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Alice Ghostley (1924–2007)


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... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (105 titles)
2006/II Mothers and Daughters
Doctor
 
2000 Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Tuskless (voice)
 
2000 Passions (TV series)
Matilda Matthews
Episode #1.143 (2000) … Matilda Matthews
Episode #1.141 (2000) … Matilda Matthews
Episode #1.128 (2000) … Matilda Matthews
Episode #1.129 (2000) … Matilda Matthews
 
1999 Palmer's Pick Up
Eleanor Palmer
 
1998 Addams Family Reunion (video)
Granny
 
1998 Hercules (TV series)
Miss Cassiopeia
 
1998 The Odd Couple II
Esther, the Whiner
 
1998 Dharma & Greg (TV series)
Mrs. Binns
 
1997 Rugrats (TV series)
Mrs. Holkin
Grandpa's Bad Bug/Lady Luck (1997) … Mrs. Holkin (voice)
 
1997 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)
Great-Grandma
Witch Trash (1997) … Great-Grandma
 
1996-1997 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (TV series)
Eccentric Woman / Grandma, Nurse / Wife
Baby It's You/Monsters Are Fun (1996) … Grandma, Nurse
 
1997 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Mrs. DeWinter
Labor of Love (1997) … Mrs. DeWinter
 
1997 Channel Umptee-3 (TV series)
Pandora Rickets (voice)
 
1996 The Client (TV series)
Aunt Mabel
Damn Yankees (1996) … Aunt Mabel
 
1995 Izzy's Quest for Olympic Gold (TV movie)
 
1994 Diagnosis Murder (TV series)
Mrs. Groviak
You Can Call Me Johnson (1994) … Mrs. Groviak
 
1994 Cobra (TV series)
Lorinda McClure
Lorinda (1994) … Lorinda McClure
 
1992-1994 Evening Shade (TV series)
Irna / Irna Wallingsford
The People's Choice (1994) … Irna
Chain of Fools (1993) … Irna
Four Naked Women (1993) … Irna Wallingsford
Frieda and the Preacher (1993) … Irna Wallingsford
Bring Me the Head of Carl the Mule (1992) … Irna Wallingsford
 
1993 Daddy Dearest (TV series)
Aunt Adelaide
Thanks, But No Thanks (1993) … Aunt Adelaide
 
1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (TV movie)
Sarah McDevitt
 
1990 B.L. Stryker (TV series)
Mrs.Parkinson
Night Train (1990) … Mrs.Parkinson
 
1988-1989 Small Wonder (TV series)
Ida Mae Brindle
Mommie Dearest (1988) … Ida Mae Brindle
Togetherness (1988) … Ida Mae Brindle
The Rock Band (1988) … Ida Mae Brindle
Big J, the D.J. (1988) … Ida Mae Brindle
 
1988 The Wrong Guys (uncredited)
 
1988 The Golden Girls (TV series)
Mrs. Zbornak
Mother's Day (1988) … Mrs. Zbornak
 
1987 Punky Brewster (TV series)
Mrs. Winston
Punky's Big Story (1987) … Mrs. Winston
 
1986 The New Leave It to Beaver (TV series)
Miss Honeywell
Miss Honeywell Comes to Town (1986) … Miss Honeywell
 
1986 Simon & Simon (TV series)
Grandma Marie Cooper
Family Forecast (1986) … Grandma Marie Cooper
 
1986 What's Happening Now! (TV series)
Minnie
Shirley's Landlord (1986) … Minnie
 
1985 Stir Crazy (TV series)
The Love Affair (1985)
 
1985 Highway to Heaven (TV series)
Mrs. Schtepmutter
Cindy (1985) … Mrs. Schtepmutter
 
1985 Tales from the Darkside (TV series)
Elinor Colander
Anniversary Dinner (1985) … Elinor Colander
 
1984 Not for Publication
Doris Denver
 
1984 Mama Malone (TV series)
Nedda
Shall We Dance? (1984) … Nedda
 
1984 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Marge Collins
The Fred Connection (1984) … Marge Collins
 
