Alice had an elder brother Alfred,[1] who was elected as a Democrat to the 52nd United States Congress.

She made an unsuccessful marriage with a realtor, and her name was briefly Ellis until she obtained a divorce in June 1888.

She had a son, Harold Chapin, and she moved to England taking with her a large inheritance from her mother.

She appeared in important productions, including one The Websters, with her son Harold and his wife-to-be Calypso Valetta, at the Royalty Theatre.

Alice appeared with Gerald du Maurier, Sydney Fairbrother, and Calypso Valetta in a memorial presentation of four of his plays.

One of the plays, The Philosopher of Butterbiggens, was recreated in Provincetown, Massachusetts, with Elsie Chapin as the director.