Oh Get Out of Here You Crazy Fool...

My usual flipness gone, I am very sad today. Miss Alice Ghostley passed away.

A veteran actor, Miss Ghostley was a cast member on many television shows over the years. She played Aunt Esmarelda on "Bewitched" as well as the role for which most of us will remember her, the wacky Bernice Clifton on "Designing Women".



Bernice, the sometimes crazy, sometimes lucid friend and client of the Sugarbaker Design Firm. In episode after episode (24 in all) she entertained with her wacky views of life and with the occasional song.

Aside from her recurring television roles, she has appeared on the small screen since the late 50's in such shows as "Car 54, Where Are You," "Love, American Style," "Maude," (and again years later as Stan's Mother on 'Golden Girls' with Bea Arthur)and "Evening Shade".

Miss Ghostley also appeared in films such as "The Graduate" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" as well as the teacher of Auto Mechanics in "Grease".

She passed away at her home in Studio City, California.

Read her NY Times Obituary. Her long history of television and movie appearances can be viewed at IMDB

Despite my sadness at her passing there is one small piece of joy. She was on my list at Rotten Dead Pool. That's 2 out of 10 in as many months.