Mrs Kravitz Believes She's Got Magical Powers | Bewitched

[@divox9pqr]

She was blessed by being a comic actress whose timing and physicality were second to none. Lucile Ball had that same kind of genius. Also her professional demeanor was exemplary. Wherever she is now, let it be known that she is missed and is so appreciated for the hours of joy she brought to her audiences.

[@carolinen5396]

Mrs. Kravitz's facial expressions were hilarious.

[@stmichl9433]

Yeah Alice Pearce was the best. She had a plastic face which is excellent for comedy. She could screw up her face like no one else and express shock, horror and incredulence like no one else could. A truly underrated and remarkable character actress.

[@williammials6080]

She was dying right before our eyes! What a brave trooper to go through cancer treatments in the early 60's and still be able to will herself to work! RIP sweetie!

[@marinazagrai1623]

We can't even fathom the pain she was going through wihh her cancer, and still be as brilliant as she was!

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

It's a dreadful disease

[@watchgoose]

she was not diagnosed with cancer until 1995. This series was long before that.

[@jeffharder8706]

@@watchgoose sorry slick, but she DIED in 1996…you’re way off

[@kathleenkishkabibbles2759]

@@watchgoose That's a lie. She was diagnosed before she started the show and didn't tell any of her costars. She suffered till she died in 1966. Don't know where you got 1995 from! The second Mrs. Kravitz?

[@stmichl9433]

@@kathleenkishkabibbles2759 yes Alice Pearce the first Mrs Kravitz died in the late 60s! Not sure where people get the 90s from? Alice would've already been middle-aged in the 60s!!! She was such a brilliant character actress and I don't think people appreciate how much value and significance actors like her brought to the show. Betwitched wouldn't have been the same without the wonderful facial expressions, shrieks, screams and Google-eyed wonderment and curiosity of the brilliant Alice Pearce and her creation: Gladys Kravitz. Was there ever a better name for a gossipy neighbour than "Gladys Kravitz"? Sheer brilliance. All of it.

[@marina5460]

What a great actress Alice Pearce was ... She was very funny. Her character was one of the best in Bewitched ... How sad that she died at such an early age ... Every time I see her she makes me laugh. The other actress who played Gladys Kravitz did the best she could, but could never equal or less surpass Alice Pearce

[@bradyryan5105]

Well said. Alice made the character more believable

[@NaturalDivineGoddess]

*"Of all the ears of rhe world.. Mines have been chosen to hear the secrets of life."* Mrs. Kravitz was such a ray of hope 😂🤣😭

[@christinecarrington9006]

I'm glad Alice was able to make her mark on the world before she passed, I read she knew she had terminal Cancer before she got the part..We sure Loved her! Thank you Alice!

[@trojanjustin9961]

Alice Pearce was really excellent in this role.

[@waltertomaszewski1083]

TrojanJustin She was one of the bravest persons I’ve known of. She had been diagnosed as having terminal cancer even before she landed the role of Gladys Kravitz. She kept it a secret from the other cast members, probably until the weight loss became severely apparent - meaning she was so far gone that neither she nor anyone else could ignore it any more. How she could have been so professional in the face of impending death tells me she was morally strong - probably more so than I ever would be, were I in her situation.

[@ronaldmarshall4461]

@@waltertomaszewski1083 áAÁA

[@jacquelinerussell8530]

@@waltertomaszewski1083 i thought she learned she had cancer while she was playing the role Thx for the info

[@janlovesmany6058]

I agree. I think she was the best for this part..

[@LegoPostPresidency]

Indeed Amazing Actress Died to Soon

[@tdickensheets]

Alice appeared as Mrs. Kravitz for the first two seasons of Bewitched and had already been diagnosed with terminal cancer prior to shooting even beginning. Somehow, though, she willed herself to continue working, pushing ever forward and shooting her last episode, “Prodigy,” a few months before it actually aired. Sadly, Alice died on March 3, 1966, at the age of 48. Herbie J Pilato, author of numerous classic TV books, including several definitive works on Bewitched, explains, “Both Elizabeth Montgomery and then-husband William Asher, the show’s main director and producer, adored Alice Pearce and were devastated when the actress died. Pearce had suffered from cancer for a good portion of the second season of Bewitched. If the last few episodes of the second year are viewed closely, it is clear that the disease had taken its toll on the actress. She was painfully thin and, to bulk her up, the wardrobe department outfitted her with additional layers of clothing. It was a bitter-sweet moment when Pearce, who was nominated for an Emmy for her role, won that year, posthumously. Her [second] husband, director Paul Davis, accepted the award on behalf of his wife.” doyouremember.com/126352/what-happened-mrs-kravitz-from-bewitched

[@dianetheisen8664]

Thank you for the info on the great Alice Pearce. I figured she must have died when she was replaced on 'Bewitched', but didn't know details, such as her age when she passed away or the cause of death.

