Alice Hirson
Acting
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.
Filmography 60
Movies (26)
Starstruck2010Grandma Olson
The Lost2006Mrs. Griffith
The Glass House2001Mrs. Morgan
Determination of Death2001Edith- Psyko Ferret2000Old Lady Veinous (voice)
Stepmonster1993Shirley
Psycho IV: The Beginning1990Mother (voice)
The Big Picture1989Mrs. Chapman
Bride of Boogedy1987Mrs. Hooter
Blind Date1987Muriel Bedford
Diary of a Perfect Murder1986Hazel
Mass Appeal1984Mrs. Hart
Revenge of the Nerds1984Mrs. Lowe
Miss All-American Beauty1982Marjorie Butterfield
The Rules of Marriage1982Eva Hewlitt
Private Benjamin1980Mrs. Thornbush
If Things Were Different1980Karen Evans
Being There1979First Lady
Nightwing1979Claire Franklin
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force1978Psychiatrist
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid1978Beth Dozier
Having Babies II1977Mimi
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn1977Judge White
The Death of Richie1977Mrs. Blair
Particular Men1972Louisa Rayner
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight1971The Mayor's Wife
Shows (34)
Will & Grace2017Justice Ginsburg (voice)
The Secret Life of the American Teenager2008Mimsy
Cold Case2003Judy McShane
Judging Amy1999Alison Loomis
Just Shoot Me!1997Helen Korsh
7th Heaven1996Jenny Jackson
ER1994Mrs. Anderson
Ellen1994Lois Morgan
NYPD Blue1993Karen Redding- Home Fires1992Grandma
Law & Order1990Jewel
Mancuso, F.B.I.1989
Murphy Brown1988Bootsie Sherwood
Dear John1988Mrs. Morris
Full House1987Claire Tanner
Starman1986Ida Schwartzman
If Tomorrow Comes1986Mrs. Stanhope
Matlock1986Hazel
Crossings1986Eleanor Roosevelt
Trauma Center1983
St. Elsewhere1982Anne Overland
Hotel1982Helen Riley
When the Whistle Blows1980
Paris1979Mrs. Dalton
The Ropers1979
A Woman Called Moses1978Miss Rodham
Taxi1978Woman Customer
Dallas1978Mavis Anderson
Quincy, M.E.1976Jane Davis
Barney Miller1975Dorothy St. Clair