Group: rec.arts.theatre.musicals
From: VINCE
Date: Sunday, September 23, 2007 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: RIP +Alice Ghostley+ Broadway and Television Actress Dead At 81

Jeanne Douglas wrote:

> In article < $ @ >,
> VINCE wrote:
>
>
>>Stephen Farrow wrote:
>>
>>
>>>VINCE wrote:
>>>
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>>>>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/
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>>>>> /2007/09/22/arts/television/ ?ref=tele
>>>>>vision
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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.
>
One very funny scene that comes to mind is when Meshach Taylor's Anthony
Bouvier got all upset when he had enough of all the women's stuff they
would discuss in front of him.

The one thing that was a waste is where Suzanne Sugarbaker got her own
show the only highlight being a cameo of Jamie Farr once again in drag.

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