Alice Ghostley
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Eve, Missouri, USA
Born in Missouri and educated at the University of Oklahoma, Alice Ghostley created a sensation in her first Broadway production, New Faces of 1952. In the company of such powerhouse co-stars as Paul Lynde, Robert Clary and Carol Lawrence, Ghostley stole the show with her plaintive renditions of the satirical ballads "The Boston Beguine" and "Time for Tea." Within a year of New Faces, she was headlined in the film version of that popular revue and was cast as a regular on the network-TV series Freedom Ring. Ghostley has been convulsing audiences ever since, playing a rich variety of man-chasing bachelorettes, overprotective mothers and dotty neighbors. While most of her film appearances have been in comedies (Viva Max!, The Graduate, Grease), Ghostley proved quite effective in the comparatively straight role of Stephanie Crawford in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). In 1965, she won a Tony award for her performance in the Broadway seriocomedy The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window. In addition, Ghostley has been a regular or semi-regular on a multitude of TV series: The Jackie Gleason Show, Car 54 Where Are You, Captain Nice, The Jonathan Winters Show, The Golddiggers, Designing Women and a host of others. She is most fondly remembered for her portrayal of bumbling witch Esmerelda on the long-running (1964-72) sitcom Bewitched. On both this series and 1972's Temperatures Rising, Alice Ghostley was reunited with her old New Faces cohort, Paul Lynde. Ghostley died of colon cancer at age 81 in September 2007.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Whispers: An Elephant's Tale |
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No Score Yet | Addams Family Reunion |
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No Score Yet | Palmer's Pick-Up |
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27% | The Odd Couple II |
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No Score Yet | Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | The Wrong Guys |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Not for Publication |
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— | 1984 |
75% | Grease |
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— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | Rabbit Test |
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0% | Gator |
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— | 1976 |
80% | Blue Sunshine |
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No Score Yet | Viva Max! |
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— | 1969 |
No Score Yet | With Six You Get Eggroll |
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87% | The Graduate |
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75% | The Flim-Flam Man |
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No Score Yet | My Six Loves |
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— | 1963 |
92% | To Kill A Mockingbird |
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No Score Yet | New Faces |
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TV
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Designing Women
1986-1993
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Great Performances
2000
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Dharma & Greg
1997-2002
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Touched by an Angel
1994-2003
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The Golden Girls
1985-1992
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Highway to Heaven
1984-1989
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Trapper John, M.D.
1979-1986
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CHiPs
1977-1983
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Good Times
1974-1979
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Maude
1972-1978
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Bewitched
1964-1972
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Hogan's Heroes
1965-1971
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The Odd Couple
1970-1975
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It Takes a Thief
1968-1970
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Get Smart
1965-1970
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Evening Shade
1990-1994
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