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Alice Ghostley (1926-2007), American actress best-known for her television roles as "Alice" on ''Mayberry, R.F.D.'', as "Esmerelda" on ''Bewitched'' and as Bernice Clifton on ''Designing Women'' <table><tr><td>http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/ap/4aad01de-8a28-427d-ace5-ee27f09e5de4.widec.jpg</td><td>http://www.tvland.com/photogallery/photos/Designing-women-Alice-Ghostley.jpg</td></tr></table> ==Alice Ghostley== Alice was born 14 Aug 1926 in a train station in Eve, Vernon County, [[Missouri]] as the second child of Harry F Ghostley and his wife Edna M Rooney. By 1930, the family had moved to Siloam Springs, [[Benton County, Arkansas|Benton County]], [[Arkansas]] where her father Harry was buried in 1933 having died at a hospital in Missouri that year. The rest of the family eventually moved to Henryetta, Okmulgee County, [[Oklahoma]] where Alice finished growing up. After Alice went to the University of Oklahoma to study theater, she then moved to New York City, where her first job was as an usher at the Imperial Theatre for $11.88 a week. At her 648th audition she was accosted by "G", who persuaded her, that what she really was, was a comedienne. The two of them begun doing comedy in small venues when she was spotted by Imogene Coca. Imogene told Leonard Sillman about her, and her put her in his annual touring revue ''New Faces'' of 1952. That's when her career took off. Oddly enough, one of the other aspiring members of the revue that year was [[Paul Lynde]]. Another that year was [[Eartha Kitt]]. The tour was so successful, that "New Faces" was made into a Cinemascope production. About 1943 Alice met and married Italian-born actor Felice Antonio Orlandi, who had been born in 1924 in Avezzano, Italy. They remained married until his death. Although Alice had many roles on television and film, she never was cast in a starring position. She is most remembered today for her television roles as "Alice" on ''Mayberry, R.F.D.'', as "Esmerelda" on ''Bewitched'' and as "Bernice Clifton" on ''Designing Women'' Her character "Esmerelda" was introduced when [[Marion Lorne]], the actress who played "Aunt Clara" died and the studio wanted another comedic-actress to be introduced to the series to replace her. 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. ===Primary Sources for 1=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=harry&gsln=ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=106087936&recoff=14+16 1920 Census of Corozal, US Military Forces, Panama Canal Zone] showing (among others): "Harry F Ghostley, 35, MN/England/NJ, Single" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Alice&gsln=Ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=3164774&recoff=14+16 1930 Census of Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas] showing : "Harry F Ghostley 44, married first at 35, MN/NJ/MN, telegraph operator; Edna M 39, married first at 30, OK/IL/IL; Gladys R 8 OK; Alice M 6 MO" *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7488&iid=NYT715_4606-0757&fn=Felice+Antonio&ln=Orlandi&st=r&ssrc=&pid=2040054339 ''New York Passenger Lists'', 1820-1957], 14 Oct 1929 showing : "Felice Antonio Orlandi, age 5, born Avezzano, Italy" *''The Galveston News'', 26 Oct 1952, "Comedienne Ghostley Off Map — But Makes Grade Now", by Phyllis Battelle (INS) *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ssdi%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Felice&gsln=Orlandi&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=34&fh=1&recid=54223142&recoff=1+2 Social Security Death Index] showing : "Felice Orlandi born 18 Sep 1924, died 21 May 2003 last residence Studio City, Los Angeles County, California; SSN issued by Ohio" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ssdi%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Alice&gsln=Ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=34&fh=0&recid=25387585&recoff=1+2 Social Security Death Index] showing : "Alice Ghostley born 14 Aug 1923, SSN issued by Oklahoma, died 21 Sep 2007, last residence Studio City, Los Angeles County, California" ===Secondary Sources for 1=== *[http://www.genealogue.com/2007/09/genealogue-challenge-39.html Genealogue Challenge #39] where several details of her parents are listed *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ghostley "Alice Ghostley"] on Wikipedia *[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2680325.ece "Alice Ghostley"], obituary in the Times Online *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649939/ "Felice Orlandi"] at IMDb *BGMI shows for Felice Orlandi: **''Who's Who in Hollywood. The largest cast of international film personalities ever assembled''. Two volumes. By David Ragan. New York: Facts on File, 1992. (WhoHol 1992) **''Who's Who in Hollywood, 1900-1976''. By David Ragan. