It is always sad when we lose someone that we know so closely, and that includes actors that we may never have met before. It’s almost as if we grew up with them, watching them on various shows and now we are mourning along with friends and family when they are gone. Many people are now mourning as the beloved actress, Alice Hirson has passed away. She was known for playing on a variety of television shows, including Dallas and Full House, but she passed away of natural causes at the age of 95.
Alice Hirson was at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Los Angeles when she died. Many people are now looking back to her various roles on television shows that spanned many decades. Born on March 10, 1929, in Brooklyn, she grew up in West Hempstead on Long Island. She appeared on 26 episodes of Dallas and also played the role of Claire Tanner on Full House.
She also played on the ABC sitcom, Ellen along with Ellen DeGeneres between the years of 1994 and 1998. She played the mother on the show, Lois Morgan, and was not aware of her daughter’s sexuality until a famous 1997 episode when it came out. Alice Hirson had guest star appearances on shows, such as The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Murphy Brown, and Just Shoot Me. In the movies, she played roles in films such as Revenge of the Nerds and Private Benjamin.
Certainly, she has touched many people over the years and her legacy continues to live on through the parts that she played. May she rest in peace.