certainly did have class, as you obviously do, too AllAggie. What a perfect and classy musical choice to match this classy lady. Well done!
I visit her almost daily. I am a huge fan or hers. Thanks for this !!
I am so glad to hear that. She was one of my favorite actress
My MOST favourite!!!!! 💜⚘️
Did you know that she had her doctorate in Literature which she got at a time when women didn't usually go to college, much less get advanced degrees.
her Father was a Presbyterian minister and thought his daughters needed a education, She said, He had no problem with her becoming a Actress, he just wanted her to get her degree first
They could barely read and write...
@@jeffsmith2022 How do you know?
It was quite evident that she was very intelligent!
@Design & more Huh???
Wow that is one stylish woman, what fabulous images! Saw an interview with her once and what poise and presence she had - thanks for posting.
Ill always remember her as endora, but she was great
Bewitched
She was great in radio!! Check out suspense “ wrong number”
Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Bewitched, Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte, and many more great roles.
Nice to remember the character on TV, but she was a very fine actress/artist. Her wonderful film roles and performances, never mind all her stage work. A truce artist for sure.
Magnificent. A lot of class.
What a
What a character on Bewitched she was one of my favorites
The house in the 60s was probably worth 200,000 dollars Elizabeth Montgomery paid abiout 200 grand for hers and lived there until she died...the smart actresses paid cash and didn't move around blowing their money on property taxes etc like they do now.
Elizabeth Montgomery's father married an extremely rich woman who was said to be very kind to Elizabeth
I first saw her in bewitch. And I love her as Endora, I don’t think any one can be a better Endora than her. Still love bewitched all day long..!
As a little kid in the 1960s, I would get so disappointed every time Endora wouldn’t appear in a Bewitched episode.
She was a very. Classy woman
She was and lived like Endora...
AllAggieAllTheTime thank you so much. She was a Classy and Enchanting lady.
She certainly enchanted Darwood! Ha!
What an incredible house. Beautiful! I'd get lost in a house that size though! lol I didn't see her in a lot but loved her in Disney's Pollyanna, she was perfect in that and I remember her in a famous episode of the Twilight Zone and of course, "Bewitched"! A great actress from the Golden Age of Hollywood! Bet her spirit still haunts that house! Thanks for sharing~
I kind of doubt it, she was a Presbyterian ministers daughter and devout Christian, her spirit crossed into heaven, when she was done with it, the house was likely a very restful place
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the house was previously owned by Sigmund Romberg. The gracious & charming Ms. Moorehead discussed it in a Dick Cavett interview once.
She also mentioned on an episode of password in 1967.
@@michaelgibsontv I was just about to reply to this the same thing , but I didn't know the year of the game. On TH-cam Dan you will see the episode.
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If I was the new owner, I would NEVER have changed anything in the house, as Agnes and I seem to have a lot of the same tastes. And also out of respect for her memory!! 💜
I always admired her! She obviously loved things of beauty.
I agree with you Agnes always in Bewitched was a classy and dressed herself well with a lady
Roxbury Drive was home to many famous stars. In the first few blocks lived Agnes Moorehead, Polly Bergen, Rosemary Clooney, Peter Falk, Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, and Jimmy Stewart. Several of those homes have been torn down, glad her house was spared!
Lucky her house is still standing........as many of the homes have been torn down to build "McMansions". Her home does not appear to have met the same destruction as the others nearby. Roxbury Drive is hardly recognizable from these "Glory days". The City Council just voted to tear down Bob Hope's home (2018). Clifton Webb's home was also torn down (to make way for a "McMansion") for all this new Hollywood trash.
Jimmy Stewart's home nearby has been torn down to make way for a new one and this list goes on and on with no respect for the history of the past as it pertains to the beautiful homes build by the Hollywood stars during this period. Great artisan's in many cases from Europe provided the expert workmanship and detail with the best of materials when these homes were built. Now many homes are either completely torn down or renovated from any recognition of the home's original look. Ginger Rogers home is now being renovated and hopefully respect will be taken to maintain the home as it looked originally without the Home Depot touches.
The greatest losses were the homes Mary Pickford's "Pickfair" and "Falcon Lair" the home of Rudolph Valentino. Both homes were torn down. Most of the homes still standing have been so altered as to be unrecognizable. Wooden windows replaced with aluminum double paned glass from the local Home Depot and so forth!
@@richardmcleod5967
What are McMansions?
