Alice Pearce 1964, Pearce was originally approached to play the part of Grandmama in the ABC television comedy series "The Addams Family". She turned down the part, which went to veteran actress Blossom Rock. In 1964, Pearce joined the cast of "Bewitched" as the nagging and nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz. Pearce's scenes were almost entirely reactions to the witchcraft she had witnessed at the house across the street. Her hysterical accusations against Samantha, played by Elizabeth Montgomery, and the disbelief of her husband Abner (George Tobias), provided a common thread through many of the series' early episodes. She played the role until
Samantha Spiro Samantha Spiro Samantha Spiro (born 20 June 1968) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying Barbara Windsor in the stage play "Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick" and the television film "Cor, Blimey!", DI Vivien Friend in "", and Melessa Tarly in the HBO series "Game of Thrones". She has won two Laurence Olivier Awards. Born in Whitechapel, London, England, Spiro grew up in Radlett, Hertfordshire. She is Jewish. Spiro decided to be an actress at the age of ten, after seeing a production of "Androcles and the Lion" at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park. She joined