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Alice Pearce

Highest Rated: 94% On the Town (1949)

Lowest Rated: 33% Dear Heart (1965)

Birthday: Oct 16, 1917

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Alice Pearce's start in Hollywood can be traced to a recommendation by Gene Kelly. Pearce began her show business career as a nightclub comedian, and was a member of the Broadway production of "On the Town" (as Lucy Schmeeler). When the play was being made into a film, the movie's lead, Kelly, demanded that Pearce repeat her role (the only actor or actress from the play to be included in the 1949 film version), joining a cast that also included Frank Sinatra. This led to a short-lived comedy/music television show that Pearce hosted, simply titled "Alice Pearce" (also in 1949). Pearce would continue to act on Broadway and in film/television, before landing what would be her best-known role, as an annoyingly nosy neighbor, Gladys Kravitz, on the hit television show, "Bewitched." Before taking the role, Pearce discovered that she had ovarian cancer, but went ahead with the show's production (allegedly keeping the condition secret from others on the set). By the middle of the second season, Pearce's condition worsened, and she died on March 3, 1966, at the age of 48. The role of Kravitz would subsequently be filled by actress Sandra Gould, although Pearce would receive a posthumous Emmy Award, for "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy." Pearce and Gould would also share three TV Land Awards in the early 21st century, for their work on the show.

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Highest rated movies

94% 83% On the Town
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89% 73% The Thrill of It All
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73% 67% Kiss Me, Stupid
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67% 73% The Glass Bottom Boat
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68% The Disorderly Orderly
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33% 70% Dear Heart
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How to Be Very, Very Popular
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53% Dear Brigitte
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50% My Six Loves
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33% The Belle of New York
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Filmography

Movies

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67% 73% The Glass Bottom Boat Mabel Fenimore (Character) - 1966
33% 70% Dear Heart Miss Moore (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 53% Dear Brigitte Unemployment Office Clerk (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 68% The Disorderly Orderly Mrs. Fuzzibee (Character) - 1964
73% 67% Kiss Me, Stupid Mrs. Mulligan (Character) - 1964
89% 73% The Thrill of It All Irving's Wife (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 50% My Six Loves Bus Driver (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet How to Be Very, Very Popular Miss 'Syl' Sylvester (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 33% The Belle of New York Elsie Wilkins (Character) - 1952
94% 83% On the Town Lucy Shmeeler (Character) - 1949

TV

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92% 96% The Twilight Zone Mrs. Nielson (Character) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vacation Playhouse Music Teacher (Character) 1967
No Score Yet 48% Bewitched Gladys Kravitz (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1964-1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hazel Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Startime Unknown (Character) 1960