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Alice Margaret Ghostley was an American actress and singer. She was best known for her roles as the bungling insecure Esmeralda on Bewitched, as Cousin Alice (1970–71) on Mayberry R.F.D., and as Bernice Clifton (1986–93) on Designing Women, for which she received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1992. She was a regular on Nichols (1971–72) and The Julie Andrews Hour (1972–73).
Birth Name
Alice Margaret Ghostley
Born
Tuesday, 14 August 1923
Died
Friday, 21 September 2007
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On | Self | 2020 |
| The Designing Women Reunion | Self | 2003 |
| Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Tuskless (voice) / Tuskless | 2000 |
| Passions | Matilda Matthews | 1999 |
| Palmer's Pick-Up | Eleanor Palmer / Mrs. Eleanor Palmer | 1999 |
| Hard Time | Apartment manager | 1998 |
| Addams Family Reunion | Granny | 1998 |
| Hercules | Miss Cassiopeia | 1998 |
| The Odd Couple II | Esther, the Whiner / Esther | 1998 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On | Self | 2020 |
| The Designing Women Reunion | Self | 2003 |
| Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | Tuskless (voice) / Tuskless | 2000 |
| Passions | Matilda Matthews | 1999 |
| Palmer's Pick-Up | Eleanor Palmer / Mrs. Eleanor Palmer | 1999 |
| Hard Time | Apartment manager | 1998 |
| Addams Family Reunion | Granny | 1998 |
| Hercules | Miss Cassiopeia | 1998 |
| The Odd Couple II | Esther, the Whiner / Esther | 1998 |
| Channel Umptee-3 | Pandora Rickets (voice) / (voice) / Pandora Rickets | 1997 |
| Dharma & Greg | Mrs. Binns | 1997 |
| Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Great-Grandma | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Herself (as Alice Ghostly) | 1996 |
| The Client | Aunt Mabel | 1995 |
| Cybill | Alice Ghostley | 1995 |
| Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Grandma / Nurse | 1994 |
| Touched by an Angel | Mrs. DeWinter | 1994 |
| Diagnosis Murder | Mrs. Groviak | 1993 |
| Cobra | Lorinda McClure | 1993 |
| Daddy Dearest | Aunt Adelaide | 1993 |
| Hearts Are Wild | Margaret Sawyer | 1992 |
| Rugrats | Mrs. Holkin | 1991 |
| Evening Shade | Irna Wallingsford / Irna | 1990 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | Sarah McDevitt | 1990 |
| B.L. Stryker | Mrs. Parkinson | 1989 |
| Boys Will Be Boys | Agnes Wilton | 1987 |
| Designing Women | Bernice Clifton | 1986 |
| The New Gidget | Mamie | 1986 |
| The Golden Girls | Mrs. Zbornak | 1985 |
| What's Happening Now! | Minnie | 1985 |
| Small Wonder | Ida Mae / Ida Mae Brindle | 1985 |
| The Hoboken Chicken Emergency | Narrator / Mrs. Gluskin | 1984 |
| Highway to Heaven | Mrs. Schtepmutter | 1984 |
| Punky Brewster | Mrs. Winston | 1984 |
| Not for Publication | Doris Denver | 1984 |
| Mama Malone | Nedda | 1984 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Elinor Colander | 1983 |
| The New Leave It to Beaver | Miss Honeywell | 1983 |
| Madame's Place | Alice Ghostley | 1982 |
| Simon & Simon | Grandma Marie Cooper | 1981 |
| Gimme a Break! | Mrs. Falconberg | 1981 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Marge Collins | 1979 |
| Friends | Mrs. Sandler | 1979 |
| Grease | Mrs. Murdock | 1978 |
| America 2-Night | Self | 1978 |
| Rabbit Test | Nurse Tumm | 1978 |
| Record City | Worried Wife | 1977 |
| To Say the Least | Self | 1977 |
| CHiPs | Mamie | 1977 |
| Blue Sunshine | O'Malley's Neighbor | 1977 |
| Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Gabe Kaplan | Self | 1977 |
| The Nancy Walker Show | Louise | 1976 |
| All's Fair | Inez Radburn | 1976 |
| Monster Squad | Queen Bee | 1976 |
| Gator | Emmeline Cavanaugh | 1976 |
