Alice Matthews Frame

Alice Frame
Jacqueline Courtney as Alice
Another World character
Portrayed by	Jacqueline Courtney (1964–75, 1984–85, 1989) Susan Harney (1975–79) Wesley Ann Pfenning (1979) Vana Tribbey (1981) Linda Borgeson (1981–82)
Duration	1964–79 1981–82 1984–85 1989
First appearance	May 4, 1964
Last appearance	June 16, 1989
Created by	Irna Phillips and William J. Bell
Introduced by	Allen M. Potter (1964, 1984) Paul Rauch (1981) Michael Laibson (1989)
Crossover appearances	Somerset
Profile
Other names	Alice Matthews (maiden name) Alice Talbot (name while in New York)
Occupation	Owner of Frame Enterprises Nurse Doctor
Alice (as played by Susan Harney) and her second husband, Ray Gordon, 1977.
Father Jim Matthews Mother Mary Matthews Brothers Russ Matthews Sisters Pat Randolph Spouse Steve Frame (1971-73, 1974-75) Ray Gordon (1977-78) Daughters Sally Ewing (adoptive) Grandsons Kevin Thatcher Uncles Will Matthews Aunts Janet Matthews Nephews Michael Randolph Nieces Marianne Randolph Josie Watts Olivia Matthews First cousins Bill Matthews Susan Shearer

Alice Frame is a fictional character from the daytime soap opera, Another World, most notably portrayed by Jacqueline Courtney.

Alice Matthews was born and raised in Bay City, Illinois and was a member of the prominent Matthews family, though she grew up middle-class. She was an average college girl with no problems, until she met Steve Frame. They fell head over heels in love and soon decided to get married.

There was just one thing in the way of Steve and Alice's happiness and her name was Rachel Matthews. Rachel was married to Alice's brother, Russ. Alice already disliked Rachel since she believed she was a goldigger who had only married Russ to become part of Bay City high society (and she would be correct). Rachel also fell for Steve and one night, after Steve and Alice had a fight, the pair made love. Rachel arrived at Steve and Alice's engagement party and announced she was pregnant with Steve's baby. When Steve rejected Rachel to stay with Alice, she passed the baby off as Russ's and he was named James Gerald "Jamie" Matthews. When the truth about Jamie's paternity came out, Alice left town.

In 1971, Alice returned to Bay City and finally married Steve. Shortly after Alice was pregnant. Rachel schemed to get Steve away from Alice by making the condition that Steve could only see Jamie in her presence. One day, Steve went to visit Jamie and Alice fell off a ladder and lost their child. Alice was convinced Steve was having an affair with Rachel and she fled to New York City. In the city, she called herself Alice Talbot and was the governess of Dennis Carrington, son of the dashing Eliot Carrington. Alice grew to care deeply for Dennis and Eliot, and Eliot even proposed marriage to Alice. Iris Carrington, Eliot's ex-wife and Dennis's mother, meddled in Alice and Eliot's relationship since she was hoping to reconcile with Eliot. Steve begged Alice for a second chance. Alice agreed to try again and the pair remarried. Steve went to prison for embezzlement and Alice had a mental breakdown. Her Aunt Liz moved in to take care of her. Tim McGowan convinced Alice to sign over Steve's power of attorney to him as well as a stock transfer. He did this to embezzle money from Steve. Alice was finally put into a sanitarium to be given proper help. Tim was eventually caught and his attorney of power was revoked.

Alice recovered and went home. She then learned she could never conceive another child, which Rachel found out. When Rachel told Steve, Alice thought they were over, but Steve did not care about her infertility. They reconciled and went off to St. Croix. Alice returned to nursing. One day at the hospital, she met a 10-year-old girl named Sally Spencer and wanted to adopt her. When Steve was in Australia, his helicopter crashed and he was presumed dead, leaving Alice devastated. She still decided to go ahead with Sally's adoption. Alice dated Willis Frame, Steve's brother, and they became engaged, but never made it down the aisle.