Alice Beardsley(1925-2019)

Actress

Born in Richmond, Virginia, Alice Beardsley stepped a stage at the early age of 12. The event took place in the festival hall of her junior high school. Disguised as a witch, she enjoyed playing the villain in 'Hansel and Gretel'. And that was not to be a flash in the pan. Alice wanted to be a professional actress and she did become one. Indeed after graduating from the University of Iowa she studied acting very seriously, notably with Stella Adler. In 1955, she performed her first play in New York (she was Maggie in 'Eastward in Eden') and many, many plays were to follow on or off Broadway and in other places. Alice Beardsley also played bit parts in six movies (one of which is Woody Allen's 'Zelig') and appeared in several episodes of TV series like 'Naked City' 'U.S. Steel Hour' and 'American Playhouse', but her main activity remained theater.

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Known for

Zelig

7.6

Telephone Operator

1983

*batteries not included

6.6

Nurse

1987

Too Far to Go

7.2

TV Movie

Clerk

1979

American Playhouse

7.3

TV Series

Melva

Credits

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Actress

*batteries not included
6.6
- Nurse
- 1987
Search for Tomorrow
7.1
TV Series
- Rose Honnicutt
- 1983
Zelig
7.6
- Telephone Operator
- 1983
American Playhouse
7.3
TV Series
- Melva
- 1983
Honky Tonk Freeway
5.2
- Betty Boo Radley
- 1981
Promises in the Dark
6.5
- Mrs. Keyes
- 1979
Too Far to Go
7.2
TV Movie
- Clerk
- 1979
Trio
Short
- 1976
The Shopping Bag Lady
8.4
TV Movie
- Woman in park
- 1976
Where the Lilies Bloom
7.2
- Goldie Pease
- 1974
The Tiger Makes Out
5.8
- Kentucky Neighbor
- 1967
Car 54, Where Are You?
7.7
TV Series
- Gloria Harper (uncredited)
- 1962
Naked City
8.2
TV Series
- Bookkeeper
- 1962
The Edge of Night
7.8
TV Series
- Switchboard Operator (1975)
- 1956–1984

Personal details

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Born
- March 28, 1925
- Richmond, Virginia, USA
Died
- February 3, 2019
- Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA
Spouse
- Norman K Garber1993 - ?

Did you know

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Quotes
My debut as the Witch in Hansel & Gretel was so memorable an experience, and so heady, that I'm sure it was the seed that settled in my heart to make me an actress forever. While filming Where the Lilies Bloom, in Boone, N.C., I was introduced to quilting by a lady in the hills with a still in the backyard and my life has been enriched by that hobby. I have made many quilts and never seem to tire of starting another. I also enjoy braiding rugs as our early Americans did. These crafts seem to suit my 100-year-old house in Westchester and my cottage by the sea in the Hamptons.