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
Dick Gautier the original TV series "Gidget" and a French dress designer in the episode "Samantha, the Dressmaker" from the second season of the TV situation comedy "Bewitched". He portrayed Jerry Standish in the ‘divorce comedy’ "Here We Go Again", a short-lived (13 episodes; January 1973 to April 1973) sitcom on ABC. In 1974, he played sportscaster Ed Cavanaugh on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in the season four episode, "Hi There, Sports Fans", and a murdered blackmailer in the season one The Rockford Files episode "The Countess". In 1978, he appeared as Harriman in the episode "The Intimate Friends of Janet