Alice Pearce

Biography

Alice Pearce 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 Twilight Zone

as Mrs. Nielson

Bewitched

as Gladys Kravitz

On the Town

as Lucy Schmeeler

Kiss Me, Stupid

as Mrs. Mulligan

The Disorderly Orderly

as Mrs. Fuzzibee, Talkative Patient

The Thrill of It All

as Irving's Wife

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Haila French

The Glass Bottom Boat

as Mabel Fenimore

Dear Brigitte

as Office Clerk

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self