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1976. The 'Living Players' section begins on page 11. (WhoHol A) *BGMI shows for Alice Ghostley however **[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&gsfn=alice&gsln=ghostley&sx=&gskw=&f6=&f11=&prox=1&db=bgmi&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3 more than 20 seperate citations] ==Harry F Ghostley== Harry F Ghostley ([http://www.familysearch.org AFN 21FQ-2V7]) was born 10 May 1884 in [[Minnesota]] to Harry Ghostley and his wife Margaret Anna Walker. Harry is living with his widowed mother in the Special 1905 Minnesota State Census. By 1910 Harry has moved to Portland, Multnomah County, [[Oregon]] where he is listed as single and a boarder. By 1920 he is in the US Panama Canal Zone evidently in the armed forces. That year or the next, he married Edna Rooney. The family lived in both Oklahoma and Missouri before locating to Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas by 1930. Harry Ghostley died in 23 Oct 1933 in a Kansas City, Missouri hospital, and is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas. ===Primary Sources for 2=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=MNstatecen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=harry&gsln=ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=1&recid=1774378&recoff=1+3 Minnesota Territorial and State Census, 1849-1905] for Census year 1905 showing : "Harry F Ghostley, born Minnesota, enumerated in Champlin, Hennepin County, Minnesota, born about 1884" living with his apparent mother Margaret age 52 *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1910USCenIndex%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=harry&gsln=ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=67603188&recoff=1+3 1910 Census of Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon] showing : "Harry F Ghostley, 25, MN/England/MN, Boarder, Single" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=harry&gsln=ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=106087936&recoff=14+16 1920 Census of Corozal, US Military Forces, Panama Canal Zone] showing (among others): "Harry F Ghostley, 35, MN/England/NJ, Single" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Alice&gsln=Ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=3164774&recoff=14+16 1930 Census of Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas] showing : "Harry F Ghostley 44, married first at 35, MN/NJ/MN, telegraph operator; Edna M 39, married first at 30, OK/IL/IL; Gladys R 8 OK; Alice M 6 MO" *[http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/results.asp?type=basic&tLName=Ghostly&tFName=&sCounty=all&tYear= Missouri Death Certificates 1910-56] showing : "Harry F Ghostly, died 23 Oct 1933 at St Mary's Hospital, Kansas City, Jackson County while a resident of Siloam Springs, AR. Wife Edna, born 9 May 1886, Station Master K.C.S., born Minnesota, father Harry Ghostly, mother Margaret Walker, Informant Mrs Edna Ghostly of Siloam Springs, AR, died of Carcinoma of the liver, Autopsy Yes, burial at Siloam Springs" *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~arbenton/bccpg/bentc055.htm Oak Hill Cemetery (aka Siloam Springs cemetery) listings] showing : "Ghostley, Edna M., d 1965 Siloam Springs; Ghostley, Harry F. 1886 1933 Siloam Springs" ===Secondary sources for 2=== *[http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a66878&id=I52 "Harry F Ghostley"], by otis@mail.deseretmail.com, Ancestry World Tree Project *[http://www.genealogue.com/2007/09/genealogue-challenge-39.html Genealogue Challenge #39] where several details of Harry are listed ==Edna M Rooney== Edna M Rooney was born in 16 Sep 1890 in Oklahoma, daughter of Ed Roony and Alice. In 1920 or 1921 she married Harry F Ghostley. They had two children by the time they were enumerated in Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas in the 1930 US Census. Harry developed Carcinoma of the Liver and died in a hospital in Kansas City, Missouri in 1933. Edna outlived him by 32 years, dying in May 1965, having last resided in Oklahoma. They are buried side-by-side in Oak Hills Cemetery (aka Siloam Springs Cemetery) in Benton County, Arkansas. ===Primary sources for 3=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=try&h=32199167 1900 Census of Gallup, Bernalillo County, New Mexico] showing : "Ed