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Agnes Moorehead in witch costume for the television play “Rapunzel,” some ten years before she first appeared as Endora

Agnes Moorehead in witch costume for the television play “Rapunzel,” some ten years before she first appeared as Endora — historic image
Agnes Moorehead in witch costume for the television play “Rapunzel,” some ten years before she first appeared as Endora. Historic image from the Chapter 4 — Halloween Comes to Television collection.

Agnes Moorehead in witch costume for the television play “Rapunzel,” some ten years before she first appeared as Endora

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NotesAgnes Moorehead in witch costume for the television play “Rapunzel,” some ten years before she first appeared as Endora. She had been playing witches on American television long before Bewitched made her the most famous one. Source: [Agnes Moorehead, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, dressed in costume as a witch for the television play “Rapunzel”]. Photograph from NBC television, 1950s.
SubjectsFigure 4.13 in Hollywood Halloween Horrors
SourceLibrary of Congress
ReferenceFig 4.13 F0413a Agnes_Moorehead_witch_Rapunzel

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