Alice Ghostley
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In 1978 she took over the role of Miss Hannigan, the alcoholic matron of the orphanage, in the long-running ''Annie''. Alice appears [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51v8Wtd8QYQ here on YouTube] in an undated "children's" show with Charles Nelson Reilly and that guy who played the evil Dr. Smith on the TV-series ''Lost In Space''. | In 1978 she took over the role of Miss Hannigan, the alcoholic matron of the orphanage, in the long-running ''Annie''. Alice appears [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51v8Wtd8QYQ here on YouTube] in an undated "children's" show with Charles Nelson Reilly and that guy who played the evil Dr. Smith on the TV-series ''Lost In Space''. | ||
− | <table><tr><td>She | + | <table><tr><td>She played shop-teacher Mrs. Murdock in the 1978 movie ''Grease'' starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta. You can see her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8jIP5RXE6s here] on YouTube. She was also in the 1978 movie ''Rabbit Test'' with [[Paul Lynde]] which was very bad. |
In 1986/7 she became a regular on the TV-series ''Designing Women'' as the eccentric "Bernice Clifton", for which she received an Emmy nomination in 1992. She appeared sporadically on that show until the show was cancelled in 1993. Watch one of her most memorable episodes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTI_EawgRD8 here] on YouTube, and another one [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g9p-Y_nBdc here]. | In 1986/7 she became a regular on the TV-series ''Designing Women'' as the eccentric "Bernice Clifton", for which she received an Emmy nomination in 1992. She appeared sporadically on that show until the show was cancelled in 1993. Watch one of her most memorable episodes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTI_EawgRD8 here] on YouTube, and another one [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g9p-Y_nBdc here]. |