[@sage4nowty129]

So very sad!! Rest in Peace.

[@Stacie-XO]

This was one of the best clips EVER 🤣 I loved Gladys she was a great character ✨💛

[@judd442009]

Gladys: "I have no imagination...you are from Venus."

[@Marchant2]

That is one of the most brilliant scenes I’ve ever seen on that show.

[@tristaryul]

Their acting in this scene is just brilliant

[@jeffharder8706]

The BEST role for her. The epitome of the nosey neighbor.

[@carolgarza2023]

I have a really nice but super nosey neighbor. I call HIM, yes HIM Gladys Kravitz 🤠😁🤠

[@larrybaby9377]

A fantastic vignette on the psychology of belief and judgement formation. It has everything: gaslighting, gossip, uneconomical hypothesis formation, appeal to authority, appeal to vanity, indubitable sensory evidence, appeal to the zeitgeist, introspective fallibility, probabilistic inference, and more I am sure. Amusing writing for the times. Great performance!

[@MsJoyce31202]

👍

[@georgeplagianos6487]

Well 🤔I think I agree with you😳 after all this psychological mumbo-jumbo you just here maybe it sounds right

[@stmichl9433]

Bewitched prefigures some of the great conversations of our own times in this way. In many ways it is a show about the disclosure of supernatural phenomena (UFOs and advanced intelligences) which was both a big topic at the time and has now become even more "phenomenal." Woven into the narrative are so many themes such as feminism, fear of "other", homosexuality and difference which all play upon and are part of the archaic revival threads of topics which were certainly quite taboo at the time of the production of the show and even now remain very much part of an alternative new age sub-culture. Like all great and influential art forms, it was both within the zeitgeist of its time and also way ahead of its time.

[@lino0047]

Alice Pierce was the best Mrs Kravitz . no doubt . just loved her

[@kenw.1112]

Alice RIP. You were so awesome!!!! The very best!!!

[@rma3_3_3]

She worked this show even tho she was getting very sick until it became impossible for her to work anymore -

[@wrh41]

This scene shows what great writing and acting can accomplish with a simple set, two actors, and minimal special effects.

[@kerrykeene6471]

Alice Piece was excellent, despite her disease. Sam had to teach Mrs. Kravitz a lesson about what happens when people snoop. It just so happens that Sam has a unique way of doing it. Unfortunately,, what Sam told her got out of control and she had to act. Boy did she. Funny episode, but Gladys never learned to mind her own business. 😀

[@Wiley_Coyote]

I've always wondered if Gladys noticed Darrin's face change and thought something strange was going on. Then again, hers did too.

[@thinkthensend9228]

I made a meme of original Gladys on the phone in Stephen’s kitchen asking, who is this please? The second frame was second Gladys on the phone in her own front room asking, Well! Who is this?

[@huwmordecai6209]

Does anyone else feel sorry for Mrs Kravitz? She's the victim of some powerful mind games.

[@georgeplagianos6487]

You're right Miss Kravitz is being put through a mind f%#k. Poor thing she's so gullible, being manipulated by Sam is sort of uncomfortable to see her being played with. But it was a great skit nevertheless

[@Thierry_Nawar]

@@georgeplagianos6487 Not just uncomfortable. In the real world, this would be emotional abuse.

[@neinundnein6358]

By no means can I feel sorry for her. On the contrary, I think she's a brilliant character. She acts her role so well, that she came all the time into my mind when I've thought about this series. And that Abner suits her as a counterpart perfectly! Remember: acting a comic character well is one of the most difficult things - so they say.

[@SirManfly]

@@neinundnein6358 i did like her but she was a bit of a peeping tom !

[@georgeplagianos6487]

@@Thierry_Nawar yes you're right I just come to think your correct realizing that especially during this to an older person.. I don't know what the age difference is between the two

[@NaturalDivineGoddess]

*"37??"* 😂🤣😭

[@sage4nowty129]

This was my favorite Mrs. Kravitz! Alice Pearce was excellent in this role!!