Thanks
@@alanweinstein8625 Many of the older historic residential areas in the Los Angeles area have had lovely older homes of moderate and adequate size torn down so that huge new homes can be built on the site of either one of these homes or in many cases on several lots that once had several smaller but adequate homes that reflected the time period primarily from the 1920's through the 1950's. Even in Beverly Hills many of the homes of famous older stars from the Golden Era of Hollywood have been torn down so new "McMansions" can be built. The home of Jimmy Stewart and many other famous stars (which were very lovely themselves) have been torn down for these huge modern monstrosities to be built. Same with the the lovely homes of Rudolph Valentino and even Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and Mary Pickford. Their home was once called the "White House" of the West Coast, yet the original house was torn down, the lot subdivided and a "McMansion" or "MacMansions" built on the site.
Even the home of Bob Hope in the Toluca Lake area of Los Angeles is now being considered for a "tear-down" so the property can be used for a shopping center and large condos to be built on the site of his historic property with lovely grounds and a beautiful well kept home. Many other famous homes of historic value have already been torn down for these "McMansions" to be built.
The Los Angeles Conservancy has tried to same many of them, and have been successful in many cases, but in others not so successful as in the case of the fames "Ambassador Hotel", home of the Cocoanut Grove and once one of the most famous Hotels in the World. It was also the site of many of the first ceremonies of the Academy Award. Now the most expensive school in the United States has been built on the site, which is primarily used for the children of Illegal immigrants. Los Angeles has many schools already and this new expensive one wasn't even needed, as these children could have attended other existing schools. The City Council of Los Angeles shows very little interest maintaining the architecture of the City from past years as so many historic buildings (many built by noted architects of the past) have been needlessly torn down, even including the famous "Brown Derby" Restaurant which was across the street from the Ambassador Hotel.
Many lovely well built older homes (many of the Arts and Crafts style) have been destroyed for these huge overly designed modern new homes, nicknamed "McManions". In the process, many of the residential areas have lost the older charm once so common in the Los Angeles area whereby these modern monstrosities can be built.
@@richardmcleod5967
Thank you for the information..
I love classic homes.
Very sad they would destroy this history and beauty.
Los Angeles is notorious about it. Many of the great homes of Los Angeles have been torn down. It is hard to believe that the Rudolph Valentino Estate (Falcon Lair) and the Douglas Fairbanks, Sr./Mary Pickford (Pickfair) homes were torn down. Even the John Paul Getty home that was used in the movie "Sunset Boulevard" with Gloria Swanson was torn down some time back. Sadly, I think it is now just a parking lot for an ugly Office building in an otherwise still well maintained neighborhood. You would have thought they would have at least saved that house as the area is still primarily residential and because of its' association with the Getty family, and later used in "Sunset Boulevard", one of the greatest films to come out of the Golden Age of Hollywood. If the homes had no value, or were just beyond help, I could understand it, but that is not the case with most if not all of the one's that have been destroyed thus far. The City as a whole doesn't seem to care or appreciate their value.@@alanweinstein8625
Will firstly state I am a huge fan of her work. This is a nicely put together tribute. Only thing that detracts from pure enjoyment is the fact most of the photos are "staged" shots. Would love to see a compilation of all the candid shots. MHO. Nicely done though. Thank you for sharing.
elegant lady...very good actress
The front door is exquisite!
THAT is a SERIOUS Mega Mansion!
She began in the radio stories, of long ago...then into movies. She starred the LUX Radio Program during the 1940's on many occasions. My mother and I used to listen to them on Monday nights. I watched so many of her movies when I was much younger...Such a wonderful actress. I remember she was on a radio show with the great Barrymore, "THE MAYOR of THE TOWN" She was his maid.
Wow, good memories. I loved her in "the bat ", & I think it was twilight zone??? The episode were she was in a farm house by herself, when a space craft lands on her roof. MAN THAT ONES GOOD.
@@cowboykelly6590 : Yeah...I remember the farm house episode...that I though at the time was pretty nerve tingling. The other one you mentioned about the bat was one I don't remember at all. She was a great actress. Back in the late 40's or early 50's there was a radio program on with other radio personalities talking about how they got their training for the stage. Agnes said she studied acting at the Shakespearian School of acting in England for two years. I think most all Actors who studied there were the best we had in this country, because it has been said that is the best acting school for those who speak the English language. If you don't have "Satellite Radio" you might enjoy the old time Radio Shows from back in the day. You would need to buy a special XM radio receiver for your house. and then Buy the the subscription. I should have prefaced this by knowing if you were a kid at that time, because you would have listened to the old stories, and possibly be interested in what "XM" has to offer in today's world. I have it in my car and listen to Channel 6 a lot...Original 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's music and beyond. Plus all kinds of talk shows...sports, etc. Anyway,...I have gone of on a small rant...Sorry.
