---
name: "Alice Pearce"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alice-pearce"
fi1m_id: "alice-pearce"
imdb_id: "nm0668879"
tmdb_id: 113952
wikidata_id: "Q271852"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 October 1917"
died: "3 March 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:47:50.600094+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alice Pearce

## Identity

Alice Pearce

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alice-pearce
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alice-pearce
- **IMDb ID:** nm0668879
- **TMDB ID:** 113952
- **Wikidata ID:** Q271852
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Pearce, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271852, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668879/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113952

Actor. Born 16 October 1917 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 3 March 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 October 1917, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 3 March 1966
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Pearce, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271852, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668879/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113952

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*On the Town*](https://film.one/film/on-the-town.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alice Pearce (1917–1966) was an American actress. She originated the role of Lucy Schmeeler in the Broadway musical *On the Town* (1944) and was the only member of the stage cast to reprise it in the 1949 film version, brought to Hollywood for the part by Gene Kelly.

Pearce appeared in supporting comedic roles in several films, including *The Belle of New York* (1952) and *Kiss Me, Stupid* (1964). From 1964 until her death she played the nosy neighbour Gladys Kravitz in the television sitcom *Bewitched*, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series posthumously after the second season.

She was educated at Sarah Lawrence College. Pearce was married twice: to composer John Rox from 1948 until his death in 1957, and to Paul Davis from 1964.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *On the Town* (1949), Fi1m 84, as Lucy Schmeeler — [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-town.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Bewitched Christmas* (1994), as Gladys Kravitz
- *The Glass Bottom Boat* (1966), as Mabel Fenimore
- *Bus Riley's Back in Town* (1965), as Housewife
- *Dear Heart* (1965), as Agnes Moore
- *Dear Brigitte* (1965), as Office Clerk
- *Kiss Me, Stupid* (1964), as Mrs. Mulligan
- *The Disorderly Orderly* (1964), as Mrs. Fuzzibee, Talkative Patient
- *Many Happy Returns* (1964), series, Actor
- *Bewitched* (1964), series, as Gladys Kravitz
- *The Thrill of It All* (1963), as Irving's Wife
- *Tammy and the Doctor* (1963), as Nurse Millie Baxter
- *My Six Loves* (1963), as Schoolbus Driver
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Haila French
- *Lad: A Dog* (1962), as Hilda
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Mrs. Nielson — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis* (1959), series, Actor
- *The Real McCoys* (1957), series, Actor
- *The Opposite Sex* (1956), as Olga
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1955), as Dormouse
- *How to Be Very, Very Popular* (1955), as Miss 'Syl' Sylvester
- *Jamie* (1953), series, as Annie
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Mrs. Ledbetter
- *The Belle of New York* (1952), as Elsie Wilkins
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Dormouse, Miss Talmay
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Nina
- *On the Town* (1949), as Lucy Schmeeler — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/on-the-town.md)
- *Alice Pearce* (1949), series, Actor
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Regina Gavenhurst, Mrs. Bliss

## Gallery

- ![Alice Pearce](https://film.one/media/person/3867877/gallery-2e306b52be8d.jpg) Alice Pearce — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Alice_Pearce_Gladys_Kravitz_Bewitched_1966.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alice Pearce](https://film.one/media/person/3867877/gallery-d55342321e88.jpg) Alice Pearce — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1966: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (won), for *Bewitched*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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