Alice Hirson
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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Films (27)

Night Vet
2014 · Mama

Starstruck, rencontre avec une star
2010 · Grandma Olson

The Lost
2006 · Mrs. Griffith

La Prison de verre
2001 · Mrs. Morgan

Disparition Programmée
2001 · Edith
Psyko Ferret
2000 · Old Lady Veinous (voice)

Stepmonster
1993 · Shirley

Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990 · Mother (voice)

The Big Picture
1989 · Mrs. Chapman

Bride of Boogedy
1987 · Mrs. Hooter

Blind Date
1987 · Muriel Bedford

Diary of a Perfect Murder
1986 · Hazel

Mass Appeal
1984 · Mrs. Hart

Revenge of the Nerds
1984 · Mrs. Lowe

Miss All-American Beauty
1982 · Marjorie Butterfield

The Rules of Marriage
1982 · Eva Hewlitt

Private Benjamin
1980 · Mrs. Thornbush

If Things Were Different
1980 · Karen Evans

Being There
1979 · First Lady

Nightwing
1979 · Claire Franklin

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978 · Psychiatrist

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978 · Beth Dozier

Having Babies II
1977 · Mimi

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977 · Judge White

The Death of Richie
1977 · Mrs. Blair

Particular Men
1972 · Louisa Rayner

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971 · The Mayor's Wife
Séries (35)

Will & Grace
2017 · Justice Ginsburg (voice)

La vie secrète d'une ado ordinaire
2008 · Mimsy

Cold Case : Affaires classées
2003 · Judy McShane

Judging Amy
1999 · Alison Loomis

Just Shoot Me!
1997 · Helen Korsh

7th Heaven
1996 · Jenny Jackson

ER
1994 · Mrs. Anderson

Ellen
1994 · Lois Morgan

NYPD Blue
1993 · Karen Redding
Home Fires
1992 · Grandma

New York Police Judiciaire
1990 · Jewel

Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989

Murphy Brown
1988 · Bootsie Sherwood

Dear John
1988 · Mrs. Morris

Full House
1987 · Claire Tanner

Starman
1986 · Ida Schwartzman

If Tomorrow Comes
1986 · Mrs. Stanhope

Matlock
1986 · Hazel

Crossings
1986 · Eleanor Roosevelt

Trauma Center
1983

St. Elsewhere
1982 · Anne Overland

Hotel
1982 · Helen Riley
The Rules of Marriage
1982

When the Whistle Blows
1980

Paris
1979 · Mrs. Dalton

The Ropers
1979

A Woman Called Moses
1978 · Miss Rodham

Taxi
1978 · Woman Customer

Dallas
1978 · Mavis Anderson

Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Jane Davis, Mrs. Foyt, Professor Emerson

Barney Miller
1975 · Dorothy St. Clair

Barnaby Jones
1973 · Emily Warren

The Waltons
1972 · Jane Stephens

The Edge of Night
1956

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Mrs. Hooter, Judge Rosenstiel
