Alice Hyatt (born Alice Graham in the movie; Alice Spivak in the television series) is a fictional character in the movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and in the subsequent television remake Alice. In the movie, she was played by Ellen Burstyn, who won an Academy Award for the role. In the television series, Alice was played by actress and singer Linda Lavin.
Alice (maiden name, Graham in the movie; Spivak in the television series) was born an...
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Alice Hyatt (born Alice Graham in the movie; Alice Spivak in the television series) is a fictional character in the movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and in the subsequent television remake Alice. In the movie, she was played by Ellen Burstyn, who won an Academy Award for the role. In the television series, Alice was played by actress and singer Linda Lavin.
Alice (maiden name, Graham in the movie; Spivak in the television series) was born and raised in New Jersey. While still young, she met and married truck driver Donald Hyatt. (She and Donald met at a club she was singing at in Newark, New Jersey.) Out of that union came a son, Tommy. Some time later (within a year of the series beginning), Don died in a trucking accident. Now a widow, with a twelve-year-old son to care for, Alice had to decide what to do. She loved to sing, and she set off for California to make it big, but there was one problem. Her car broke down outside Phoenix, Arizona.
Fortunately, she was resourceful to...
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