- Her death on September 21, 2007 left Bernard Fox as the last surviving adult cast member of Bewitched (1964). Fox played Dr. Bombay in eighteen episodes of the series between 1966 and 1972. Fox passed away in 2016.
- Accepted the Best Actress Oscar in 1969 on Maggie Smith's behalf for Ms. Smith's performance in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). Ms. Smith was in London on Academy Awards night, and Ms. Ghostley filled in since the two actresses had previously starred together on Broadway in "New Faces of 1956."
- Was partially inspired to become an entertainer by a cousin who was a tightrope walker for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
- In one scene of The Graduate (1967), she had a cameo appearance with Marion Lorne. Two years later, her character Esmeralda on Bewitched (1964) should fill the void after Lorne, playing Aunt Clara, had suddenly died in 1968.
- Ghostley, who became a regular as the insecure Aunt Esmerelda, actually made her first appearance on "Bewitched" as a bumbling mortal maid. The producers were so impressed with her that they created Esmerelda for her, the Stephen's babysitter who disappeared either fully or partially when she felt inadequate or upset.
- According to her friend Kaye Ballard, she was actually born in 1924 and made herself two years younger.
- Her father was a telegraph operator.
- She earned a Tony nomination as Best Featured Actress in a Play for her various characterizations in "The Beauty Part" in 1963, and won the award in 1965 for Lorraine Hansberry's "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window."
- Friends with Elizabeth Montgomery.
- Alice and her husband, Felice Orlandi, both made guest appearances on Hogan's Heroes.
- Although she was billed as a "special guest star" in her recurring role, Ghostley made more appearances on Designing Women (1986) than credited cast members Jan Hooks, Julia Duffy, and Judith Ivey.
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