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