Alice Hirson

Acting

Born March 10, 1929, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

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