This is so interesting!
Thank you so much for sharing.
I've loved her and admired her. Funny thing, I have porcelain Asian 1950s figurines in my living room. my husband found them at thrift shops for me 30 years ago.
Thank you for this lovely video.
The music!
I enjoyed her in the movie “the bat” with Vincent price. Excellent movie!
Wasn't she just wonderful in that movie.... she can't get out of that hidden space.... air getting thin... her gasps for air.. CRAZY GOOD. AND THAT MUSIC. Just have to love it. 🤠🖖
AWESOME! Thankyou for this.
It's amazing Agnes's mother outlived her over 20 years till age 106 !
Singularly One of the GREATEST ARTISTS OF STAGE and SCREEN .... From Shakespeare to "The Twilight Zone" and the Plantation Bayou of Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte ...... and one of the Greatest TV Characters of ALL ...... ENDORA ....... BRAVISSIMA!!!!!! ......... Sorley Missed!!!!
Beautiful!
My opinion. Actors back in the day knew this was a job and creating a fantasy world on and off screen for the public was part of it. Today some of the crap I see and hear wouldn't have tolerated by the studios it's just about the money power and fame
Yep... it's sad... & you are right. 🤠🖖
I never would've guessed that she was into exotic animal skins. That wouldn't fly in today's world. But,I guess it was different in those days.
Yeah don’t like that
People didn't think about that back then. Today, with endangered species all over the world, people are more informed about it. I don't hold that against Miss Morehead. I admire her very much.
She had great taste! The whole thing is a work of art. Her house should have been kept as a house-museum for the public to see!
Sadly, her Mother outlived her! I read that she lived to be over 100...
her father was a Presbyterian minister , her mother was only 16 years older than Agnes
It’s thought her cancer came from nuclear testing near a film she was making with John Wayne. Many cast and crew died of cancer. 😢
From the Magnificent Ambersons to Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte, her Elegance and versatility were truly BEWITCHing !Truly a GRAND DAMME. RIP 🏆 🎉 🕊 🕊 🕊
The house once belonged to composer Sigmund Romberg, who died in 1951.
It is now for sale for 18.9 Million. Does anyone know what she paid for it back in the day. Just curious.
Someone in the comment said she paid 200,000
I have dreamt of Agnes twice, true story! One of them I told her I admired her so much, and she said, thank you, very kind.
The part she played Endora couldn't have twitched up a more beautiful home. Rest in Peace and bless you for all the TV entertainment you brought into are homes.
Wow - amazing photos :O
Thank You So Much for sharing this Beautiful Stunning Video 💐 I was truly engulfed and the background music was Spectacular!
A.M. 🌈 has Gone to Glory and R.I.P. She is Sorely Missed by So Many Mightily !
She was a classy lady. Old hollywood. Today its flash and t and a. No style. People think kardashenans are fash icons. Yuck. And theres no class now a days. Let it all hang out and wighle and jighle it.
People always criticize, negatively, when rich people spend their money and live in luxury. The fact of the matter is, where those same critics to fall into a fortune or EARN a fortune, it would suddenly be o.k. to live that opulent life style. Hypocrites.
I can't tell which pictures were before and after? Clue me in?
Nice house, I'll take one.
Dazzling!!
I love Agnes Moorehead.....lived in Dayton, Ohio....have visited her grave.....I have to say I HATE videos of pictures....that said...really nice to see those pics! I stand corrected!
What a beautiful mansion Agnes u had style n grace gone too soon 😂🇨🇦🇨🇦
I love her she was wonderful
What a place!
Loved her a true classy lady wen Hollywood was amazing n classy Agnes a talented lady 😂🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
If you really think about this estate, this is the house "Endora" would have and she did. Shortly after she passed, I was lucky enough to walk through this estate, complete with her furniture and as a 13 year old, as well as a fan of "Endora" I could only think she'd be entering and saying hello to my cousin, the late Charles Schram.
Thank you for sharing this experience!
WOW! That must have been amazing. Most likely could feel her presence just being in any room. 💜
Back to back comparison would have made this video watchable.
Does Endora haunt this place?
Your welcome! :)
Thank you for the wonderful post! By the way, it should be you're welcome...as in you are welcome.
