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.
Acting
Movie
Starstruck
as Grandma Olson
2010
TV
Full House
as Claire Tanner
1987
Movie
Being There
as First Lady
1979
Movie
The Glass House
as Mrs. Morgan
2001
TV
ER
as Mrs. Anderson
1994
Movie
Revenge of the Nerds
as Mrs. Lowe
1984
TV
Law & Order
as Jewel
1990
Movie
Blind Date
as Muriel Bedford
1987
TV
Cold Case
as Judy McShane
2003
Movie
Private Benjamin
as Mrs. Thornbush
1980
Movie
Psycho IV: The Beginning
as Mother (voice)
1990
TV
Dallas
as Mavis Anderson
1978
TV
7th Heaven
as Jenny Jackson
1996
TV
NYPD Blue
as Karen Redding
1993
TV
Taxi
as Woman Customer
1978
TV
Just Shoot Me!
as Helen Korsh
1997
TV
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
as Mimsy
2008
TV
Matlock
as Hazel
1986
TV
Quincy, M.E.
as Jane Davis
1976
TV
Quincy, M.E.
as Mrs. Foyt
1976
TV
Quincy, M.E.
as Professor Emerson
1976
Movie
The Big Picture
as Mrs. Chapman
1989
TV
The Waltons
as Jane Stephens
1972
TV
St. Elsewhere
as Anne Overland
1982