Alice Hirson
ActingAlso 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.
Movies
(26 total)
Starstruck
as Grandma Olson
Being There
as First Lady
The Glass House
as Mrs. Morgan
Revenge of the Nerds
as Mrs. Lowe
Blind Date
as Muriel Bedford
Private Benjamin
as Mrs. Thornbush
Psycho IV: The Beginning
as Mother (voice)
The Big Picture
as Mrs. Chapman
The Lost
as Mrs. Griffith
Nightwing
as Claire Franklin
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as The Mayor's Wife
Stepmonster
as Shirley
Bride of Boogedy
as Mrs. Hooter
Mass Appeal
as Mrs. Hart
The Death of Richie
as Mrs. Blair
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
as Judge White
Determination of Death
as Edith
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Psychiatrist
Having Babies II
as Mimi
Miss All-American Beauty
as Marjorie Butterfield
TV Shows
(38 total)
Full House
as Claire Tanner
ER
as Mrs. Anderson
Law & Order
as Jewel
Cold Case
as Judy McShane
Dallas
as Mavis Anderson
7th Heaven
as Jenny Jackson
NYPD Blue
as Karen Redding
Just Shoot Me!
as Helen Korsh
Taxi
as Woman Customer
Matlock
as Hazel
Quincy, M.E.
as Jane Davis
Quincy, M.E.
as Mrs. Foyt
Quincy, M.E.
as Professor Emerson
The Waltons
as Jane Stephens
St. Elsewhere
as Anne Overland
Will & Grace
as Justice Ginsburg (voice)
Judging Amy
as Alison Loomis
Murphy Brown
as Bootsie Sherwood
Barney Miller
as Dorothy St. Clair