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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Movies (21)
Starstruck
as Grandma Olson
2010
The Lost
as Mrs. Griffith
2006
The Glass House
as Mrs. Morgan
2001
Determination of Death
as Edith
2001
Psyko Ferret
as Old Lady Veinous (voice)
2000
Stepmonster
as Shirley
1993
Psycho IV: The Beginning
as Mother (voice)
1990
The Big Picture
as Mrs. Chapman
1989
Bride of Boogedy
as Mrs. Hooter
1987
Blind Date
as Muriel Bedford
1987
Diary of a Perfect Murder
as Hazel
1986
Mass Appeal
as Mrs. Hart
1984
Revenge of the Nerds
as Mrs. Lowe
1984
Miss All-American Beauty
as Marjorie Butterfield
1982
The Rules of Marriage
as Eva Hewlitt
1982
Private Benjamin
as Mrs. Thornbush
1980
If Things Were Different
as Karen Evans
1980
Being There
as First Lady
1979
Nightwing
as Claire Franklin
1979
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Psychiatrist
1978
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
as Beth Dozier
1978
TV Shows (29)
Will & Grace
as Justice Ginsburg (voice)
2017
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
as Mimsy
2008
Cold Case
as Judy McShane
2003
Judging Amy
as Alison Loomis
1999
Just Shoot Me!
as Helen Korsh
1997
7th Heaven
as Jenny Jackson
1996
ER
as Mrs. Anderson
1994
Ellen
as Lois Morgan
1994
NYPD Blue
as Karen Redding
1993
Home Fires
as Grandma
1992
Law & Order
as Jewel
1990
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Murphy Brown
as Bootsie Sherwood
1988
Dear John
as Mrs. Morris
1988
Full House
as Claire Tanner
1987
Starman
as Ida Schwartzman
1986
If Tomorrow Comes
as Mrs. Stanhope
1986
Matlock
as Hazel
1986
Crossings
as Eleanor Roosevelt
1986
Trauma Center
1983
St. Elsewhere
as Anne Overland
1982
Hotel
as Helen Riley
1982
When the Whistle Blows
1980
Paris
as Mrs. Dalton
1979
The Ropers
1979
A Woman Called Moses
as Miss Rodham
1978
Taxi
as Woman Customer
1978
Dallas
as Mavis Anderson
1978
Loose Change
as Rosemary
1978