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Alice Hyatt (born Alice Graham) is a fictional character in the movie Alice Doesn't Live Here...

Alice Hyatt (born Alice Graham) 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 Graham 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 of Phoenix, Arizona. Fortunately, she was resourceful to have enough for security and first month's rent, since she got an apartment at the Phoenix Palms Apartments. She had to find a job, which she did as a waitress at a place called Mel's Diner, which was run by Mel Sharples. The first episode began with Alice already working in the diner; a lot of the concepts