Alice Horton

Frances Reid as Alice Horton in 2006

Days of our Lives character

Portrayed by

Frances Reid

Duration

1965–2007

First appearance

November 8, 1965

Last appearance

December 26, 2007

Created by

Peggy Phillips
Kenneth Rosen

Introduced by

Ted Corday

Classification

Former, regular

Profile

Occupation

Retired at the time of her death
Former Head of the Horton Center
Former Figurehead of Salem University Hospital
Former Member of the Board of Directors of Salem University Hospital
Former Member of the Board of Directors of Countess Wilhelmina
Former Owner of Alice's Restaurant
Former Housewife

Residence

545 Sycamore Street,
Salem, Illinois

Parents	Sid Grayson Abigail Grayson
Spouse	Tom Horton (1930–94)
Children	Tommy Horton Jr. Addie Horton Mickey Horton Bill Horton Marie Horton
Grandchildren	Julie Olson Williams Steve Olson Sandy Horton Jessica Blake Fallon Mike Horton Hope Williams Brady Jennifer Horton Melissa Horton (adoptive) Sarah Horton (legal) Lucas Horton
Other relatives	David Banning Spencer Olson Jeremy Horton Nick Fallon Shawn-Douglas Brady Nathan Horton (adoptive) Abigail Deveraux Will Horton Zack Brady JJ Deveraux Ciara Brady Allie Horton

Parents	Sid Grayson Abigail Grayson
Spouse	Tom Horton (1930–94)
Children	Tommy Horton Jr. Addie Horton Mickey Horton Bill Horton Marie Horton
Grandchildren	Julie Olson Williams Steve Olson Sandy Horton Jessica Blake Fallon Mike Horton Hope Williams Brady Jennifer Horton Melissa Horton (adoptive) Sarah Horton (legal) Lucas Horton
Other relatives	David Banning Spencer Olson Jeremy Horton Nick Fallon Shawn-Douglas Brady Nathan Horton (adoptive) Abigail Deveraux Will Horton Zack Brady JJ Deveraux Ciara Brady Allie Horton

Alice Horton is an original fictional character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed by Frances Reid from the show's debut on November 8, 1965 until December 26, 2007.

In her role as matriarch of the Horton family, Alice's storylines historically focused on the many troubles of her adult children. Her marriage to Tom Horton (Macdonald Carey) played a key role from 1965 until 1994, when Carey died from lung cancer. Reid's portrayal earned her nominations for a Daytime Emmy Award for Supporting Actress in 1979 and for Lead Actress in 1987; she was awarded a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. Reid won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Actress in a Mature Role in 1978, 1979, 1984, and 1985, and was inducted into the Television Academy's archives in 2003.

Reid died at age 95 on February 3, 2010.

As Days of our Lives begins in 1965, Alice is happily married to Dr. Tom Horton and endures the ongoing struggles of her adult children Addie, Mickey, Bill, and Marie; their son Tommy had been presumed dead in Korea. In 1967, Bill brings Dr. Mark Brooks to Salem. He and Marie fall in love, but the Hortons soon realize that Mark is Tommy, having lost his memory and undergone reconstructive surgery; because of this revelation, Marie becomes a nun. Addie dies in a car accident in 1974, and in 1977 Alice is shocked to discover that she has cancer. Alice turns out to have been misdiagnosed, and weathers Tom's subsequent heart attack.

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