who played the first alice on the honeymooners
Pert Kelton
title: The Honeymooners text: for six years after getting married before they got their own apartment. In a 1967 revival, Ralph refers to Alice (played by Sheila MacRae 1966–70 and once more in 1973) as being one of 12 children with her father never working. "The Honeymooners" originally appeared as a sketch on the DuMont Network's "Cavalcade of Stars", with the role of Alice played by Pert Kelton (1907–1968). When his contract with DuMont expired, Gleason moved to the CBS network where he had "The Jackie Gleason Show", and the Alice role went to Audrey Meadows because Kelton had been blacklisted during the infamous title: The Honeymooners text: as a boy, and insists on keeping when Alice suggests it be thrown away. The Ralph character was given honorary membership in the union for real New York City bus drivers (Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union) during the run of the show, and a Brooklyn bus depot was named in Gleason's honor after his death. Ralph Kramden was the inspiration for the animated character Fred Flintstone. Alice (née Alice Gibson), played in the first nine skits, starting in 1951, and ending in January 1952 by Pert Kelton, and by Audrey Meadows for all remaining episodes, is Ralph's patient title: Pert Kelton text: Pert Kelton Pert L. Kelton (October 14, 1907 – October 30, 1968) was an American stage, movie, radio and television actress. She was the first actress who played Alice Kramden in "The Honeymooners" with Jackie Gleason and earlier, during the 1930s, was a prominent comedic supporting and leading actress in Hollywood films such as "Bed of Roses" and "The Bowery". She performed in a dozen Broadway productions between 1925 and 1968. However, her career was interrupted in the 1950s as a result of blacklisting, leading to her departure from "The Honeymooners". Pert L. Kelton was born in 1907 in Great title: Pert Kelton text: Short Subjects: Pert Kelton Pert L. Kelton (October 14, 1907 – October 30, 1968) was an American stage, movie, radio and television actress. She was the first actress who played Alice Kramden in "The Honeymooners" with Jackie Gleason and earlier, during the 1930s, was a prominent comedic supporting and leading actress in Hollywood films such as "Bed of Roses" and "The Bowery". She performed in a dozen Broadway productions between 1925 and 1968. However, her career was interrupted in the 1950s as a result of blacklisting, leading to her departure from "The Honeymooners". Pert L. Kelton was born in 1907 title: Jackie Gleason text: on to describe that, while the couple had their fights, underneath it all they loved each other. Titles for the sketch were tossed around until someone came up with "The Honeymooners". "The Honeymooners" first was featured on "Cavalcade of Stars" on October 5, 1951, with Carney in a guest appearance as a cop (Norton did not appear until a few episodes later) and character actress Pert Kelton as Alice. Darker and fiercer than the milder later version with Audrey Meadows as Alice, the sketches proved popular with critics and viewers. As Kramden, Gleason played a frustrated bus driver with a