Lieux Dressler (born Louise Aldrich; February 27, 1930 – February 8, 2018) was an American film and television actress.
Before becoming known as an actress, Dressler worked as a nightclub singer in Dallas. During this time, she was married to trombonist Morris Repass, with whom she had two sons.[1] In the 1960s, her marriage ended, and she moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. She operated an acting workshop, the Patio Playhouse,[2] where she developed techniques that continue to be taught at acting classes.
During the 1970s, she appeared on various television series, including Columbo, Gunsmoke, , and The Rockford Files.[3] She was mostly recognized as Alice Grant, the long-suffering mother of Heather Grant Webber on the long-running daytime drama General Hospital from 1978-1983. She also appeared in feature films, most notably Truck Stop Women (1974), Kingdom of the Spiders (1977),[4] and Point of No Return (1993), after which she retired from acting.
Lieux Dressler Repass died on February 8, 2018, at the age of 87.[5]