[@cheneethompson5756]

This Mrs Kravitz was brilliantly hilarious!

[@tommunyon2874]

This was the first "Bewitched" episode I ever watched. I had to see it at my friend's house. My mother wouldn't let us watch it at home.

[@dianetheisen8664]

Too bad. This was a great, entertaining show.

[@georgeplagianos6487]

@@dianetheisen8664 it's not only entertaining but sort of examining how people's minds and skepticism can run away with them giving them panic attacks and easily label people as a witch, a sort of Outsider, gay or black, Asian etc. Somebody that is not like us. But in this case all her paranoia and skepticism is real and her mind is not playing tricks when she sees strange un normal things happening right in front of your eyes.. It shows the never ending struggle of people confused but striving to be tolerant of differences in each other. But she gets overcomed was paranoid and suspicion when she senses little quirks in other people. this how I take this show. This was during the time of racial Strife in Injustice and not trusting or given an equal chance with people who are different

[@romanikkoralph1553]

Why won't your mother let you watch it?

[@tommunyon2874]

@@romanikkoralph1553 She had very selective tastes in entertainment. I think she thought the premise was too ridiculous. She came back from a show in 1955 in which someone had done an impression of Elvis. She said to my father that she thought Elvis "stunk" so she didn't think the impression was funny. It was still about two or three years before we got out own TV, so I didn't have any idea who Elvis was.

[@romanikkoralph1553]

@@tommunyon2874 oh I feel sorry for you sir😔

[@antimatterwave3747]

When i think alice was dying, i admire more. A very positive woman!

[@cynthiasmith4130]

She is a riot!!! I love this show.. I use to watch it when I would come home from school!!! Endora is just beautiful, Uncle Arthur is a stich!! I just love him.....Dick York is the best Darrin... I watch it all the time, and record it.. It's such a wonderful, funny show, it bring's me back to my childhood.. ❤️❤️❤️.. 👍👍..

[@smadm2437]

Flattery will get you out of most sticky situations 🤣

[@nancyhowell4505]

This was a terrific episode! Too bad it's not the full episode. What happened to Mr. Kravitz and how Samantha got Gladys to quit "doing magic" was one of the best scenes in the series, in my opinion. A big surprise and shock! 👏👍👍😲😄

[@bryan3dguitar]

I'd love to see that full episode.

[@kenw.1112]

Alice Was supreme! No one could act that part like her! She. Died way to early from cancer. She was the best!!!!

[@thinkthensend9228]

Way to early is one place to another. Do you know the way to early?

[@NycCuban]

Mrs Kravitz is the only mortal who saw through Samantha. She really was no fool

[@eijiniizuma6184]

Samantha gaslighted her consistently

[@NycCuban]

@@eijiniizuma6184 , but Gladys knew

[@dianetheisen8664]

I like the 1st Gladys, Alice Pearce, better than her replacement. Now, having said that, I couldn't her snooping, spying, etc., and I am sorry to say that if I was Samantha, I'd turn her into a toad and be done with it!

[@StakeJade]

"We're a peace loving world." Yeah... right! LOL

[@MsJoyce31202]

🤭

[@pattym9182]

Well don't forget, she DID immediately specify that "we have problems" right after saying that!

[@chelseagirl278]

That burgundy chair in the living room is gorgeous!!

[@NaturalDivineGoddess]

*"Thought waves can work wonders, especially from an intelligent fertile mind like yours."* Samantha is my twin flame 💖💞

[@eduardo_corrochio]

It's "mind over matter", a very old expression.

[@hebneh]

Poor Mrs. Kravitz was going to be mighty disappointed when she wouldn’t be able to replicate her magic later, I’m sure.

[@02chevyguy]

The seance is a hoot!

[@thinkthensend9228]

Funny how I think Gladys is still thought of when a person is being nosy even to this day.

[@jamied8678]

It's Gladice not Glady

[@jeffpetrie7744]

Gladys Kravitz. Such a perfect gossip/nosey neighbor!

[@contraryMV]

Oh darn ... I wanted to see her try and convince Abner 😆

[@claramanana7463]

"I have no imagination" that was really funny..

[@lynsavage6456]

gaslighting

[@faithfulforever6331]

Of course, Gladys Kravitz had the power! How else would Abner Kravitz have married her? "AAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

[@bryan3dguitar]

And little has been said about Abner's performance.

