Alice Pearce
Actor
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.
Filmography
Kiss Me, Stupid
as Mrs. Mulligan 1964
The Thrill of It All
as Irving's Wife 1963
The Disorderly Orderly
as Mrs. Fuzzibee, Talkative Patient 1964
The Glass Bottom Boat
as Mabel Fenimore 1966
Dear Brigitte
as Office Clerk 1965
The Opposite Sex
as Olga 1956
Dear Heart
as Agnes Moore 1965
The Belle of New York
as Elsie Wilkins 1952
My Six Loves
as Schoolbus driver 1963
Tammy and the Doctor
as Nurse Millie Baxter 1963
How To Be Very, Very Popular
as Miss 'Syl' Sylvester 1955
Bus Riley's Back in Town
as Housewife 1965
Alice in Wonderland
as Dormouse 1955
Lad: A Dog
as Hilda 1962
Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life
as Self/ Gladys Kravitz (archive footage) 2023