Abner! The Life and Sad Ending® of Alice Pearce
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Mini bio about the actress Alice Pearce who played the part of Gladys Kravitz on the TV show "Bewitched". Including transformative opinion and commentary.
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Alice Pearce, definitely the fav.
Alice Pearce is by far the best Gladys Kravitz. The fact that she knew she was going to leave us but left us laughing makes her a true Saint of comedy...R.I.P.
Alice was my favorite Gladys. What that fabulous lady would do with her face was amazing! Such a wonderful comedic actor!😅
She was much better than Sandra Gould,who was too shrill
She was amazing and deserved an Emmy
She was the BEST.
There could only be one Gladys Kravitz. I sure enjoy this trips down memory lane, Steve.
I remember this lady well from the show, RIP Alice.
Alice was my favorite Gladys. She was perfect for that role. Loved listening to her scream Abner. 😆
I was born in 68 and grew up watching Sandra Gould on the colorized show. It wasn't until I was an adult and watched Bewitched from the black n white beginnings, out of curiosity, and discovered Alice as Gladys and as much as I loved Gould's Gladys, Alice's Gladys depiction possessed alot of heart and kindness and then sadness as by then I learned age died during season 2, it was sad watching her perform as greatly as usual but knowing her number was coming up. 😢 Nice video. 😊
Good comment, Thanks!
Alice was the best hands down! So young 😢
Wow, "1953-54 TV season". I've never thought about TV shows that far back. Alice was the best Gladys Kravitz, perfect in that role (I don't really remember the other one.)
I was born in 65 and saw Bewitched in reruns. It was one of my favorite shows.
I noticed the cast change with Darren. But until just now, i didn't recall the Gladys change.
I'll blame that on Gladys not appearing in every episode. But I absolutely loved the character. Ditto with Abner.
They were both great in character.
I'll also share that I have a coworker named Dennis.
His 2nd week in, I accidentally called him Daryl.
I later apologized, explaining how Endora never called Darren by his actual name. He is also old enough to remember Bewitched reruns and appreciates the mixup, so now I can call him anything.
Only problem is that I do it so often I frequently forget his actual name.
That's not the fault of TV. It's just me advanced age. But we roll with it.
I could watch her scene in The Disorderly Orderly a million times. She describes her perforated gall bladder and dripping bile gagging her, her painful broken leg with the bone sticking right through the flesh, etc. all while empath Jerry Lewis is cringing at each horror she describes with great relish to her fellow hospital patients while Jerry wheels her around. It is truly comedy gold. Anyone remember that scene? She was also brilliant talking on a disconnected phone and trying to figure out how 3 boys playing cowboys could all be tied up at the same time on Bewitched. Thank you for posting this wonderful tribute! Her chin was so small because of that childhood accident? I never knew that. Thanks again.
I remember that scene and it is one of my all-time favorite comedic scenes in film.
I think she was the best of the two in Bewitched. I remember her from several old US films/series. For me, with her unique looks, she was perfect for each role, played with comedic skill. I did not realize she had died so young!
I liked Alice. I couldn't get use to the change.
Wondered why she was replaced. Now I know after watching. Too young a lose. She was the BEST..
Alice to me was the best!
Mrs. Kravitz. I remember her and her husband Abner.
George Tobias.
I vote for Alice. She was the best.
Thank you. Many of the people you showcase are favorites from my childhood. Born in 56.
If she passed the Gene Kelley approval she definetly had it. On Bewitched she was my favorite. Her sub was also good give her a little credit. But nosy Alice Pearce had my vote on the nosiest of all. 😊 👌
She was a my favorite Gladys ....appreciate so much how calm and respectful your stories are ...I'm hooked .
Thank you!
She was the best ALICE for sure as she had that scream of horror and knew something funny was going on across the street. Poor mrs Kravitz. Remember her on the phone and then the phone man came in to hook up the phone. She could not believe it. And Sam was swimming in her pool and Alice checked but she saw no pool and that freaked her out. She was great fun.
I loved them both. ❤
Alice was my favorite.
I nicknamed my nextdoor neighbor "Mrs. Kravitz" because HE has nothing better to do than make everyone else's business his.🙄
Have a blessed week!
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I like that. My friend had a hospice nurse we nicknamed Outside Voice Lady. We got her replaced. Lol
LOL We have a couple of male neighbors like that too!
The second one was definitely prettier. Her facial deformity did not stop her dream of being an actress. God bless her!
Yes, I was going to say something about her face but I didn't know exactly how to say it. Your comment says it all, Thanks!
Alice was my favorite. The facial expressions. I don't think I noticed the big change either, being so little 😕 Unlike with Darren. 🙄 Bless Alice working to the end. And to Sandra. She did well in the part. RIP 🙏 to all of them. 💔
Alice was by far the better Gladys! She was a beautiful woman inside and out. Thank you for doing these short biographies. And everyday to boot. Have you thought of maybe making them just a few longer?
Great video, a blast from my childhood…. 😊
Alice Pearce must have loved doing the show. Instead of vacationing she chose to keep acting. Both Alice Pearce and Sandra Gould were very funny and fantastic as Gladys Kravitz. It is extremely hard for an actor to take over a roll, particularly when the audience is used to and loves the person playing that roll.
The recurring characters on Bewitched were all excellent. Many of the actor who played advertising clients made numerous appearances on the show and were also great actors.
I loved the first glades . She was so believable and loving toward abner.
Didn't know she had her own show. She fit Gladys Kravitz to a tee! They were both great, in their own ways.
all my life we've been referring to different nosy neighbors as a Gladys Kravitz, and then when my aunt got older and became a nosy neighbor, I called her Gladys Kravitz (in my mind, not out loud!), and now that I'm older, and look out my window to see what my neighbors are up to, I find I am becoming a Gladys Kravitz. Ah, life. 😅
Alice was my favorite
Good job, thank you.