Roony 32; Alice 28; Mamie 10; Ednas 9; Agnes 7; Munie 4" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Agnes&gsln=Roony&sx=&f7=&f9=&f10=&f18__n=&f20=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f23=&f17=&f16=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&_8000C002=&f21=&_80008002=&f22=&_80018002=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1910uscenindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=3&recid=65831528&recoff=1+2 1910 Census of Coalgate, Coal County, Oklahoma] showing : "Edd Roony 42; Alice 38; Mamie 20; Edna 19; Agnes 17; Minnie 14; Ruth 2" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=harry&gsln=ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=106087936&recoff=14+16 1920 Census of Corozal, US Military Forces, Panama Canal Zone] showing (among others): "Harry F Ghostley, 35, MN/England/NJ, Single" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1920usfedcen%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Edna&gsln=Rooney&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=35&fh=14&recid=76332016&recoff=1+2 1920 Census of Kennady, Le Flore County, Oklahoma] showing : "Edna Rooney, 27, Single, Boarder, OK/IL/MO" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Alice&gsln=Ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=35&fh=0&recid=3164774&recoff=14+16 1930 Census of Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas] showing : "Harry F Ghostley 44, married first at 35, MN/NJ/MN, telegraph operator; Edna M 39, married first at 30, OK/IL/IL; Gladys R 8 OK; Alice M 6 MO" *[http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/results.asp?type=basic&tLName=Ghostly&tFName=&sCounty=all&tYear= Missouri Death Certificates 1910-56] showing : "Harry F Ghostly, died 23 Oct 1933 at St Mary's Hospital, Kansas City, Jackson County while a resident of Siloam Springs, AR. Wife Edna, born 9 May 1886, Station Master K.C.S., born Minnesota, father Harry Ghostly, mother Margaret Walker, Informant Mrs Edna Ghostly of Siloam Springs, AR, died of Carcinoma of the liver, Autopsy Yes, burial at Siloam Springs" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=ssdi%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Edna&gsln=Ghostley&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=34&fh=0&recid=25447832&recoff=1+2 Social Security Death Index] showing : "Name: Edna Ghostley, Last Residence: Oklahoma, Born: 16 Sep 1890, Died: May 1965, State (Year) SSN issued: Oklahoma (Before 1951)" *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~arbenton/bccpg/bentc055.htm Oak Hill Cemetery (aka Siloam Springs cemetery) listings] showing : "Ghostley, Edna M., d 1965 Siloam Springs; Ghostley, Harry F. 1886 1933 Siloam Springs" ==Harry Ghostley== Harry Ghostley ([http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=49780882 AFN 21FQ-2QD]) was born 28 Jan 1844 in Berkeley, England. He married Margaret Anna Walker on 28 Jan 1874 in Minnesota. Harry and Margaret had four children: Edith who died age 1 on 12 Aug 1875, Edith born 2 Nov 1875, Ella born 2 Sep 1877, Harry born 10 May 1884 and Gladys born May 1888. Harry Ghostley died Sep 1887 in Minnesota. ==Margaret Anna Walker== Margaret Anna Walker ([http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=49780866&lds=0&frompage=0 AFN 21FQ-263]) was born 26 Aug 1851 in Hanover Neck, Morris County, New Jersey to Richard Westbrook Walker and his wife Eleanor Shields. She married Harry Ghostley on 28 Jan 1874 in Minnesota. She outlived her husband Harry by almost 58 years, dying on 30 Jun 1945. ==Ed Rooney== ===Primary sources for 6=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=try&h=32199167 1900 Census of Gallup, Bernalillo County, New Mexico] showing : "Ed Roony 32; Alice 28; Mamie 10; Ednas 9; Agnes 7; Munie 4" *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=Agnes&gsln=Roony&sx=&f7=&f9=&f10=&f18__n=&f20=&rg_81004011__date=&rs_81004011__date=0&f23=&f17=&f16=&rg_f19__date=&rs_f19__date=0&_8000C002=&f21=&_80008002=&f22=&_80018002=&gskw=&prox=1&db=1910uscenindex&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=35&fh=3&recid=65831528&recoff=1+2 1910 Census of Coalgate, Coal County, Oklahoma] showing : "Edd Roony 42; Alice 38; Mamie 20; Edna 19; Agnes 17; Minnie 14; Ruth 2" ==Alice== [[Category:Movies and Television]] [[Category:Bewitched]] [[Category:Famous Women]] [[Category:Benton County, Arkansas]] [[Category:Arkansas]] [[Category:California]] [[Category:Minnesota]] [[Category:Missouri]] [[Category:New Jersey]] [[Category:New Mexico]] [[Category:Oklahoma]] [[Category:Oregon]]
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