| What's Happening!! | Mrs. Turner | 1976 |
| Break the Bank | Self | 1976 |
| Family | Mrs. Hanley | 1976 |
| Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Gladys Dillworth | 1976 |
| One Day at a Time | Harriet Loring | 1975 |
| Big Eddie | Violet Klabber | 1975 |
| Rhyme and Reason | Self | 1975 |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Dr. Agnes Temple | 1974 |
| Chico and the Man | Harriett | 1974 |
| Police Woman | Manager | 1974 |
| Good Times | Hortense Dobbs / Ms. Irma Austin | 1974 |
| Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies | Sister Lite | 1973 |
| Here We Go Again | Mrs. Nicholson | 1973 |
| The Julie Andrews Hour | Self | 1972 |
| The New Temperatures Rising Show | Edwina Moffitt / Mrs. Lindsey | 1972 |
| Maude | Hazel M. Hathaway | 1972 |
| Circle of Fear | Betty Carter | 1972 |
| Two on a Bench | Mrs. Kramer | 1971 |
| Nichols | Bertha | 1971 |
| The Golddiggers | Herself | 1971 |
| Great Performances | Stepsister Joy | 1971 |
| The Odd Couple | Mimi | 1970 |
| Viva Max | Hattie | 1969 |
| The Game Game | Self | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | (segment "Love and the Bonded Separation") / Gladys (segment "Love and the High School Sweetheart") / Mom (segment "Love and the Mixed Marriage") / Mrs. Billingsley (segment "Love and the Boss") / Mrs. Silversmith (segment "Love and the Unlikely Couple") | 1969 |
| Della | Self | 1969 |
| The Queen and I | Gertrude Hartzfelder | 1969 |
| Mayberry R.F.D. | Alice / Cousin Alice / Alice Cooper | 1968 |
| The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | Cousin Harriet / Aggie Berns | 1968 |
| With Six You Get Eggroll | Molly | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Miss Prillo | 1968 |
| The Graduate | Mrs. Singleman | 1967 |
| The Carol Burnett Show | Self - Audience Member / Self | 1967 |
| The Mothers-In-Law | Mrs. Wiley | 1967 |
| He & She | Norma Nugent | 1967 |
| The Flim-Flam Man | Mrs. Packard | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| Captain Nice | Mrs. Nash | 1967 |
| The Trials of O'Brien | Eve Roberti | 1965 |
| Get Smart | Verna / Naomi Farkas | 1965 |
| Hogan's Heroes | Gertrude Linkmeyer / Mrs. Mannheim | 1965 |
| The Dean Martin Show | Self | 1965 |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Miss Feather | 1965 |
| The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) | Self - Panelist | 1965 |
| Gypsy | Self | 1965 |
| Oh My Word | Self | 1965 |
| Valentine's Day | Mrs. Newman | 1964 |
| Bewitched | Esmeralda / Naomi Hogan | 1964 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Jane Marshall | 1963 |
| My Six Loves | Selena Johnson | 1963 |
| You Don't Say | Herself | 1963 |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Aunt Stephanie Crawford | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine | Agnes / Self - Agnes / Guest Vocalist / Self | 1962 |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | Self | 1961 |
| Car 54, Where Are You? | Bonita Kalsheim | 1961 |
| The Tom Ewell Show | Polly / Lavinia Barrington | 1960 |
| Dow Hour of Great Mysteries | Charlotte | 1960 |
| Art Carney Special | Self | 1959 |
| Naked City | Clara | 1958 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
| Cinderella | Stepsister Joy | 1957 |
| Playwrights '56 | Mrs. Hope | 1955 |
| Wide Wide World | Self | 1955 |
| The Tonight Show | Self - 'All in One' cast / 'Trouble in Tahiti' | 1954 |
| The Best of Broadway | Clara Hyland | 1954 |
| New Faces | Self / Alice Ghostley | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Ida Routzeng | 1953 |
| Lights Out | Chambers' Secretary | 1946 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1992 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