1984 The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (TV movie)
Narrator/Mrs. Gluskin
 
1982 Gimme a Break! (TV series)
Mrs. Falconberg
Love Thy Neighbor (1982) … Mrs. Falconberg
 
1980 Katmandu (TV short)
 
1979 Friends (TV series)
Mrs. Sandler
Episode #1.2 (1979) … Mrs. Sandler
 
1978 Chico and the Man (TV series)
Harriett
The Peeping Tom (1978) … Harriett
 
1978 Grease
Mrs. Murdock
 
1978 Rabbit Test
Nurse Tumm
 
1978 Blue Sunshine
O'Malley's Neighbor
 
1977-1978 One Day at a Time (TV series)
Harriet Loring
Barbara the Fink (1978) … Harriet Loring
The Ghost Writer (1977) … Harriet Loring
 
1978 Record City
Worried Wife
 
1978 Family (TV series)
Mrs. Hanley
A Friend of the Family's (1978) … Mrs. Hanley
 
1978 Carter Country (TV series)
 
1978 Police Woman (TV series)
Manageress
Sunset (1978) … Manageress
 
1978 CHiPs (TV series)
Mamie
Rustling (1978) … Mamie
 
1977 Good Times (TV series)
Mrs. Dobbs / Mrs. Dodds / Ms. Austin
Penny's Christmas (1977) … Mrs. Dodds
The Evans Get Involved: Part 4 (1977) … Mrs. Dobbs
J.J. in Business (1977) … Ms. Austin
 
1977 The Nancy Walker Show (TV series)
Louise
The Partners (1977) … Louise
 
1977 What's Happening!! (TV series)
Mrs. Turner
The Maid Did It (1977) … Mrs. Turner
 
1976 All's Fair (TV series)
Inez
Living Together (1976) … Inez
 
1976 Monster Squad (TV series)
Queen Bee
Queen Bee (1976) … Queen Bee
 
1976 Gator
Emmeline Cavanaugh
 
1976 Maude (TV series)
Hazel M. Hathaway
Walter's Stigma (1976) … Hazel M. Hathaway
 
1975 Big Eddie (TV series)
Violet Klabber
Crashing Violet (1975) … Violet Klabber
 
1975 Great Performances (TV series)
Mrs. Taylor
Who's Happy Now? (1975) … Mrs. Taylor
 
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV series)
Dr. Agnes Temple
Bad Medicine (1974) … Dr. Agnes Temple
 
1972-1974 The New Temperatures Rising Show (TV series)
Edwina Moffitt / Mrs. Lindsey
Mercy Beaucoup (1974) … Edwina Moffitt
Shafted (1974) … Edwina Moffitt
Healer Man (1974) … Edwina Moffitt
The Three Faces of Edwina (1974) … Edwina Moffitt
Kid Genius (1974) … Edwina Moffitt
 
1969-1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
(segment "Love and the Bonded Separation") / Gladys (segment "Love and the High School Sweetheart") / Mom (segment "Love and the Mixed Marriage") / …
Love and the Bonded Separation/Love and the Fractured Fibula/Love and the Pretty Secretary (1973) … (segment "Love and the Bonded Separation")
Love and the Boss/Love and the Jury/Love and the Logical Explanation/Love and the Pregnancy (1971) … Mrs. Billingsley (segment "Love and the Boss")
Love and the Joker/Love and the Letter/Love and the Living Doll/Love and the Unlikely Couple (1969) … Mrs. Silversmith (segment "Love and the Unlikely Couple")
 
1973 Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Sister Lite
 
1973 Here We Go Again (TV series)
Mrs. Nicholson
After the Wedding Bells (1973) … Mrs. Nicholson
 
1972 Circle of Fear (TV series)
Betty Carter
Time of Terror (1972) … Betty Carter
 
1971-1972 Nichols (TV series)
Bertha
Bertha (1972) … Bertha
Peanuts and Crackerjacks (1971) … Bertha
 