[@blondelefant2119]

Samantha was spitting that knowledge right under people noses! They really wasn't ready Sam! 👃 🤣

[@christinecarrington9006]

Alice was pure FUNNY 🤣

[@len1991100]

The best Gladys ever, Sandra Gould was nice, but Alice Pearce was excellent

[@jamied8678]

Gladice everybody keeps saying Gladys

[@len1991100]

What???

[@muna5013]

They keep doing Mrs. Kravitz so dirty all of the time lol.

[@georgeplagianos6487]

Yes you're right it seems cruel what they do with her playing games with Alice's mine

[@MarshaLove0723]

Normally, I'd agree with you, but if I found my neighbor sneaking around my property and peeping in my windows, well... With Sam's powers, making her believe she was seeing things and doing a Jedi Mind Trick on her is mild. LOL!

[@selinaoakley3613]

Fantastic writing and delivery

[@Just-a-guy926]

It’s sad to know Alice Pierce had cancer when this was filmed.

[@nysavvy9241]

Poor Gladys...no one believes her and everyone's messing with her...but it sure was funny and so was Alice Pearce in this role.

[@jamied8678]

It's Gladice lol

[@nysavvy9241]

@@jamied8678 No I got it correct.

[@LoesserOf2Evils]

Sometimes she snooped; other times, she stumbled into an incident. After awhile it becomes impossible to ignore all the incidents. They are no longer coincidences, and one wants to understand what really goes on. I know Bewitched is just a sitcom, but I wish in retrospect Mrs. Kravitz had been better treated notwithstanding the dream in which Mrs. Kravitz finds out.

[@stanloretta92]

I don't know what else they could've done, though- in that dream, it's established that if Mrs. Kravitz does find out the truth, Samantha and Tabitha ultimately end up being taken by the government.

[@LoesserOf2Evils]

@@stanloretta92, yes, I know. If the Stephens had let Mrs. Kravitz know the truth, it certainly would have ruined her as a character. In fact, the show did an episode on that theme: the Stephens tell all their mortal friends. Larry turns out to be megalomaniacal and wants to take over the entire world. The Kravitzes turn the neighborhood into a spectacle. Everyone, friends, family*, and strangers alike, petition for wishes. The federal government tries to get Samantha to join in the Cold War against the Soviet Union; and move them to a military base for their own protection. Fortunately, it’s just a dream Samantha conjures up on Darren. (“I Confess.”) There are other episodes: Aunt Clara’s Thanksgiving zap. The witches as troubadours. The four witchly Stephens children. The Kravitzes would have been dropped, no doubt, because the comedic tension would have been lost. But another nosy neighbor probably would have been introduced in their stead. Still, over the years I’ve become disappointed on how Mrs. Kravitz was treated, and I wish something could have been done about that. But I have understood all along nothing could have. Thanks for your comments. Footnote * Darren’s family, that is.

[@maryamgish3841]

Love love her☘️💕🌷

[@Paulocamposak]

Poor mrs. Kravtz!

[@robertnovoa341]

I guess a witch is also a liar, pretty wicked 🙄

[@williammials6080]

IMO....The show was never the same once she left!

[@ValkyrieRiderIPT]

Like the Andy Griffith Show after Barney Fife left.

[@blondelefant2119]

This show will forever be timeless

[@greeneyeswideopen774]

Gaslighting extraordinaire

[@bea4790]

This was my favourite episode

[@humps678]

Serves Gladys Kravitz right for being nosy.

[@babybree175]

Same loves messing with Gladys way too much

[@Pad929]

This show would have been changed forever if Samantha had told Gladys the truth. But then, we would not have heard "Abner! Abner!" for the rest of the series. 🤣

[@Wiley_Coyote]

Ah. Gladys #1. Both were good.

[@marinazagrai1623]

I realize she had blue eyes...I only remember this show in b/w.

[@dianetheisen8664]

They switched to color. Also some black and white episodes were colorized for the DVDs. They also colorized some 'I Love Lucy' episodes for some TV specials--Another great show, by the way.

[@thinkthensend9228]

She actually had hazel eyes. They didn’t color them correctly

[@marinazagrai1623]

@@dianetheisen8664 I grew up in Communism, so we only had b/w…only after the inevitable fall of that misery did the country start selling color TVs…and I can go on…we didn’t have anything the West had (the Party controlled everything and anything the West had was evil…but they had everything they wished for, the pigs). I know, I went on…

[@ericalg8187]

Great one Samantha! 🤣🤣

[@stephenstumbke1721]

She had a lovely smile

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Remember, we want peace! 😂😂😂

[@adrianokury]

Fantastic actresses and brilliant writing!