Yeah, I love and miss her acting. I'm sure glad she picked acting as her career.
Great actress she was and one the discreet member Hollywood sewing circle . Her role in Hush Hush Charlotte with Davis and deHavilland , she stole the film from both .
Eclectic taste
went in on google earth, looks like at the time they drove by, someone was redoing it, the back yard is under construction and there are work trucks in the circular driveway and the roof looked like it was being redone, but the house is still there
I wonder if she visits....the old place from time to time.?
Ghost do often visit places they felt comfortable in when they were alive.. so maybe.
2:15 Duality flooring. 🤔
Was this home located in California or Ohio . Seeing the barrel tile roof I would think in California .
Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills, California.
You had to ask? Hahaha.
Why is every picture slightly out of focus?
Ilikeendora
Wish the photos were in color.
I was kind of scared of her watching her on Bewitched as a child. LOL but I got older and seen the part Darren played a screaming controlling person it changed when I watched the show I was on her side yeah turn that screaming man into a toad hehe.
I don't know where the then and now starts and ends
What, was she doing a photo inventory for her insurance company?
the now photos mean nothing to us. You have to compare the then and now photos side by side.
Her mother died at the age of 106 in 1990
Her mother was only 16 when Agnes was born.
She looked alone in that huge place.
This Woman had class and was well versed in the English language, I believe her parents were English born. Wonder who she left the home to, no children.
She left her home and her belongings in it to her lawyer. Read the book "I Love The Illusion : The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead by Charles Tranberg. Excellent book, in the top 10 in 2006. 💜
This was neat, but I was hoping to see her home after 'hollywood'. He farm which she loved.
Where is it?
She must've done alright for herself financially if she was able to live like that. She had very good taste except for the animal skin rugs. Those are illegal and you'd get cancelled if caught with those nowadays.
Great actress. I wonder if she shot that tiger.
Yeh very good
Great actress. Her 60s wigs look like:wigs,alas.
She was a great actress and comedian, but not crazy about her home interior design.
it was a design from many years ago, very nice in its day
Sorry...that music could drive a crazy person insane ❗
It's Mozart. Classy music. Maybe you prefer Rap or Katy Perry. Now that's junk.
@@SymphonyBrahms lol......actually I'd prefer country from the 70's......
Pretty much ruined now the latest owners tried to make it contemporary now it’s 2020 and looks really bad
This music Horrendous to listen too 😬 Geez I wanted to see the video but not anymore, I feel an headache coming on...... 😄😄
"Frank, I'm getting one of my sick headaches." Take some Asprin. LOL.
That’s nice but pictures are out of focus.
Back when it was OK to decorate with animal skins. A lot of square footage.
I wound up with my late Aunts ermine coat, from about 1949, still quite nice, I had no idea what to do with it so I use it for a winter cover up on my sofa, my 2 dachshunds loved it LOL
@@califdad4 that's greatness 😄
@@happykat8552 thanks, my wiener dogs thought so too!
@@califdad4 you made me laugh
Lots of masonic stuff here. She's a Scandinavian royal witch. Think that role was accidental? idts. Dgmw, love her acting,but jussayin' this woman had real (royal) power.
Yup
I grew up with this stuff.. no witchy, witchy, just a look. & yes we belong to the Masonic lodge. 🤠🖖
she was a ministers daughter and devout Christian, she was nothing of the kind you describe
Are Anglo-Irish people now called Scandinavian?
Get counselling. You need it.
Such inappropriate music - for a video about Agnes Moorehead, of all people!
It's Mozart. A classy lady like her liked classical music. The photos show her with a harp that she probably played.
A man.
I love Agnes moorehead but haveing ANIMAL furs no way .
Would all you leftist, left coast snowflakes just grow up! Humans have been killing, eating and using animal hides since we left the trees. Be sure you don't wear any leather shoes or use a leather bag.
it was a different time, and a well known designer did this some of this for her. Furs were still selling like hot cakes in the 1980's
If you've eaten a burger or fried chicken, or if you've ever worn leather shoes in your lifetime, you're a hypocrite.
That was a different time. I don't hold it against her.
@@chorton38305 Why bring politics into this discussion? You're a nut.
I liked Her until I saw the Tiger Rug and the way She posed on it.
Yeah babe...ok
Agnes, I'm appalled! Animal skins??? Absolutely hate the music associated with this video - makes me even more appalled
The skins is are not good eating.
The music is by Mozart. Classy music. You probably like Rap and Katy Perry. Garbage music.