Alice Pearce is the best Mrs.kravitz , Steve. I think we all have a little Mrs. Kravitz in us, although most of us would never want to admit it. Every nosy neighbor I’ve ever had ends up being called Mrs kravitz. I guess that’s the highest compliment i could give her!
Loved her in that show!! Don’t make em like they used to! RIP..
Both actresses were terrific as Mrs Kravitz.
I really enjoyed Alice Pearce “s characters 🎭 in all of the shows 📺 you mentioned. She was my favorite Mrs. Kravitz..❤ But Sandra Gould was very good as well 💕 It is sad she ded so young 😇 Thank you 😍 ( I’m watching Bewitched now but it Season 5)
That was a very interesting informative story thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Alice is My favorite ❤❤❤
As hilarious as she was, I actually liked both Gladys Kravitz. Sure can't say the same about Dick Sargent though, the show lost all its magic when poor Dick York could no longer be in it. PS I was 5 years old when this show premiered, sure did love Thursday nights at 8pm in the 1960s! 😊
Thanks Doug!
Alice Pearce was the best Gladys Kravitz.
Alice Pearce best one
Alice Pearce was my favorite Gladys
She was a very good actress
I would have to agree with others that Alice was the best Gladys Kravitz although they were both good! It is truly saddening that she passed at such a young age!!
More please...interesting channel....
She still makes me laugh with her signature ABNER
So sad about her! I liked when she was on so funny! RIP🙏🏼❤️🥀
Alice Pearce was #1 Gladys
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When Bewitched was a first-run series, I recall my Mom making exclaiming references to Alice as _the chinless woman._
Pearce was my favorite Gladys Kravitz, as she was more 'animated' and 'expressive' with the character than Sandra Gould's portrayal. However, Sandra did fine with the character.
A-A-A-AB -NUH !!!
Didn't Alice (and Abner) have a cameo in the Doris Day movie Glass Bottom Boat sort of playing their Bewitched characters???
They both had cameos in that film, playing what else? A married couple :-).
In 1966 she played "Olga" in the film "The Opposite Sex". "The Opposite Sex" is a remake of the 1939 comedy film, "The Women". "Olga' was the manicurist who spread the gossip.
Being honest , I never noticed the difference between the first Gladys and the second . But that was because I was so taken with Elizabeth .
I hope you're doing well Steve .
Alice Pearce was the best Gladys Kravitz!
I also thought there wasn't much difference but I tend to always like original so sad
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Seeing the clip with Abner in it makes me wonder if the actor who played Abner is any relation to the actor who played a lower-level coo on "Barney Miller." To me they look like they could be father and son in real life.
Alice
Thanks!
I don’t even remember the change. 😮
Amazing debut in movies with the giants!!! Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra!!! Sadly, another early death.
Alice Pearce was much better than Sandra Gould. Same thing with the two Dariens . Dick York was much better than Dick Sargent.
I think Dick York was a very funny actor in Bewitched but Dick Sargent didn’t quite cut it. 😢
Great video Steve. In my opinion, if you would just smile & wink every-so-often after
you say: "unless I come to my own sad ending?" It wouldn't be such a downer? BUT,
what do I know right? ✌ Btw I liked the second actress better, who played Gladys
Kravitz. I wasn't old enough to understand the show, and my parents didn't let us see
it without them. I didn't really tune in until season three or four?
I'll think on that Jeff.
I liked Alice Pearce a lot more as Gladys Kravitz. Sandra Gould's version was much meaner I thought, but also funny in her own way.
Muy triste
Wow, how many cast changes did Bewitched have?!? Darrin, Mrs Kravitz, Aunt Clara. Update: Wait; they didn’t re-cast Marin Lorne (aka Aunt Clara) after her death.
There was a whole different style the two actresses gave the role of Gladys! Alice Pearce was squirrely and Sandra Gould was a bit more mean spirited! If you saw the movie The Opposite Sex where Pearce played Olga the manicurist she had a much rounder figure. I have to wonder if illness was causing her weight loss for many years before Bewitched.
Didnt the actress that played Aunt Clara also pass away just after season 4? (Marion Lorne), so that makes 2 that have passed during production? correct? Thanks love ur channel
I didn't know about Aunt Clara. Thanks for watching!
@@TheLifeandSadEnding So do an episode on her then-Aunt Clara (Marion Lorne), thanks Dave, P S do u have an email sir? I want to run a few things by U?
She had a good role in “Strangers on a Train”!
I think Alice was best
I thought Alice was so funny on that show 😂
There’s this neighbor in Maumee Ohio in Stillwater neighborhood that looks just like her. Her name is Theresa.
Zero chin, huge teeth.
I’m going to donate my body to science because I have no heirs by choice.
I would too except I have an Abby Normal brain.
@@TheLifeandSadEnding😉 nod to the late, great Marty Feldman
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Oh you do not Steve but a perfect quote nonetheless. Thanks for the laugh. Lol
Both good but preferred Alice.
She died too young
Yes 48 is very young, especially these days.
You read every comment? We'll see. What's your favorite hot dog?
A Chicago dog. My favorite place is Tony’s beef in Sarasota Florida. Don’t ever doubt me.
@@TheLifeandSadEnding Nicely done. Definitely a man of his word.
Every Boomer recognizes a busybody, nosybody female neighbor as a Mrs. Kravitz. Only thing is that on TV the character was actually funny, but being stuck living next to or close by such a yenta is a trial at times.
Prefer the original Gladys hands down
Loved them both, each were annoying 🙄 🤣
Please don't read my comment.
I did read some of your comments, that's the problem.
Alice was brilliant.