Alice Pearce Biography

Fast Facts

• Although born in New York City, Pearce was educated in European schools but came back to the United States when she was an adult
• Pearce began her career in entertainment as a comedian working in nightclubs
• Pearce appeared in the orginal Broadway production of "On the Town," protraying Lucy Shmeeler, a role she later reprised in the classic movie "On the Town" playing alongside Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra
• When she died in 1964, the TV network ABC interupted the prime-time broadcast of "Bewitched," on which she portrayed Gladys Kravitz, to announce her death
• Pearce began her work on "Betwitched," in 1964 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a fact she managed to keep secret throughout her time on the series