1971 Two on a Bench (TV movie)
Mrs. Kramer
 
1970-1971 Mayberry R.F.D. (TV series)
Cousin Alice
Alice and the Professor (1971) … Cousin Alice
All for Charity (1970) … Cousin Alice
 
1969-1971 Hogan's Heroes (TV series)
Gertrude Linkmeyer / Mrs. Mannheim
That's No Lady, That's My Spy (1971) … Mrs. Mannheim
 
1970 The Odd Couple (TV series)
Mimi
The Breakup (1970) … Mimi
 
1969-1970 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)
Aggie Berns / Cousin Harriet
Curious Cousin (1970) … Cousin Harriet
Make Me a Match (1969) … Aggie Berns
 
1969 Viva Max
Hattie
 
1969 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Miss Prillo
The Second Time Around (1969) … Miss Prillo
 
1969 The Queen and I (TV series)
Gertrude Hartzfelder
The Promotion (1969) … Gertrude Hartzfelder
 
1969 The Mothers-In-Law (TV series)
Mrs. Irene Wiley
And Baby Makes Four (1969) … Mrs. Irene Wiley
 
1966-1968 Get Smart (TV series)
Naomi Farkas / Verna
The Farkas Fracas (1968) … Naomi Farkas
The Last One in Is a Rotten Spy (1966) … Verna
 
1968 With Six You Get Eggroll
Molly
 
1968 He & She (TV series)
Norma Nugent
What's in the Kitty? (1968) … Norma Nugent
 
1968 Insight (TV series)
Mother
Watts Made Out of Thread (1968) … Mother
 
1967 The Graduate
Mrs. Singleman
 
1967 The Flim-Flam Man
Mrs. Packard
 
1967 Captain Nice (TV series)
Mrs. Nash
Beware of Hidden Prophets (1967) … Mrs. Nash
One Rotten Apple (1967) … Mrs. Nash
May I Have the Last Dance? (1967) … Mrs. Nash
It Tastes OK, But Something's Missing (1967) … Mrs. Nash
The Week They Stole Payday (1967) … Mrs. Nash
 
1966 The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)
Jane Marshall
 
1966 Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series)
Miss Feather
Move Over, Mozart (1966) … Miss Feather
 
1965 The Trials of O'Brien (TV series)
Eve Roberti
The Trouble with Archie (1965) … Eve Roberti
 
1962-1964 Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (TV series)
Agnes / Guest Vocalist
Episode #2.21 (1964) … Agnes
Episode #2.11 (1963) … Agnes
Episode #2.10 (1963) … Agnes
Episode #2.4 (1963) … Agnes
Episode #2.2 (1963) … Agnes
 
1963 Naked City (TV series)
Clara - Bookkeeper
One, Two, Three, Rita Rakahowski (1963) … Clara - Bookkeeper
 
1963 My Six Loves
Selena Johnson
 
1959-1962 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Ida Routzeng
You Can't Escape (1962)
A Taste of Champagne (1959) … Ida Routzeng
 
1961 Car 54, Where Are You? (TV series)
Bonita Kalsheim
Christmas at the 53rd (1961) … Bonita Kalsheim
Love Finds Muldoon (1961) … Bonita Kalsheim
 
1961 The Tom Ewell Show (TV series)
Lavinia Barrington / Polly
The Chutney Caper (1961) … Polly
I Don't See It (1961) … Lavinia Barrington
 
1961 Art Carney Special (TV series)
 
1960 Play of the Week (TV series)
 
1960 Shangri-La (TV movie)
Miss Brinklow
 
1960 Hooray for Love (TV movie)
 
1960 Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (TV series)
Charlotte
The Dachet Diamonds (1960) … Charlotte
 
1957/II Twelfth Night (TV movie)
Maria
 
1957 Cinderella (TV movie)
Stepsister Joy
 
1956 Playwrights '56 (TV series)
Mrs. Hope
Flight (1956) … Mrs. Hope
 
1955 Star Stage (TV series)
 
1955 The Best of Broadway (TV series)
Clara Hyland
The Show-Off (1955) … Clara Hyland
 
1953 Freedom Rings (TV series)
 
1951 Lights Out (TV series)
Chambers' Secretary
Perchance to Dream (1951) … Chambers' Secretary
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1996 Cybill (TV series)
Romancing the Crone (1996) (performer: " Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" - uncredited)
 
