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| Actress Alice Ghostley Dies at 81; Bernice on "Designing women | |
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| Dorfliedot | Sep 22 2007, 03:42 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.comcast.net/entertainment/index...h=itn_bewitched LOS ANGELES - Alice Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning actress best known on television for playing Esmeralda on "Bewitched" and Bernice on "Designing Women," has died. 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 "Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1952." She received critical acclaim for singing "The Boston Beguine," which became her signature song. Miles Kreuger, president of the Los Angeles-based Institute of the American Musical, said part of Ghostley's charm was that she was not glamorous. "She was rather plain and had a splendid singing voice, and the combination of the well-trained, splendid singing voice and this kind of dowdy homemaker character was so incongruous and so charming," Kreuger said. In the 1960s, Ghostley received a Tony nomination for various characterizations in the Broadway comedy "The Beauty Part" and eventually won for best featured actress in "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window." From 1969 to 1972, she played the good witch and ditzy housekeeper Esmeralda on TV's "Bewitched." She played Bernice Clifton on "Designing Women" from 1987 to 1993, for which she earned an Emmy nomination in 1992. Ghostley's film credits include "To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Graduate," "Gator" and "Grease." She was born on Aug. 14, 1926, in Eve, Mo., where her father worked as a telegraph operator. She grew up in Henryetta, Okla. After graduating from high school, Ghostley attended the University of Oklahoma but dropped out and moved to New York with her sister to pursue theater. "The best job I had then was as a theater usher," she said in a 1990 Boston Globe interview. "I saw the plays for free. What I saw before me was a visualization of what I wanted to do and what I wanted to be." She was well aware of the types of roles she should pursue. "I knew I didn't look like an ingenue," she told The Globe. "My nose was too long. I had crooked teeth. I wasn't blond. I knew I looked like a character actress. "But I also knew I'd find a way," she added. Ghostley, whose actor husband, Felice Orlandi, died in 2003, is survived by her sister, Gladys. ![]() I love her on bewitch. She was my favorite on there. |
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| Bungalow Willie | Sep 22 2007, 10:02 PM Post #2 |
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Oh, she was good! It seemed like she was on just about every sitcom in the 60's! She had a wonderful style and great facial expressions! |
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| LadyMacca | Sep 22 2007, 10:14 PM Post #3 |
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Aww, she was the shop teacher in grease, the one who helped the boys with the car! |
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| FamousGroupie | Sep 22 2007, 10:55 PM Post #4 |
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Aww, I loved her in Grease, and wasn't she in Bewitched, too? RIP Ms. Ghostley. |
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| LadyMacca | Sep 22 2007, 10:56 PM Post #5 |
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| JeffLynnesBeard | Sep 22 2007, 10:57 PM Post #6 |
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I really enjoyed her performances in Bewitched and Grease... but I'm sure I've seen her in many more shows. RIP Alice.
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| JeffLynnesBeard | Sep 22 2007, 11:01 PM Post #7 |
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I've just looked on IMdB - she was in a lot of TV shows! Alice Ghostley - IMdB Page |
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| BlueMolly2009 | Sep 22 2007, 11:24 PM Post #8 |
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I always loved her as Esmerelda in Bewitched. And she was great in Grease and Designing Women. She always made me laugh as Bernice. She will be missed. She was one of a kind.
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| Dorfliedot | Sep 22 2007, 11:54 PM Post #9 |
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Yes Esmeralda in bewitch. |
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| Beatlesaholic | Sep 23 2007, 02:09 AM Post #10 |
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RIP Alice!
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