Alice Hirson

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Known For

Acting

Born

1929-03-10

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA
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Alice Hirson

Biography

Alice Hirson (March 10, 1929 – February 14, 2025) was an American actress best known for her roles on television. She began her career on stage, before roles on daytime soap operas. She was best known for her roles as Mavis Anderson in the CBS prime time soap opera Dallas and as Lois Morgan, the mother of the title character on the ABC sitcom Ellen.

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Acting History

2017
Will & Grace as Justice Ginsburg (voice)
2010
Starstruck as Grandma Olson
2008
The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Mimsy
2006
The Lost as Mrs. Griffith
2003
Cold Case as Judy McShane
2001
The Glass House as Mrs. Morgan
2001
Determination of Death as Edith
2000
Psyko Ferret as Old Lady Veinous (voice)
1999
Judging Amy as Alison Loomis
1997
Just Shoot Me! as Helen Korsh
1996
7th Heaven as Jenny Jackson
1994
ER as Mrs. Anderson
1994
Ellen as Lois Morgan
1993
NYPD Blue as Karen Redding
1993
Stepmonster as Shirley
1992
Home Fires as Grandma
1990
Psycho IV: The Beginning as Mother (voice)
1990
Law & Order as Jewel
1989
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
The Big Picture as Mrs. Chapman
1988
Murphy Brown as Bootsie Sherwood
1988
Dear John as Mrs. Morris
1987
Full House as Claire Tanner
1987
Bride of Boogedy as Mrs. Hooter
1987
Blind Date as Muriel Bedford
1986
Starman as Ida Schwartzman
1986
If Tomorrow Comes as Mrs. Stanhope
1986
Matlock as Hazel
1986
Diary of a Perfect Murder as Hazel
1986
Crossings as Eleanor Roosevelt
1984
Mass Appeal as Mrs. Hart
1984
Revenge of the Nerds as Mrs. Lowe
1983
Trauma Center
1982
Miss All-American Beauty as Marjorie Butterfield
1982
St. Elsewhere as Anne Overland
1982
Hotel as Helen Riley
1982
The Rules of Marriage as Eva Hewlitt
1980
Private Benjamin as Mrs. Thornbush
1980
When the Whistle Blows
1980
If Things Were Different as Karen Evans
1979
Being There as First Lady
1979
Paris as Mrs. Dalton
1979
Nightwing as Claire Franklin
1979
The Ropers
1978
A Woman Called Moses as Miss Rodham
1978
Taxi as Woman Customer
1978
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force as Psychiatrist
1978
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid as Beth Dozier
1978
Dallas as Mavis Anderson
1978
Loose Change as Rosemary
1977
Having Babies II as Mimi
1977
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn as Judge White
1977
The Death of Richie as Mrs. Blair
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Jane Davis
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Mrs. Foyt
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Professor Emerson
1975
Barney Miller as Dorothy St. Clair
1973
Barnaby Jones as Emily Warren
1972
The Waltons as Jane Stephens
1972
Particular Men
1971
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight as The Mayor's Wife
1956
The Edge of Night
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Mrs. Hooter
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Judge Rosenstiel