<P> Alice Pearce ( October 16 , 1917 -- March 3 , 1966 ) was an American actress . She was brought to Hollywood by Gene Kelly to reprise her Broadway performance in the film version of On the Town ( 1949 ) . Pearce played comedic supporting roles in several films , before being cast as nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz in the television sitcom Bewitched in 1964 . She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series posthumously after the second season of the series . She died from ovarian cancer in 1966 . </P>
<P> Alice Pearce ( October 16 , 1917 -- March 3 , 1966 ) was an American actress . She was brought to Hollywood by Gene Kelly to reprise her Broadway performance in the film version of On the Town ( 1949 ) . Pearce played comedic supporting roles in several films , before being cast as nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz in the television sitcom Bewitched in 1964 . She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series posthumously after the second season of the series . She died from ovarian cancer in 1966 . </P>
who played the first gladys kravitz on bewitched
who played the first gladys kravitz on bewitched
Alice Pearce
Alice Pearce