Actress Alice Ghostley dies at 81

[devilgrrl]

Actress Alice Ghostley dies at 81
Sat Sep 22, 6:35 AM ET
LOS ANGELES - Alice Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning actress best known on television for playing Esmeralda on "Bewitched" and Bernice on "Designing Women," has died. She was 81.

Ghostley died Friday at her home in Studio City after a long battle with colon cancer and a series of strokes, longtime friend Jim Pinkston said.

Ghostley made her Broadway debut in "Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1952." She received critical acclaim for singing "The Boston Beguine," which became her signature song.

Miles Kreuger, president of the Los Angeles-based Institute of the American Musical, said part of Ghostley's charm was that she was not glamorous.

"She was rather plain and had a splendid singing voice, and the combination of the well-trained, splendid singing voice and this kind of dowdy homemaker character was so incongruous and so charming," Kreuger said.

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RIP Alice. O8)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. RIP Alice

She was a terrific performer.

[wildhorses]

2. rip

loved her.

[originalpckelly]

3. RIP.

She was absolutely the funniest on Designing Women.

[LostinVA]

4. Ah... she was terrific

[mockmonkey]

5. I always thought of her

as sort of a female Paul Lynde. I don't know why, maybe it was the snarky voice. She was someone I always enjoyed seeing on TV and in the movies. RIP

[Miss Marmelstein]

6. She was such a funny lady.......

I loved her on Designing Women!


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