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Alice Pearce

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Actor 1917–1966 On stage 19421961

Alice Pearce (October 16, 1917 – March 3, 1966) 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 television 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.

On stage 12 productions, 19 years

1942 New Faces of 1943 Ritz Theatre · Original · directed by Lawrence Hurdle 94 perf.
1944 On the Town Adelphi Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 463 perf.
1948 Look, Ma, I’m Dancin’! Adelphi Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott & Jerome Robbins 188 perf.
1948 Small Wonder Coronet Theatre · Original · directed by Gower Champion 134 perf.
1949 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Ziegfeld Theatre · Revival · directed by John C. Wilson 740 perf.
1952 The Grass Harp Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Lewis 36 perf.
1954 Dear Charles Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Edmund Baylies 155 perf.
1956 Bells Are Ringing Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Jerome Robbins 924 perf.
1956 Fallen Angels Playhouse Theatre · Revival 239 perf.
1957 Copper and Brass Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Marc Daniels 36 perf.
1961 Midgie Purvis Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Burgess Meredith 21 perf.
1961 Sail Away! Broadhurst · Original · directed by Noel Coward 167 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Nancy Walker 4 productions
Tommy Rall 2 productions
Tallulah Bankhead 2 productions
Susan Steell 2 productions
Ruth Webb 2 productions
Robert Chisholm 2 productions
Richard D Arcy 2 productions
Mort Marshall 2 productions
Marten Sameth 2 productions
Larry Robinson 2 productions
Kate Friedlich 2 productions
George S. Irving 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 6 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature4 passages

  • Act Two: “Call the Police” (Nancy Walker, Dorothy Aull, Joy Lane, Bette Graham); “Unmistakable Sign” (Nancy Walker, Benay Venuta); “Why Her?” (Dick Williams); “Me and Love” (Nancy Walker); “Remember the Dancing” (Benay Venuta, Alice Pearce, Alan Bunce, Doreen McLean, Michael Roberts, Alice Nunn, Peter Conlow, Norma Douglas, Company); “Hon…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Sono Osato, Nancy Walker, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, John Battles, Cris Alexander, Alice Pearce, Allyn Ann McLerieebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Carol Channing, Yvonne Adair, Jack McCauley, Eric Brotherson, Alice Pearce, Rex Evans, Anita Alvarez, George S. Irving, Mort Marshall, Howard Morris, Charles “Honi” Coles, Cholly Atkinsebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • that paraded through the series: Henry Fonda, Imogene Coca, Van Johnson, Irwin Corey, Alice Pearce, Ronny Graham,theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt

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