1957 Cinderella (TV movie) (performer: "Stepsisters' Lament", "When You're Driving Through The Moonlight" A Lovely Night)
 
1954 New Faces (performer: "Boston Beguine", "Time for Tea", "Waltzing in Venice / Take Off the Mask")
 
Show ShowSelf (32 titles)
2008 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
2003 The Designing Women Reunion (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Herself
Bewitched (1999) … Herself (as Alice Ghostly)
 
1996 Cybill (TV series)
Herself
Romancing the Crone (1996) … Herself (uncredited)
 
1992 Circus of the Stars and Sideshow (TV special documentary)
Herself - Performer
 
1992 The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
 
1984 Madame in Manhattan (video)
Herself
 
1978 America 2-Night (TV series)
Herself
Tony Rolletti (1978) … Herself
 
1976-1977 The Cross-Wits (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 24 October 1977 (1977) … Herself
Episode dated 1 September 1977 (1977) … Herself
Episode dated 15 November 1976 (1976) … Herself
Episode dated 11 October 1976 (1976) … Herself
Episode dated 3 May 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1977 The Alan Hamel Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 29 September 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1977 Dinah! (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 26 July 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1976-1977 The Peter Marshall Variety Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 5 February 1977 (1977) … Herself
Episode dated 12 September 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1976 Break the Bank (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.28 (1976) … Herself
Episode #1.2 (1976) … Herself
Episode #1.1 (1976) … Herself
 
1976 Rhyme and Reason (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 3 May 1976 (1976) … Herself
 
1972-1973 The Julie Andrews Hour (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Regular
Episode #1.20 (1973) … Herself - Regular
Episode #1.2 (1972) … Herself
 
1972 The Jud Strunk Show (TV movie)
Herself
 
1971 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode #7.12 (1971) … Herself
 
1971 The Golddiggers (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.3 (1971) … Herself
 
1970 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Accepting Best Actress Award for Maggie Smith
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.29 (1969) … Herself
 
1967-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.215 (1969) … Herself
Episode #1.40 (1967) … Herself
 
1967-1969 The Jonathan Winters Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.22 (1969) … Herself
Episode #1.1 (1967) … Herself
 
1968 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.1 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 13 March 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1967 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.173 (1967) … Herself
Episode #1.172 (1967) … Herself
Episode #1.171 (1967) … Herself
Episode #1.170 (1967) … Herself
Episode #1.169 (1967) … Herself
 
1964 Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (TV series)
Herself
Gleason's Gaieties (1964) … Herself
 
1963 Stump the Stars (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 8 April 1963 (1963) … Herself - Guest Panelist
 
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 8 November 1962 (1962) … Herself
 
1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Herself
America's Fads and Foibles (1962) … Herself
 
1957-1958 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.37 (1958) … Herself
Episode #1.268 (1958) … Herself
Episode #1.75 (1957) … Herself
Episode #1.39 (1957) … Herself
 
1956 Wide Wide World (TV series documentary)
Herself
In Pursuit of Happiness (1956) … Herself
 
1954 New Faces
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2013 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (documentary)
Herself
 
2004 Great Performances (TV series)
 
2004 TV's Greatest Sidekicks (TV special)
 

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Other Works:

The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (1964). See more »

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Alternate Names:

Alicia Ghostley | Alice Ghostly
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Personal Quote:

The best job I had then [in New York] was as a theater usher. I saw all the plays for free. What I saw before me was a visualization of what I wanted to do and what I wanted to be. See more »

Trivia:

Her death on September 21, 2007 left Bernard Fox as the last surviving adult cast member of Bewitched. Fox played Dr. Bombay in eighteen episodes of the series between 1966 and 1972. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo