Alice Horton
Alice Horton is a 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.
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Days of Our Lives character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Frances Reid Sydney K. Smith (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duration | 1965–2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | November 8, 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | December 26, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by | Peggy Phillips and Kenneth Rosen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Introduced by | Ted Corday | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spin-off appearances | Days of Our Lives: One Stormy Night (1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In her role as matriarch of the Horton family, Alice's storylines focused on the many troubles of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. 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.