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Alice Elizabeth Nunn was an American film and theatre actress. She was born in Jacksonville, Florida and died at her apartment in West Hollywood, California. Although she played many roles across her 31-year career, appearing in more than 50 films and TV series, she is primarily remembered for her role as Large Marge, the ghost of a deceased truck driver, in Tim Burton's 1985 film Pee-wee's Big Adventure, which is number 5 on the IFC list of the 25 scariest moments in non-horror film history, and has earned her a cult following from her fans.
Birth Name
Alice Elizabeth Nunn
Born
Monday, 10 October 1927
Died
Friday, 01 July 1988
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Three O'Clock High | Nurse Palmer | 1987 |
| Who's That Girl | Woman Parole Member | 1987 |
| Shell Game | Landlady | 1987 |
| Trick or Treat | Mrs. Sylvia Cavell / Sylvia Cavell | 1986 |
| My Sister Sam | Lily | 1986 |
| Thrashin' | Truck Driver | 1986 |
| Misfits of Science | Sailor Sam | 1985 |
| 227 | Woman | 1985 |
| Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Large Marge | 1985 |
| Crazy Like a Fox | Mrs. De Curtis | 1984 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Three O'Clock High | Nurse Palmer | 1987 |
| Who's That Girl | Woman Parole Member | 1987 |
| Shell Game | Landlady | 1987 |
| Trick or Treat | Mrs. Sylvia Cavell / Sylvia Cavell | 1986 |
| My Sister Sam | Lily | 1986 |
| Thrashin' | Truck Driver | 1986 |
| Misfits of Science | Sailor Sam | 1985 |
| 227 | Woman | 1985 |
| Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Large Marge | 1985 |
| Crazy Like a Fox | Mrs. De Curtis | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Henrietta | 1984 |
| Riptide | Nurse Carla Winters | 1984 |
| Knight Rider | Nurse | 1982 |
| Nine to Five | Bag Lady | 1982 |
| Simon & Simon | Barney - seller of maps to stars' home / Woman customer at Quickie Mart | 1981 |
| Dark Night of the Scarecrow | Mrs. Bunch | 1981 |
| Callie & Son | Mrs. Watkins | 1981 |
| Mommie Dearest | Helga | 1981 |
| Checking In | Mrs. Sabitino | 1981 |
| Delusion | Duffy | 1981 |
| Hart to Hart | Bujie | 1979 |
| The Fifth Floor | Emma | 1978 |
| WKRP in Cincinnati | Mrs. Nedelman / Mrs. Hutchinson | 1978 |
| The Fury | Mrs. Callahan | 1978 |
| The Love Boat | The Harridan | 1977 |
| Eight Is Enough | Horace's Wife | 1977 |
| Westside Medical | Carrie | 1977 |
| Fangs | Sis / Sis Palmer | 1974 |
| Airport 1975 | Passenger with Dog | 1974 |
| Chico and the Man | Mrs. Keever | 1974 |
| Tony Orlando and Dawn | Self | 1974 |
| Mame | Fat Lady | 1974 |
| Happy Days | Mama Delvecchio / Mrs. Stewart | 1974 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Connie | 1972 |
| Evil Roy Slade | Claire Beckendorf | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Mrs. Lucille Rodgers | 1972 |
| The Jimmy Stewart Show | Big Mother | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Woman / Mrs. Maxwell | 1971 |
| The Steagle | Mrs. Furst | 1971 |
| Johnny Got His Gun | Third Nurse | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Hotel Clerk | 1971 |
| The Bill Cosby Show | Winona Fisk | 1969 |
| Mayberry R.F.D. | Mrs. Plunkett | 1968 |
| Ironside | Mrs. Winston | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Mrs. Merrell | 1967 |
| The Phyllis Diller Show | Mrs. Hill | 1966 |
| Camp Runamuck | Mahala May Gruenecker / Mahala May | 1965 |
| The Wild Wild West | Hilda | 1965 |
| Gypsy | Self | 1965 |
| Petticoat Junction | Mrs. Benson / Mrs. Birdwell / Lady With Wallet | 1963 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress | 1961 |
| Hazel | Hildegarde | 1961 |
