Alice Pearce
Biography
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.
Movie Appearances
The Thrill of It All
as Irving's Wife
1963
The Disorderly Orderly
as Mrs. Fuzzibee, Talkative Patient
1964
The Belle of New York
as Elsie Wilkins
1952
Tammy and the Doctor
as Nurse Millie Baxter
1963
Dear Heart
as Agnes Moore
1965
Lad: A Dog
as Hilda
1962
Dear Brigitte
as Office Clerk
1965
My Six Loves
as Schoolbus driver
1963
Alice in Wonderland
as Dormouse
1955
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Mabel Fenimore
1966
Kiss Me, Stupid
as Mrs. Mulligan
1964
The Opposite Sex
as Olga
1956
On the Town
as Lucy Schmeeler
1949
Bus Riley's Back in Town
as Housewife
1965
How to Be Very, Very Popular
as Miss 'Syl' Sylvester
1955
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
as Self/ Gladys Kravitz (archive footage)
2023
A Bewitched Christmas
as Gladys Kravitz
1994
TV Appearances
Studio One
as Regina Gavenhurst
1948
Bewitched
as Gladys Kravitz
1964
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
General Electric Theater
as Mrs. Ledbetter
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dormouse
1951
The Twilight Zone
as Mrs. Nielson
1959
Many Happy Returns
1964
Lux Video Theatre
as Nina
1950
The Real McCoys
1957
Frank Sinatra Show
as Self
1957
Alice Pearce
1949
Star Time
as Self
1950