Alice Ghostley
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She was in the 1978 movie ''Grease'' with Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta. You can see her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8jIP5RXE6s here] on YouTube. She was also in the 1978 movie ''Rabbit Test'' with [[Paul Lynde]] which was very bad. | She was in the 1978 movie ''Grease'' with Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta. You can see her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8jIP5RXE6s here] on YouTube. She was also in the 1978 movie ''Rabbit Test'' with [[Paul Lynde]] which was very bad. | ||
| − | In | + | In 1986/7 she became a regular on the TV-series ''Designing Women'' as the eccentric "Berniece Clifton", for which she received an Emmy nomination in 1992. She appeared sporadically on that show until the show was cancelled in 1993. Watch one of her most memorable episodes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTI_EawgRD8 here] on YouTube, and another one [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g9p-Y_nBdc here]. |
Her husband Felice died in 2003, and Alice died at her home in Studio City, California on 21 Sep 2007 from colon cancer and strokes.</td><td>http://www.tvland.com/photogallery/photos/Designing-women-Alice-Ghostley.jpg</td> | Her husband Felice died in 2003, and Alice died at her home in Studio City, California on 21 Sep 2007 from colon cancer and strokes.</td><td>http://www.tvland.com/photogallery/photos/Designing-women-Alice-Ghostley.jpg</td> | ||
