Alice Hirson
Birthday
1929/03/10
Day of death
2025/02/14 (96 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Alice C. Thorsell
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.
Acting
(1987) Blind Date
as Muriel Bedford
(1979) Being There
as First Lady
(1978) Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Psychiatrist
(1990) Psycho IV: The Beginning
as Mother (voice)
(1982) Miss All-American Beauty
as Marjorie Butterfield
(1979) Nightwing
as Claire Franklin
(1984) Mass Appeal
as Mrs. Hart
(1971) The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as The Mayor's Wife
(1987) Bride of Boogedy
as Mrs. Hooter
(2000) Psyko Ferret
as Old Lady Veinous (voice)
(1993) Stepmonster
as Shirley
(1984) Revenge of the Nerds
as Mrs. Lowe
(1980) Private Benjamin
as Mrs. Thornbush
(1989) The Big Picture
as Mrs. Chapman
(2010) Starstruck
as Grandma Olson
(1978) Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
as Beth Dozier
(1972) Particular Men
as ---
(2006) The Lost
as Mrs. Griffith
(1977) Having Babies II
as Mimi
(1986) Diary of a Perfect Murder
as Hazel
(1977) Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
as Judge White
(1977) The Death of Richie
as Mrs. Blair
(1980) If Things Were Different
as Karen Evans
(2001) The Glass House
as Mrs. Morgan
(1982) The Rules of Marriage
as Eva Hewlitt
(2001) Determination of Death
as Edith
(1999) Judging Amy
as Alison Loomis
(2003) Cold Case
as Judy McShane
(1979) The Ropers
as ---
(1989) Mancuso, F.B.I.
as ---
(1987) Full House
as Claire Tanner
(1978) Dallas
as Mavis Anderson
(1956) The Edge of Night
as ---
(2008) The Secret Life of the American Teenager
as Mimsy
(1996) 7th Heaven
as Jenny Jackson
(1994) ER
as Mrs. Anderson
(1979) Paris
as Mrs. Dalton
(1980) When the Whistle Blows
as ---
(1992) Home Fires
as Grandma
(1997) Just Shoot Me!
as Helen Korsh
(1978) Taxi
as Woman Customer
(1990) Law & Order
as Jewel
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mrs. Hooter
(1994) Ellen
as Lois Morgan
(1988) Dear John
as Mrs. Morris
(1988) Murphy Brown
as Bootsie Sherwood
(1986) If Tomorrow Comes
as Mrs. Stanhope
(2017) Will & Grace
as Justice Ginsburg (voice)
(1978) A Woman Called Moses
as Miss Rodham
(1975) Barney Miller
as Dorothy St. Clair
(1983) Trauma Center
as ---
(1972) The Waltons
as Jane Stephens
(1986) Starman
as Ida Schwartzman
(1982) St. Elsewhere
as Anne Overland
(1986) Crossings
as Eleanor Roosevelt
(1993) NYPD Blue
as Karen Redding
(1986) Matlock
as Hazel
(1982) Hotel
as Helen Riley
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as Jane Davis
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as Mrs. Foyt
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as Professor Emerson
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Emily Warren
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Judge Rosenstiel
(1978) Loose Change
as Rosemary