![]() She had been a waitress of Mel's in the past, during which the two had a romantic relationship. Vic Tayback made one guest appearance on Flo.ĭiane Ladd, who received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Flo in the film version joined the cast in 1980 as Isabelle "Belle" Dupree, a hard-edged but kind-hearted woman. Polly Holliday never made a guest appearance on Alice after beginning Flo, although flashbacks including Flo were shown in the final episode of Alice. Flo decides to buy and run a failing roadhouse bar there, which she renames Flo's Yellow Rose. On the way to Houston, Flo stops at her hometown Fort Worth, Texas (which she refers to by its moniker "Cowtown"). In the episode airing February 24, 1980, Flo leaves to take a hostess job in Houston. Polly Holliday left the show to star in her own spin-off series, Flo. Celebrities playing either themselves or other characters (including Martha Raye as Mel's free-spirited mother, George Burns, Robert Goulet, Art Carney, Desi Arnaz, and Jerry Reed) were a hallmark of the show. Henry's oft-mentioned wife Chloe was seen in one episode, played by Ruth Buzzi. Campbell), and Henry Beesmeyer ( Marvin Kaplan), a telephone repairman who always joked about Mel's cooking. The diner had its share of regular customers through the years, such as Tommy's basketball coach Earl Hicks ( Dave Madden), local trucker Chuck (played by Duane R. Two of the diner's biggest competitors, Barney's Burger Barn and Vinnie's House of Veal, were sometimes mentioned. (Tommy used the bedroom and Alice slept on a sleeper sofa in the living room.) Vera and Mel's studio apartments and Flo's trailer were occasionally seen. A frequent set for non-diner scenes was Alice's one-bedroom apartment in the Desert Sun apartments. (The later seasons' exterior shots were of a real diner, named Mel's, still in operation in Phoenix.) Alice works alongside Mel Sharples ( Vic Tayback), the grouchy, stingy owner and cook of the greasy spoon, and fellow waitresses and friends, sassy, man-hungry Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry ( Polly Holliday), and neurotic, scatterbrained Vera Louise Gorman ( Beth Howland).Įach episode invariably started inside the diner, and most if not all subsequent scenes took place there as well. Her car breaks down in Phoenix, and we meet her soon after she has taken a job as a waitress at Mel's Diner, in Phoenix. ![]() Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner, where Alice is employed.Īlice Spivak Hyatt (Lavin) is an unemployed widow after her husband Donald is killed in a trucking accident, and with her young son Tommy (played by Alfred Lutter in the television pilot, reprising his role from the film, but portrayed by Philip McKeon thereafter) heads from their New Jersey home to Los Angeles to pursue a singing career. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner in Phoenix, Arizona. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Alice is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from August 31, 1976, to March 19, 1985.
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