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

Mrs. Nielson

Studio One

Regina Gavenhurst

Studio One

Mrs. Bliss

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

Bewitched

Gladys Kravitz

The Real McCoys

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Haila French

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	Elizabeth Montgomery: A Bewitched Life	Self/ Gladys Kravitz (archive footage)
1966	The Glass Bottom Boat	Mabel Fenimore
1965	Dear Heart	Agnes Moore
1965	Dear Brigitte	Office Clerk
1965	Bus Riley's Back in Town	Housewife
1964	The Disorderly Orderly	Mrs. Fuzzibee, Talkative Patient
1964	Kiss Me, Stupid	Mrs. Mulligan
1963	The Thrill of It All	Irving's Wife
1963	Tammy and the Doctor	Nurse Millie Baxter
1963	My Six Loves	Schoolbus driver
1962	Lad: A Dog	Hilda
1956	The Opposite Sex	Olga
1955	Alice in Wonderland	Dormouse
1955	How To Be Very, Very Popular	Miss 'Syl' Sylvester
1952	The Belle of New York	Elsie Wilkins
1949	On the Town	Lucy Schmeeler

Year	TV Show	Role
1964	Bewitched	Gladys Kravitz
1964	Many Happy Returns
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Haila French
1959	The Twilight Zone	Mrs. Nielson
1959	Startime
1959	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1957	The Real McCoys
1957	Frank Sinatra Show	Self
1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self
1953	General Electric Theater	Mrs. Ledbetter
1953	Jamie	Annie
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Dormouse
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Miss Talmay
1950	Lux Video Theatre	Nina
1950	Star Time	Self
1949	Alice Pearce
1948	Studio One	Regina Gavenhurst
1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self
1948	Studio One	Mrs. Bliss