Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, motion picture about a middle-aged woman who starts a new life after her husband’s death, directed by Martin Scorsese and released in 1974. Ellen Burstyn earned an Academy Award for her performance as Alice Hyatt, a 35-year-old widow who dreams of becoming a singer. She sells her house and moves with her 11-year old son, Tommy (played by Alfred Lutter), to Tucson, Arizona, where she gets a job as a waitress in a diner. She starts to get some work as a singer and then falls in love with a divorced farmer (Kris Kristofferson). Diane Ladd plays Flo, the saucy waitress who becomes Alice’s friend, and Jodie Foster plays Tommy’s offbeat pal.

Director

• Martin Scorsese

Cast

• Ellen Burstyn (Alice Hyatt)
• Kris Kristofferson (David)
• Alfred Lutter (Tommy Hyatt)
• Billy Green Bush (Donald Hyatt)
• Diane Ladd (Flo)
• Lelia Goldoni (Neighbor Bea)
• Harvey Keitel (Ben Everhart)
• Lane Bradbury (Ben’s wife)
• Vic Tayback (Mel)
• Jodie Foster (Audrey)
• Valerie Curtin (Vera)
• Murray Moston (Bar owner Jacobs)
• Harry Northrup (Bartender)
• Mia Bendixsen (Young Alice)

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Actress (1974): Ellen Burstyn

Trivia

• This movie inspired the television comedy series “Alice.”