Alice Ghostley
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Alice Margaret Ghostley (August 14, 1923 – September 21, 2007) was a Tony Award-winning American actress. She was best known for her roles as Esmeralda on Bewitched (in which she had a recurring role from 1969 to 1972), as Cousin Alice on Mayberry R.F.D. (1970-1971) and as Bernice Clifton on Designing Women (1986-1993) (Emmy Nomination, Best Supporting Actress; 1992). A veteran of early television, Ghostley appeared as Joy, one of the ugly stepsisters in the landmark 1957 musical television production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein`s Cinderella, which starred Julie Andrews in the title role. She also had a recurring role of Ida Mae Brindle in the sitcom Small Wonder, which ran from 1985 to 1989. As a character actress, Ghostley`s uneasy and sometimes staccato delivery was reminiscent of fellow comic performers Charlotte Rae, Charles Nelson Reilly, Billy DeWolfe, and Bewitched alum Paul Lynde.

Ghostley was married to Felice Orlandi, an Italian-American actor, for fifty years (from 1953 until his death from lung cancer on May 21, 2003); they had no children. Alice Ghostley died at her home in Studio City, California on September 21, 2007 after a long battle with colon cancer and several strokes. Following her funeral, a "Celebration of Life" service took place at her home, where the actress was fondly remembered by family, friends, and former costars. Ghostley was cremated. Her ashes were either given to a friend or family. She is survived by a sister, Gladys Ghostley.

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    Name Alice Ghostley
    (Alice Margaret Ghostley)
    Other Name(s) Alice Ghostley Orlandi
    Build Average
    Hair Color Brown - Dark
    Date of Birth August 14, 1926
    Birthplace Eve, Missouri
    Star Sign Leo
    Died September 21, 2007 (Aged 81)
    Location of Death Studio City, Los Angeles, California
    Cause of Death Colon Cancer & Series of Strokes
    Nationality American
    Ethnicity White
    Occupation Actress
    Celebrity Index Al
    Claim to Fame Aunt Clara on Bewitched

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  • The best job I had then was as a theater usher. 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. Interview with The Boston Globe, 1990.
  • I knew I didn`t look like an ingénue. My nose was too long. I had crooked teeth. I wasn`t blonde. I knew I looked like a character actress...But I also knew I`d find a way.
  • 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.
  • When I first started out, I had this natural ability to sing. That was another reason why I chose New York, with all the musicals that were happening at the time. But I looked so different from everyone else. I was never what you would call an ingénue. I was having difficulty finding jobs. Get your eyes straightened, they would tell me, and maybe we can work with you.
  • (In an interview with the Boston Globe in 1990) I knew I didn`t look like an ingénue. My nose was too long. I had crooked teeth. I wasn`t blond. I knew I looked like a character actress.
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  • Her death on September 21, 2007 left Bernard Fox as the last surviving adult cast member of "Bewitched" (1964). Fox played Dr. Bombay in eighteen episodes of the series between 1966 and 1972.
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  • Her father was a telegraph operator.
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  • In one scene of The Graduate (1967), she had a cameo appearance with Marion Lorne. Two years later, her character Esmeralda on "Bewitched" (1964) should fill the void after Lorne, playing Aunt Clara, had suddenly died in 1968.
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  • According to her friend Kaye Ballard, she was actually born in 1924 and made herself two years younger.
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  • Was partially inspired to become an entertainer by a cousin who was a tightrope walker for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
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  • Ghostley, who became a regular as the insecure Aunt Esmerelda, actually made her first appearance on "Bewitched" as a bumbling mortal maid. The producers were so impressed with her that they created Esmerelda for her, the Stephen`s babysitter who disappeared either fully or partially when she felt inadequate or upset.
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  • She earned a Tony nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Play for her various characterizations in "The Beauty Part" in 1963, and won the award in 1965 for Lorraine Hansberry`s "The Sign in Sidney Brustein`s Window."
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  • Accepted the Best Actress Oscar in 1969 on Maggie Smith`s behalf for Ms. Smith`s performance in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). Ms. Smith was in London on Academy Awards night, and Ms. Ghostley filled in since the two actresses had previously starred together on Broadway in "New Faces of 1956."
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