Alice Ghostley

Geboren am
14. August 1923 · Eve, Missouri, USA
Verstorben
21. September 2007 · Studio City, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA (colon cancer and series of strokes)
Geburtsname
Alice Margaret Ghostley

Her death on September 21, 2007 left Bernard Fox as the last surviving adult cast member of Verliebt in eine Hexe (1964). Fox played Dr. Bombay in eighteen episodes of the series between 1966 and 1972. Fox passed away in 2016.
Accepted the Best Actress Oscar in 1969 on Maggie Smith's behalf for Ms. Smith's performance in Die besten Jahre der 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."
Was partially inspired to become an entertainer by a cousin who was a tightrope walker for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
In one scene of Die Reifeprüfung (1967), she had a cameo appearance with Marion Lorne. Two years later, her character Esmeralda on Verliebt in eine Hexe (1964) should fill the void after Lorne, playing Aunt Clara, had suddenly died in 1968.
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.

(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.
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.
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.

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