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Alice Pearce

Actor

Alice Pearce

Born October 16, 1917 in New York City, New York, USADied March 3, 196616 films

Alice Pearce (October 16, 1917 - March 3, 1966) was an American actress. She was brought to Hollywood by Gene Kelly to reprise her Broadway performance in the film version of On the Town (1949). Pearce played comedic supporting roles in several films before being cast as nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz in the TV sitcom Bewitched in 1964. She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series posthumously after the second season of the series. She died from ovarian cancer in 1966.

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The Thrill of It All posterFirst watchThe Thrill of It All19637.1as Irving's WifeA housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
On the Town poster7.0On the Town1949Kiss Me, Stupid poster7.0Kiss Me, Stupid1964The Disorderly Orderly poster6.3The Disorderly Orderly1964The Glass Bottom Boat poster6.3The Glass Bottom Boat1966

Filmography

16 films as actor
  1. 1994A Bewitched ChristmasGladys Kravitz
  2. 1966The Glass Bottom BoatMabel Fenimore
  3. 1965Bus Riley's Back in TownHousewife
  4. 1965Dear HeartAgnes Moore
  5. 1965Dear BrigitteOffice Clerk
  6. 1964Kiss Me, StupidMrs. Mulligan
  7. 1964The Disorderly OrderlyMrs. Fuzzibee, Talkative Patient
  8. 1963The Thrill of It AllIrving's Wife
  9. 1963Tammy and the DoctorNurse Millie Baxter
  10. 1963My Six LovesSchoolbus Driver
  11. 1962Lad: A DogHilda
  12. 1956The Opposite SexOlga
  13. 1955Alice in WonderlandDormouse
  14. 1955How to Be Very, Very PopularMiss 'Syl' Sylvester
  15. 1952The Belle of New YorkElsie Wilkins
  16. 1949On the TownLucy Schmeeler