
Person
Alice Pearce
Acting · 1917–1966 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known for

The Real McCoys
1957

The Twilight Zone
Mrs. Nielson

Bewitched
Gladys Kravitz

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Haila French
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self

Studio One
Regina Gavenhurst

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Lux Video Theatre
Nina

Startime
Self
Filmography
- 2023Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched LifeSelf/ Gladys Kravitz (archive footage)
- 1994A Bewitched ChristmasGladys Kravitz
- 1966The Glass Bottom BoatMabel Fenimore
- 1965Bus Riley's Back in TownHousewife
- 1965Dear HeartAgnes Moore
- 1965Dear BrigitteOffice Clerk
- 1964Kiss Me, StupidMrs. Mulligan
- 1964The Disorderly OrderlyMrs. Fuzzibee, Talkative Patient
- 1964Many Happy Returns
- 1964BewitchedGladys Kravitz
- 1963The Thrill of It AllIrving's Wife
- 1963Tammy and the DoctorNurse Millie Baxter
- 1963My Six LovesSchoolbus Driver
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourHaila French
- 1962Lad: A DogHilda
- 1959StartimeSelf
- 1959The Twilight ZoneMrs. Nielson
- 1959The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
- 1957Frank Sinatra ShowSelf
- 1957The Real McCoys
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
- 1956The Opposite SexOlga
- 1955Alice in WonderlandDormouse
- 1955How to Be Very, Very PopularMiss 'Syl' Sylvester
- 1953JamieAnnie
- 1953General Electric TheaterMrs. Ledbetter
- 1952The Belle of New YorkElsie Wilkins
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameDormouse
- 1950Lux Video TheatreNina
- 1949On the TownLucy Schmeeler
- 1949Alice Pearce
- 1948Studio OneRegina Gavenhurst
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
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