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Alice Ghostley

1923 - 2007

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Alice Margaret Ghostley (August 14, 1923 – September 21, 2007) was an American actress and singer on stage, film and television. Ghostley was best known for her roles as bumbling witch Esmeralda (1969–72) on Bewitched, as Cousin Alice (1970–71) on Mayberry R.F.D., and as Bernice Clifton (1986–93) on Designing Women. Ghostley dropped out of university to pursue a career in theater. She first starred on Broadway in New Faces of 1952 and in the film version of the play released in 1954. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Alice Ghostley is the 7,223rd most popular actor (down from 7,150th in 2024), the 11,133rd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,552nd in 2019) and the 3,322nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Alice Ghostley ranks 7,223 out of 13,578. Before her are Nia Peeples, Nick Chinlund, Alan Curtis, Teri Polo, Sadhana Shivdasani, and Chae Soo-bin. After her are Linh Dan Pham, Corey Stoll, James Badge Dale, Leonor Watling, Lea Michele, and Kimbo Slice.

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Among people born in 1923, Alice Ghostley ranks 443. Before her are Ninian Stephen, Franco Bertinetti, Doc Watson, Larry Storch, Ray Lumpp, and Lee Yuan-tsu. After her are Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Dannie Abse, Mort Walker, Hans Wetterström, Judith Merril, and Óscar González. Among people deceased in 2007, Alice Ghostley ranks 379. Before her are Tillie Olsen, Brad Delp, Beniamino Andreatta, Yelena Romanova, Burkhard Gantenbein, and Merv Griffin. After her are Norifumi Abe, Tron Øgrim, Ian Wallace, Dorrit Hoffleit, Dadullah, and Richard Jeni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alice Ghostley ranks 11,135 out of 20,380. Before her are Nick Chinlund (1961), Alex English (1954), Alan Curtis (1909), Brian Welch (1970), Teri Polo (1969), and Bam Adebayo (1997). After her are Sid Wilson (1977), Corey Stoll (1976), James Badge Dale (1978), Lea Michele (1986), Hiram Johnson (1866), and Jane Dee Hull (1935).

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Among actors born in United States, Alice Ghostley ranks 3,323. Before her are Edward Albert (1951), Merv Griffin (1925), Nia Peeples (1961), Nick Chinlund (1961), Alan Curtis (1909), and Teri Polo (1969). After her are Corey Stoll (1976), James Badge Dale (1978), Lea Michele (1986), Claudia Christian (1965), Kay Johnson (1904), and Jim Backus (1913).

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