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.

Cast

Blind Date

Muriel Bedford

Being There

First Lady

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

Psychiatrist

Psycho IV: The Beginning

Mother (voice)

Miss All-American Beauty

Marjorie Butterfield

Nightwing

Claire Franklin

Mass Appeal

Mrs. Hart

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

The Mayor's Wife

Bride of Boogedy

Mrs. Hooter

Psyko Ferret

Old Lady Veinous (voice)

Stepmonster

Shirley

Revenge of the Nerds

Mrs. Lowe

Private Benjamin

Mrs. Thornbush

The Big Picture

Mrs. Chapman

Starstruck

Grandma Olson

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

Beth Dozier

Particular Men

Unknown

The Lost

Mrs. Griffith

Having Babies II

Mimi

Diary of a Perfect Murder

Hazel

Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn

Judge White

The Death of Richie

Mrs. Blair

If Things Were Different

Karen Evans

The Glass House

Mrs. Morgan

The Rules of Marriage

Eva Hewlitt

Determination of Death

Edith