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Alice Ghostley

Diminutive Alice Margaret Ghostley who made appearances on dozens of series became known to television viewers as Esmeralda, the inept witch on the 1960s sitcom Bewitched, and oddball neighbor Bernice on the 1980s comedy Designing Women.

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Bewitched

1964
as Esmeralda

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962
as Aunt Stephanie Crawford

The Graduate

1967
as Mrs. Singleman

Gator

1976
as Emmeline Cavanaugh

Not For Publication

1984
as Doris Denver

Viva Max!

1969
as Hattie

Madame in Manhattan

1981
as Alice Ghostley

Small Wonder

1985
as Ida Mae Brindle

New Faces

1954
as Alice Ghostley

Captain Nice

1967
as Mrs. Nash

Passions

1999
as Matilda Matthews

Blue Sunshine

1977
as O'Malley's Neighbor

Mayberry R.F.D.

1968
as Alice Cooper

The Julie Andrews Hour

1972
as Alice Ghostley

Cinderella

1957
as Stepsister Joy

Whispers: An Elephant's Tale

2000
as Tuskless (voice)

The Odd Couple II

1998
as Esther, the Whiner

My Six Loves

1963
as Selena Johnson

Designing Women

1986
as Bernice Clifton

The Flim-Flam Man

1967
as Mrs. Packard

Rabbit Test

1978
as Nurse Tumm

Palmer's Pick Up

1999
as Eleanor Palmer

Guest Star

Episode Good Times
J.J. in Business
1977
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
William Saroyan, Alice Ghostley, Della Reese
1962
Episode One Day at a Time
Barbara the Fink
1978
Episode The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Curious Cousin
1970
Episode Maude
Walter's Stigma
1976
Episode Good Times
The Evans Get Involved (4)
1977
Episode CHiPs
Rustling
1978
Episode The Golden Girls
Mother's Day
1988
Episode Trapper John, M.D.
The Fred Connection
1984
Episode Nichols
Bertha
1972
Episode Cybill
Romancing the Crone
1996
Episode The New Gidget
Passion for Fashion
1986
Episode Naked City
One, Two, Three, Rita Rakahowski
1963
Episode One Day at a Time
The Ghost Writer
1977
Episode Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
The Datchet Diamonds
1960
Episode Hogan's Heroes
That's No Lady, That's My Spy
1971
Episode Punky Brewster
Punky's Big Story
1987
Episode Diagnosis Murder
You Can Call Me Johnson
1994
Episode Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
Witch Trash
1997
Episode Gimme a Break!
Love Thy Neighbor
1982
Episode Get Smart
The Last One in is a Rotten Spy
1966
Episode Dharma & Greg
Dharma and Greg's First Romantic Valentine's Day Weekend
1998
Episode Evening Shade
What a Night
1992
Episode Rugrats
Grandpa's Bad Bug
1998
Episode Get Smart
The Farkas Fracas
1968
Episode Chico and the Man
The Peeping Tom
1978
Episode Bewitched
Maid to Order
1966
Episode Evening Shade
Chain of Fools
1993
Episode Hogan's Heroes
Watch the Trains Go By
1969
Episode Police Woman
Sunset
1978
Episode The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Make Me a Match
1969
Episode E! True Hollywood Story
Bewitched
1999
Episode Touched by an Angel
Labor of Love
1997
Episode Rugrats
Lady Luck
1998
Episode The Odd Couple
The Breakup
1970
Episode What's Happening!!
The Maid Did It
1977
Episode B.L. Stryker
Night Train
1990
Episode Good Times
Penny's Christmas
1977