Pearce as Gladys Kravitz in Bewitched with George Tobias as her husband Abner, (1964).

Alice Pearce (October 16, 1917 - March 3, 1966) was an American actress. Image File history File links screenshot from 1964 episode of the television series Bewitched showing actors George Tobias and Alice Pearce. ... Image File history File links screenshot from 1964 episode of the television series Bewitched showing actors George Tobias and Alice Pearce. ... Tobias as the long-suffering Abner Kravitz with Alice Pearce as his wife Gladys, 1964. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Born Alicia Pearce in New York City, Pearce was educated in Europe and returned to the US as an adult. She began working in nightclubs as a comedienne and was cast in the Broadway production of On The Town. Gene Kelly was so impressed by her, that she became the only cast member to be included in the film version in 1949. Her comedic performance was well received by critics and public alike, and she was given her own television variety show. More movie roles followed, and she made appearances on Broadway, where she met her husband director Paul Davis during a production of The Bells are Ringing. Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... A nightclub (often shortened to club) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... On the Town is a musical that opened on Broadway at the Adelphi Theatre on December 28, 1944, with music by Leonard Bernstein, book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, direction by George Abbott, and choreography by Jerome Robbins. ... Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 - February 2, 1996), better known as Gene Kelly was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... A variety show is a show with a variety of acts, often including music and comedy skits, especially on television. ... A theatre director is a principal in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a play by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production. ... Paul Davis was born in the United Kingdom in 1963, and grew up in the Midlands and London. ...

Pearce was also a good friend of actor and photographer Cris Alexander; When Alexander was working on the illustrations for Patrick Dennis's bestseller Little Me he asked Pearce to appear in the work as Winnie, the reform school friend of Belle Poitrine, the biography's subject. Cris Alexander (born c. ... Patrick Dennis (1921 – 1976) was an American author. ... Little Me was the parody confessional self-indulgent autobiography of Belle Poitrine (Pretty Bosom), subtitled The Intimate Memoirs of the Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television, by Patrick Dennis, who had achieved a great success with Auntie Mame. ...

In 1964 she joined the cast of the television series Bewitched. As the nagging and nosy neighbor, Gladys Kravitz, Pearce's scenes were almost entirely reactions to acts of witchcraft she had witnessed at the house across the street. Her hysterical accusations against Samantha, played by Elizabeth Montgomery, and the disbelief of her husband Abner, played by George Tobias, provided a common thread through many of the series early episodes. Pearce was posthumously awarded an Emmy Award for this role. For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Bewitched was an American situation comedy starring actress Elizabeth Montgomery, broadcast on ABC from 1964 to 1972. ... Gladys Kravitz was a fictional character on the American situation comedy Bewitched (1964-1972). ... Witchcraft, in various historical, religious and mythical contexts, is the use of certain kinds of supernatural or magical powers. ... Elizabeth Montgomery Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery (April 15, 1938[1] – May 18, 1995) was an American movie and television actress. ... Tobias as the long-suffering Abner Kravitz with Alice Pearce as his wife Gladys, 1964. ... An Emmy Award. ...

Diagnosed with terminal cancer before the show began, Pearce kept her illness a secret, but died from ovarian cancer during the second season at the age of 48. Gladys Kravitz was played from 1966 until the end of the series by actress Sandra Gould. Ovarian cancer is a malignant ovarian neoplasm (an abnormal growth located on the ovaries). ... Sandra Gould was an actress, born in the New York City on July 23, 1916 and died during heart surgery on July 20, 1999, three days before her 73rd birthday. ...

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Alice Pearce at the Internet Movie Database The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) [1] is an online database of information about actors, movies, television shows, television stars and video games. ...