Alice

Alice

Kiss my grits!

TV-PG 1976 · 9 seasons · 202 eps · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Drama

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Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.

Created by Robert Getchell

Network: CBS

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Linda Lavin Alice Hyatt
Philip McKeon Tommy Hyatt
Vic Tayback Mel Sharples
Beth Howland Vera Louise Gorman-Novak
Celia Weston Jolene Hunnicutt
Polly Holliday Florence Jean Castleberry
Diane Ladd Belle Dupree
Dave Madden
Charles Levin Elliot Novak
Marvin Kaplan
Patrick Cranshaw
Martha Raye

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