Alice Hirson

Mar 10, 1929 - Feb 14, 2025 (95 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

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

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Law & Order

Jewel

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Quincy, M.E.

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Dallas

Mavis Anderson

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Murphy Brown

Bootsie Sherwood

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The Waltons

Jane Stephens

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ER

Mrs. Anderson

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Barney Miller

Dorothy St. Clair

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Full House

Claire Tanner

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The Secret Life of the American Teenager

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Cold Case

Judy McShane

Credits

Will & Grace 2017

Justice Ginsburg (voice)

★ 7.5
Starstruck 2010

Grandma Olson

★ 7
The Secret Life of the American Teenager 2008

★ 7.1
The Lost 2006

Mrs. Griffith

★ 5.3
Cold Case 2003

Judy McShane

★ 7.8
The Glass House 2001

Mrs. Morgan

★ 5.9
Determination of Death 2001

Edith

★ 5
Psyko Ferret 2000

Old Lady Veinous (voice)

★ NR
Judging Amy 1999

Alison Loomis

★ 7.5
Just Shoot Me! 1997

Helen Korsh

★ 6.6
7th Heaven 1996

Jenny Jackson

★ 6.4
ER 1994

Mrs. Anderson

★ 7.8
Ellen 1994

Lois Morgan

★ 6.2
Stepmonster 1993

Shirley

★ 4.5
Home Fires 1992

Grandma

★ 6
Psycho IV: The Beginning 1990

Mother (voice)

★ 5.7
Law & Order 1990

Jewel

★ 7.4
Mancuso, F.B.I. 1989

★ 6
The Big Picture 1989

Mrs. Chapman

★ 5.8
Murphy Brown 1988

Bootsie Sherwood

★ 6.5
Dear John 1988

Mrs. Morris

★ 5.7
Full House 1987

Claire Tanner

★ 7.5
Bride of Boogedy 1987

Mrs. Hooter

★ 6.6
Blind Date 1987

Muriel Bedford

★ 6
Starman 1986

Ida Schwartzman

★ 6.8
If Tomorrow Comes 1986

Mrs. Stanhope

★ 7.2
Diary of a Perfect Murder 1986

Hazel

★ 7
Crossings 1986

Eleanor Roosevelt

★ 4.8
Mass Appeal 1984

Mrs. Hart

★ 6.2
Revenge of the Nerds 1984

Mrs. Lowe

★ 6.5
Trauma Center 1983

★ 5
Miss All-American Beauty 1982

Marjorie Butterfield

★ 1.5
St. Elsewhere 1982

Anne Overland

★ 5.5
Hotel 1982

★ 6.8
The Rules of Marriage 1982

Eva Hewlitt

★ 1
Private Benjamin 1980

Mrs. Thornbush

★ 6
When the Whistle Blows 1980

★ 5
If Things Were Different 1980

Karen Evans

★ NR
Being There 1979

First Lady

★ 7.6
Paris 1979

★ 5
Nightwing 1979

Claire Franklin

★ 4.7
The Ropers 1979

★ 5.7
A Woman Called Moses 1978

Miss Rodham

★ 7
Taxi 1978

Woman Customer

★ 7.2
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force 1978

Psychiatrist

★ 4.3
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid 1978

Beth Dozier

★ 5
Dallas 1978

Mavis Anderson

★ 6.8
Loose Change 1978

Rosemary

★ NR
Having Babies II 1977

Mimi

★ 6
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn 1977

Judge White

★ 5.9
The Death of Richie 1977

Mrs. Blair

★ 6.8
Quincy, M.E. 1976

★ 7.5
Barney Miller 1975

Dorothy St. Clair

★ 7.3
The Waltons 1972

Jane Stephens

★ 7.1
Particular Men 1972

★ NR
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight 1971

The Mayor's Wife

★ 5
The Edge of Night 1956

★ 6.1
The Wonderful World of Disney 1954

Mrs. Hooter

★ 7.8