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Alice Hirson

Acting

Born March 10, 1929 · New York City, New York, USA

Died February 14, 2025

Also known as Alice C. Thorsell

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.

Filmography36 titles

Cold Case

2003as Judy McShane

ER

1994as Mrs. Anderson

Being There

1979as First Lady

Full House

1987as Claire Tanner

Quincy, M.E.

1976as Mrs. Foyt

Barney Miller

1975as Dorothy St. Clair

Law & Order

1990as Jewel

If Tomorrow Comes

1986as Mrs. Stanhope

Taxi

1978as Woman Customer

The Waltons

1972as Jane Stephens

NYPD Blue

1993as Karen Redding

Matlock

1986as Hazel

Starstruck

2010as Grandma Olson

The Death of Richie

1977as Mrs. Blair

Barnaby Jones

1973as Emily Warren

A Woman Called Moses

as Miss Rodham

Starman

as Ida Schwartzman

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

2008as Mimsy

Bride of Boogedy

1987as Mrs. Hooter

Dallas

1978as Mavis Anderson

Just Shoot Me!

1997as Helen Korsh

7th Heaven

1996as Jenny Jackson

Murphy Brown

1988as Bootsie Sherwood

Ellen

1994as Lois Morgan

The Ropers

The Glass House

2001as Mrs. Morgan

Blind Date

1987as Muriel Bedford

Private Benjamin

1980as Mrs. Thornbush

The Big Picture

1989as Mrs. Chapman

Mass Appeal

1984as Mrs. Hart

St. Elsewhere

1982as Anne Overland

The Lost

2006as Mrs. Griffith

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

1971as The Mayor's Wife

Determination of Death

2001as Edith

Nightwing

1979as Claire Franklin

Miss All-American Beauty

1982as Marjorie Butterfield