Alice Hirson
ActingAlice 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
Grandma Olson
Starstruck
2010
Mrs. Griffith
The Lost
2006
Mrs. Morgan
The Glass House
2001
Edith
Determination of Death
2001
Shirley
Stepmonster
1993
Mother (voice)
Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990
Mrs. Chapman
The Big Picture
1989
Mrs. Hooter
Bride of Boogedy
1987
Muriel Bedford
Blind Date
1987
Hazel
Diary of a Perfect Murder
1986
Mrs. Hart
Mass Appeal
1984
Mrs. Lowe
Revenge of the Nerds
1984
Marjorie Butterfield
Miss All-American Beauty
1982
Eva Hewlitt
The Rules of Marriage
1982
Mrs. Thornbush
Private Benjamin
1980
Karen Evans
If Things Were Different
1980
First Lady
Being There
1979
Claire Franklin
Nightwing
1979
Psychiatrist
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978
Beth Dozier
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978
TV Shows
Justice Ginsburg (voice)
Will & Grace
2017
Mimsy
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008
Judy McShane
Cold Case
2003
Alison Loomis
Judging Amy
1999
Helen Korsh
Just Shoot Me!
1997
Jenny Jackson
7th Heaven
1996
Mrs. Anderson
ER
1994
Lois Morgan
Ellen
1994
Karen Redding
NYPD Blue
1993
Jewel
Law & Order
1990
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Bootsie Sherwood
Murphy Brown
1988
Mrs. Morris
Dear John
1988
Claire Tanner
Full House
1987
Ida Schwartzman
Starman
1986
Mrs. Stanhope
If Tomorrow Comes
1986
Hazel
Matlock
1986
Eleanor Roosevelt
Crossings
1986
Trauma Center
1983
Anne Overland
St. Elsewhere
1982