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Jun 16, 2023 · Alice Margaret Ghostley (1923–2007) Alice Ghostley was a film, stage, and television actress who was often described as looking “sweetly befuddled.”. She most often played comedic roles, though she won Broadway’s Tony Award as best featured actress for her serious portrayal in the 1964 drama The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.
Apr 5, 2024 · Ghostley, raised in Henryetta and Siloam Springs, Arkansas, was a Tony Award-winning and Emmy-nominated actress perhaps best known for her work in "Bewitched" and "Designing Women." Honoring Alice ...
She was 81. Ghostley died Friday at her home in Studio City after a long battle with colon cancer and a series of strokes, longtime friend Jim Pinkston said. Ghostley made her Broadway debut in ...
Alice Ghostley. Actress: Designing Women. Whether portraying a glum, withering wallflower, a drab and dowdy housewife, a klutzy maid or a cynical gossip, eccentric character comedienne Alice Ghostley had the ability to draw laughs from the skimpiest of material with a simple fret or whine. Making a name for herself on the Tony-winning Broadway stage, her eternally forlorn looks later evolved ...
Alice Margaret Ghostley was born August 14, 1923, to Harry and Edna Rooney Ghostley in Eve, Missouri. The Ghostleys moved to Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas, where they lived until the death of her father in 1933. The family then moved to Henryetta, Oklahoma where she finished high school. With the encouragement of a high school teacher ...
Sep 24, 2007 · Ghostley will be remembered best for her role as the overly shy witch Esmerelda on the 1960s sitcom Bewitched. She wasn’t a series regular (appearing in only 16 episodes) but it certainly seemed ...
