Group: rec.arts.theatre.musicals
From: Jeanne Douglas
Date: Sunday, September 23, 2007 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: RIP +Alice Ghostley+ Broadway and Television Actress Dead At 81

In article < $ @ >,
VINCE wrote:

> Stephen Farrow wrote:
>
> > VINCE wrote:
> >
> >> Candide wrote:
> >>
> >>> Alice Ghostley, "Esmeralda" In TV's 'Bewitched,' Dead At 81
> >>> by Jim Brogan
> >>>
> >>> Alice Ghostley, the Tony Award-winning actress who was probably best
> >>> known for her roles on television as Esmeralda in "Bewitched" and
> >>> Bernice in "Designing Women," has died.
> >>> Alice Ghostley passed away yesterday at her home in Studio City,
> >>> California, after a long battle with colon cancer and a series of
> >>> strokes, She was 81.
> >>>
> >>> Ghostley appeared as Esmeralda, Samantha's "Yoo Hoo" maid, in 15
> >>> episodes.
> >>>
> >>> /news/original/
> >>>
> >>> /2007/09/22/arts/television/ ?ref=tele
> >>> vision
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> >>>
> >>>
> >> Sorry to hear that she was a hoot on "Designing Women,"
> >> "Blackman,Blackman"
> >>
> >
> > There was *nothing* funny about "Designing Women".
> >
> I beg to differ

So do I; it's in my all-time top 10 faves.

--
JD

"...if you think the 'Star Wars' prequels are a disease, then
'Serenity' is the cure."