[@Swampzoid]

I love how she's gets jumpy and spooked

[@bryan3dguitar]

And squeaks when she jumps!

[@jasonluong3862]

I didn’t know Mrs. Kravitz had green hair. She might be nosy but she was a trendsetter ahead of her time.

[@ast-og-losta]

I have no imagination! lol;)

[@daddygrace253]

Samantha drove poor Gladys Kravitz crazy.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Alice Pearce was fantastic in this role and no one can replace her comedic skills after she passed away in 1966. RIP, Gladys aka Alice.

[@maryannthobe6512]

Mrs.Kravitz drives Abner up the wall and he wants her to take her medicine

[@izzyci]

it's funny because everyone knew a Gladys on their street

[@patriciajrs46]

I love Elizabeth Montgomery.

[@bryan3dguitar]

Under-rated comedic actress. And easy on the eyes.

[@umangprajapati8482]

Why dont you upload full episode

[@markjohnson9455]

Either Sam is good at lying or Ms. Kravitz is looney.

[@dianetheisen8664]

A bit of both? Maybe?

[@babybree175]

Both..cause wow

[@stmichl9433]

@@babybree175 Was Gladys Looney? I don't think so. Everything she witnessed was true! They really were doing magic and she caught them but no one believed her. Perhaps Gladys was the most sane person on the show and the most perceptive? Gladys was the "human witch" on the show! She was Super-intuitive and perceptive!

[@LoesserOf2Evils]

@@stmichl9433, I agree.

[@johnball8758]

Gladys, uncle Arthur and especially aunt Clara made the show.

[@SheilaRoberson-bh3yb]

Full show

[@greenaapplesketki]

Well..well..well... I got this amazing idea to handle stupid nose peepers around me .. thanks 🤣

[@georgiasmith64]

She's lucky Endora didn't change her into a shrill tornado siren

[@soniadrummond2169]

Favorite

[@JoyJonas]

Samantha gaslights Gladys Kravitz.

[@stanloretta92]

Moral of the story: don't spy on your neighbors and they won't gaslight you!

[@winnie2639]

Mettez en francais merci

[@blondelefant2119]

Alice Pearce is a beast.

[@kerrykeene6471]

Endora planted a broom on Venus. She claimed it for the witches. 😀

[@BruceD-m3j]

Gaslighting at it's fullest

[@ginaguerra2122]

En español latino porfavor

[@begrateful6153]

This is the definition of “gaslighting” lol

[@stanloretta92]

Yes, but they wouldn't have gaslit her she not been snooping in the first place.

[@nagronwillneverdie7849]

Sam the gaslighter

[@stevenseverance3692]

I agree 💯👍 percent. The actress that replaced her didn't do the role justice. Sincerely yours Mr Severance, The Cake 🎉🎂🎈🥂🍰 Man & Loyal Bewitched Fan. I also liked the first 🥇 Darin played by Dick York better,it was ashamed he wasn't asked to continue because of Health Reasons ( Back).

[@josemanueldamasio89]

Gaslighting

[@susanamarchetti6794]

Lastima que no están en español.

[@bostonblackie9503]

This was cruel. Mrs Kravitz was not crazy. They had this woman suffer when their was nothing wrong with her.

[@eijiniizuma6184]

Mrs Kravitz shouldve minded her own business and stopped snooping on her neighbors she trespassed on the Stephens property multiple times throughout the run of the series.

[@artistjoh]

The original Mrs Kravitz, original Darrin, Endorra, and Aunt Clara made this show. All the Dr Bombays, Uncle Arthur, sister Sarina, second Darrin, and second Mrs Kravitz were just annoying, but this first Mrs Kravitz was a central part of why this show was magical. Well, it was magical up until they fired Dick York.

[@JoJo-gd8yz]

The female version of Barney Fife.

[@jasonluong3862]

Samantha should go into politics because she will be prodigious at convincing people that their votes count.

[@claribethdavis9614]

The original Karen...

[@savannahjoseph4968]

Reverse psychology 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😂

[@andymuratalla8398]

She was better then her replacement to bad Gladys Darrin and liouse were all replace but it wasn't the same after darrin was replace nobody can replace the original characters

[@جتاره]

👍🤣✌