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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1929-03-10 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For

Acting

2017

Will & Grace as Justice Ginsburg (voice)

2010

Starstruck as Grandma Olson

2008

2006

The Lost as Mrs. Griffith

2003

Cold Case as Judy McShane

2001

The Glass House as Mrs. Morgan

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
Ellen as Lois Morgan

1993

Stepmonster as Shirley

1992

Home Fires as Grandma

1990

Psycho IV: The Beginning as Mother (voice)
Law & Order as Jewel

1989

The Big Picture as Mrs. Chapman

1988

Dear John as Mrs. Morris
Murphy Brown as Bootsie Sherwood

1987

Blind Date as Muriel Bedford
Bride of Boogedy as Mrs. Hooter
Full House as Claire Tanner

1986

If Tomorrow Comes as Mrs. Stanhope
Starman as Ida Schwartzman

1984

Mass Appeal as Mrs. Hart

1983

1982

Miss All-American Beauty as Marjorie Butterfield
The Rules of Marriage as Eva Hewlitt
St. Elsewhere as Anne Overland

1980

Private Benjamin as Mrs. Thornbush

1979

Being There as First Lady
Nightwing as Claire Franklin

1978

Loose Change as Rosemary
Dallas as Mavis Anderson
Taxi as Woman Customer
A Woman Called Moses as Miss Rodham

1977

The Death of Richie as Mrs. Blair

1976

1975

Barney Miller as Dorothy St. Clair

1972

The Waltons as Jane Stephens

1971

1956

1954