‘Ellen’ & ‘Dallas’ Actress Alice Hirson Dies at 95

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Veteran actress Alice Hirson, who played Ellen DeGeneres‘ mom on her eponymous 1990s sitcom and Mavis Anderson on Dallas, has died. She was 95.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hirson’s son, David Hirson, confirmed she died of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, on Friday, February 14. She had been at the assisted living facility for about a year.

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