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Alice Ghostley
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Actor Born: August 14, 1926 in Eve, MO Death: September 21, 2007 in Studio City, CA Biography:Born in Missouri and educated at the University of Oklahoma, Alice Ghostley created a sensation in her first Broadway production, "New Faces of 1952". In the company of such powerhouse co-stars as Paul Lynde, Robert Clary and Carol Lawrence, Ghostley stole the show with her plaintive renditions of the satirical ballads "The Boston Beguine" and "Time for Tea." Within a year of "New Faces", she was headlined in the film version of that popular revue and was cast as a regular on the network-TV series "Freedom Ring". Ghostley has been convulsing audiences ever since, playing a rich variety of man-chasing bachelorettes, overprotective mothers and dotty neighbors. While most of her film appearances have been in comedies ("Viva Max!", "The Graduate", "Grease"), Ghostley proved quite effective in the comparatively straight role of Stephanie Crawford in "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962). In 1965, she won a Tony... Full Biography
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