What fun to have gained a measure of celebrity by playing a mean-spirited busybody. Alice Pearce did this in the role of nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz on the sitcom "Bewitched."
Her job was to see the magic performed by her neighbor Samantha, a witch played by lovely Elizabeth Montgomery, then try like heck to get her husband or others to believe her, which they never did. She took this role in 1964 and held it until her death from ovarian cancer in 1966. She was replaced on the show by actures Sandra Gould.
The rubber-faced comedienne had worked standup comedy and had appeared on Broadway in her early years in show biz. Her list of TV credits was long, including small parts on
"Kraft Television Theatre," "Hallmark Hall of Fame," "The Twilight Zone,"
"The Ann Southern Show," "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," "The Donna Reed Show," and "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour."
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