Alice Hirson
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Blind Date
as Muriel Bedford
1987
Being There
as First Lady
1979
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Psychiatrist
1978
Psycho IV: The Beginning
as Mother (voice)
1990
Miss All-American Beauty
as Marjorie Butterfield
1982
Nightwing
as Claire Franklin
1979
Mass Appeal
as Mrs. Hart
1984
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as The Mayor's Wife
1971
Bride of Boogedy
as Mrs. Hooter
1987
Psyko Ferret
as Old Lady Veinous (voice)
2000
Stepmonster
as Shirley
1993
Revenge of the Nerds
as Mrs. Lowe
1984
Private Benjamin
as Mrs. Thornbush
1980
The Big Picture
as Mrs. Chapman
1989
Starstruck
as Grandma Olson
2010
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
as Beth Dozier
1978
Particular Men
1972
The Lost
as Mrs. Griffith
2006
Having Babies II
as Mimi
1977
Diary of a Perfect Murder
as Hazel
1986
TV Appearances
Judging Amy
as Alison Loomis
1999
Cold Case
as Judy McShane
2003
The Ropers
1979
Mancuso, F.B.I.
1989
Full House
as Claire Tanner
1987
Dallas
as Mavis Anderson
1978
The Edge of Night
1956
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
as Mimsy
2008
7th Heaven
as Jenny Jackson
1996
ER
as Mrs. Anderson
1994
Paris
as Mrs. Dalton
1979
When the Whistle Blows
1980