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Alice Hirson
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Character actress best known for playing
Ellen DeGeneres
' mom on the comedienne's sitcom,
Ellen (1994)
, from 1994-1998.
Was a guest star on
Full House (1987)
as Danny Tanner's mother. She was the very first character to appear on screen in the first episode.
Her paternal grandparents were Swedish and her maternal grandparents were Norwegian.
First met husband actor
Stephen Elliott
while both were appearing on Broadway in "Traveller Without Luggage" in 1964. They did not marry until 1980.
Mother of playwright
David Hirson
(La Bete, Wrong Mountain).
Has two sons from her first marriage to
Roger O. Hirson
:
David Hirson
and Christopher Hirson.
Alumna of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1948.
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