Gregory's Favorite Bewitched Moment No. 1

"I am talking in my normal voice!!" I love Gladis Kravitz (Alice Pearce)! Who knew the poor lady was battling cancer while she gave us such great TV moments!

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• Elizabeth Montgomery
• Dick York
• David White
• Agnes Moorhead

[etienne818]

Alice Pearce was in "real life" very different from the characters she was most noted for playing. Much of her early years were spent in French-speaking Belgium where her father was a banking executive from the US. Alice grew to be a very cultured and quiet individual who somehow found a love for acting - being "different" from what she was. Upon her return to the USA (her French was actually better than her English at this juncture) she gravitated to her life's work and was very successful.

[gregoryagogo]

@etienne818 Very interesting!

[woohooboy]

To summon the strength and give a performance when you're dying - that's acting.....

Knowing she had terminal cancer and still working must have been tough on her. When cancer takes hold and starts destroying your body from the inside, the results are devastatingly painful. My heart goes out to anyone suffering this hideous illness.....

Being the professional that she was, Alice Pearce continued on. Sadly she lost her battle, but it's nice to know she was rewarded for her work with a Emmy....

[gregoryagogo]

@woohooboy Love her!

[gregoryagogo]

@imachias Kewl! I'll netflix it.

[imachias]

@fullserve69 Actually, both Mrs. Kravitzes, Alice Pearce and Sandra Gould, are in "Dear Heart" and for a split second you can see them standing in the room together.

[ysbaddaden2003]

Actually Dick York was very ill too. That strained exasperated look he would get at the antics of Samantha and her family, that we found so funny, were actually painful spasms of his disintegrating back. The producers wanted him to take his pain medication, but he would refuse, believing it would impact his performances adversely.

[christheone8773]

@gregoryagogo William Asher (the executive producer of the show, and Liz Montgomery's husband at the time) and Elizabeth Montgomery wanted to end "Bewitched" at the end of the 5th season (1968-69) not only because of Dick York's exit from the show, but because they were both getting tired of it as well - but this show was one of ABC's top money makers, so they were both offered a substantial sum of money and creative control to keep the show going-

[christheone8773]

Alice Pearce was a one of a kind actress - In "The Bewitched Book" by Herbie J. Pilato, she had originally auditioned for the role of Grandmamma Addams in "The Addams Family" another great sitcom that premiered in the fall of 1964- I believe she would have been great for that role, but Blossom Rock (Jeannette McDonald's sister) worked out just as well-

[gregoryagogo]

Interesting observation... the show did change a bit...