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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1929-03-10

Died: 2025-02-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight	The Mayor's Wife	50
2	1972	Particular Men		0
3	1977	The Death of Richie	Mrs. Blair	68
4	1977	Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn	Judge White	59
5	1977	Having Babies II	Mimi	40
6	1978	Loose Change	Rosemary	0
7	1978	Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid	Beth Dozier	50
8	1978	Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force	Psychiatrist	43
9	1979	Nightwing	Claire Franklin	47
10	1979	Being There	First Lady	76
11	1980	If Things Were Different	Karen Evans	0
12	1980	Private Benjamin	Mrs. Thornbush	60
13	1982	The Rules of Marriage	Eva Hewlitt	10
14	1982	Miss All-American Beauty	Marjorie Butterfield	15
15	1984	Revenge of the Nerds	Mrs. Lowe	65
16	1984	Mass Appeal	Mrs. Hart	62
17	1986	Diary of a Perfect Murder	Hazel	70
18	1987	Blind Date	Muriel Bedford	60
19	1987	Bride of Boogedy	Mrs. Hooter	66
20	1989	The Big Picture	Mrs. Chapman	59
21	1990	Psycho IV: The Beginning	Mother (voice)	57
22	1993	Stepmonster	Shirley	45
23	2000	Psyko Ferret	Old Lady Veinous (voice)	0
24	2001	Determination of Death	Edith	50
25	2001	The Glass House	Mrs. Morgan	59
26	2006	The Lost	Mrs. Griffith	53
27	2010	Starstruck	Grandma Olson	70

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Mrs. Hooter	78
2	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Judge Rosenstiel	78
3	1956	The Edge of Night		61
4	1972	The Waltons	Jane Stephens	71
5	1973	Barnaby Jones	Emily Warren	69
6	1975	Barney Miller	Dorothy St. Clair	73
7	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Jane Davis	75
8	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Mrs. Foyt	75
9	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Professor Emerson	75
10	1978	Dallas	Mavis Anderson	69
11	1978	Taxi	Woman Customer	73
12	1978	A Woman Called Moses	Miss Rodham	70
13	1979	The Ropers		57
14	1979	Paris	Mrs. Dalton	50
15	1980	When the Whistle Blows		50
16	1982	Hotel	Helen Riley	68
17	1982	St. Elsewhere	Anne Overland	55
18	1983	Trauma Center		50
19	1986	Crossings	Eleanor Roosevelt	48
20	1986	Matlock	Hazel	71
21	1986	If Tomorrow Comes	Mrs. Stanhope	72
22	1986	Starman	Ida Schwartzman	68
23	1987	Full House	Claire Tanner	75
24	1988	Dear John	Mrs. Morris	57
25	1988	Murphy Brown	Bootsie Sherwood	65
26	1989	Mancuso, F.B.I.		60
27	1990	Law & Order	Jewel	74
28	1992	Home Fires	Grandma	60
29	1993	NYPD Blue	Karen Redding	70
30	1994	Ellen	Lois Morgan	62
31	1994	ER	Mrs. Anderson	78
32	1996	7th Heaven	Jenny Jackson	64
33	1997	Just Shoot Me!	Helen Korsh	66
34	1999	Judging Amy	Alison Loomis	75
35	2003	Cold Case	Judy McShane	78
36	2008	The Secret Life of the American Teenager		71
37	2017	Will & Grace	Justice Ginsburg (voice)	75