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|---|---|
| Gladys Kravitz | |
| Biographical Information | |
| Name | Gladys Gruber Kravitz |
| Residence | 1168 Morning Glory Circle Westport, Connecticut |
| Occupation | Homemaker Community Volunteer |
| Species | Mortal |
| Relationship Information | |
| Spouse | Abner Kravitz (married 1935)[1] |
| Family | Louis Gruber (brother)[2] Sister (Tommy's mother, mentioned) Mother (mentioned)[3] |
| Relatives | Tommy (nephew, sister's son)[4] Julius Cushman (cousin)[5] Harriet Kravitz (sister-in-law) Nancy Kravitz (niece) Floyd Kravitz (nephew) Edgar (nephew)[6] Flash Kravitz (nephew)[7] Seymour (nephew)[8] Sidney Kravitz[9] Other nieces and nephews |
| Character Information | |
| Portrayer | Alice Pearce (1964-1966) Sandra Gould Bewitched (1966-1971) Tabitha (1977) |
| First Episode | Be It Ever So Mortgaged |
| Last Episode | Laugh, Clown, Laugh (Bewitched) The Arrival of Nancy (Tabitha) |
| Episode Count | 57 (Bewitched)
1 (Tabitha) |
| Image Gallery | |
Gladys Kravitz is Samantha's and Darrin's neighbor on Morning Glory Circle in Westport, Connecticut. She and her husband Abner live across the street.
About[]
Gladys Gruber Kravitz is extremely nosy, frequently peeking through her curtains at the Stephenses' home. She is convinced that there is something strange going on in their household (and indeed there is, for Samantha Stephens often uses witchcraft that creates unusual events, and the Stephens' witch-and-warlock relatives come and go from the house), and she would yell ABNER!, referring to her husband, although she can never adequately prove her assertions to him.
Kravitz's nosiness, her frustration at never being able to convince her husband or other neighbors of the odd behavior across the street, and the difficulties she causes the Stephenses are all recurring themes on Bewitched. Samantha Stephens always comes up with a fabricated reason why Gladys Kravitz had seen what she had seen, and Gladys can never prove to others that there is anything beyond the ordinary happening at the Stephenses', which causes her no end of annoyance and causes her to question her own impressions and even her sanity. Sometimes, however, when Gladys and her nosiness goes way too far, especially when it involves any city officials or the police, Samantha utters, in anger, that the trouble is "some more of Gladys Kravitz's handiwork!"
Gladys is one of the few, if not only, mortal characters to see through Samantha and Darrin's ruse. She clearly knows that there is something strange going on, even if she is not entirely sure of the source of the oddities. In contrast, Darrin's boss Larry Tate has frequent contact with Samantha and Darrin and never suspects a thing. Gladys is the one mortal who is observant (or nosy) enough to notice the effects of witchcraft at the Stephenses' home, even though no one in the Stephens family ever admits to Gladys that Samantha is a witch.
Many years later, Nancy Kravitz, Gladys' niece, goes to visit her old childhood friend, Tabitha, in Los Angeles and not long after, Gladys and Abner soon show up. Much like she had with her mother, Gladys does not much approve of Tabitha (she thought of her as a bad influence on Nancy), and was still as nosy as ever. She also ran afoul of Tabitha's Aunt Minerva.
Bewitched Episodes[]
Alice Pearce Episodes[]
Sandra Gould Episodes[]
| Episode | Airdate |
|---|---|
| Endora Moves in for a Spell | October 20, 1966 |
| Twitch or Treat | October 27, 1966 |
| The Short, Happy Circuit of Aunt Clara | November 10, 1966 |
| My Friend Ben | December 8, 1966 |
| Samantha for the Defense | December 15, 1966 |
| Soapbox Derby | December 29, 1966 |
| The Crone of Cawdor | March 16, 1967 |
| Nobody but a Frog Knows How to Live | April 27, 1967 |
| Double, Double, Toil and Trouble | September 28, 1967 |
| A Safe and Sane Halloween | October 26, 1967 |
| Allergic to Macedonian Dodo Birds | November 16, 1967 |
| Samantha's Thanksgiving to Remember | November 23, 1967 |
| My, What Big Ears You Have | December 7, 1967 |
| I Confess | April 4, 1968 |
| Samantha's Secret Saucer | April 18, 1968 |
| Splitsville | May 16, 1968 |
| Samantha's Wedding Present | September 26, 1968 |
| Weep No More My Willow | December 19, 1968 |
| Samantha the Bard | January 30, 1969 |
| Daddy Does His Thing | April 4, 1969 |
| You're So Agreeable | December 11, 1969 |
| Santa Comes to Visit and Stays and Stays | December 18, 1969 |
| Tabitha's Very Own Samantha | January 29, 1970 |
| Samantha's Pet Warlock | November 19, 1970 |
| Mary the Good Fairy | January 21, 1971 |
| The Good Fairy Strikes Again | January 28, 1971 |
| This Little Piggie | February 25, 1971 |
| Darrin Goes Ape | March 11, 1971 |
| Laugh, Clown, Laugh | April 15, 1971 |
Tabitha Episodes[]
Trivia[]
- The first episode to be filmed with Alice Pearce was "Be It Ever So Mortgaged" with the last being "Baby's First Paragraph" before she died on March 3, 1966. However, her last appearance in the series was "Prodigy" which had been filmed earlier in 1965 and was presented as a flashback.
- Sandra Gould's first appearance in the role was "Endora Moves in for a Spell" and her last Bewitched episode was "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" with a later appearance in the Tabitha episode "The Arrival of Nancy".
- Alice Pearce and George Tobias played nearly the same roles in the 1966 MGM Doris Day film, The Glass Bottom Boat. The couple play Mr. and Mrs. Fenimore, Doris Day's character's neighbors and do some of the very same schtick.
References[]
- ↑ Illegal Separation
- ↑ Prodigy
- ↑ Follow That Witch (Part 1)
- ↑ A Safe and Sane Halloween
- ↑ My Baby, the Tycoon
- ↑ Baby's First Paragraph
- ↑ Soapbox Derby
- ↑ Tabitha's Very Own Samantha - no mention is made about which side of the family Seymour is from.
- ↑ Mary, the Good Fairy