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,[2][3] until December 26, 2007.

[2][6] Reid won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Actress in a Mature Role in 1978,[9] 1979,[10] 1984,[11] and 1985,[12] and was inducted into the Television Academy's archives in 2003.

[5][6] As Days of our Lives begins in 1965, Alice is happily married to Dr. Tom Horton and endures the ongoing struggles of her adult children Addie, Mickey, Bill, and Marie; their son Tommy had been presumed dead in Korea.

She brings him drugged donuts, and as he is being rushed to the hospital Alice helps his brother Bo block the road and affect Roman's escape.

[13] Alice and Marlena's other "victims" are all later revealed to be alive and well as captives in Melaswen, a copy of Salem built on a remote tropical island by the villainous Andre DiMera (posing as Tony).

In 2020, Charlie Mason from Soaps She Knows placed Alice fifth on his list of the 35 most memorable characters from Days of Our Lives, commenting that "The late, great Frances Reid's Horton matriarch was the grandma that we all wished we had — and the only thing in existence that was as sweet as her legendary donuts".

[14] In 2024, Mason included Alice in his list of the best mothers in American soap operas, writing "As sweet as her legendary donuts, the Horton family's indefatigably patient matriarch wasn't just a model mom to her own kids but a beloved surrogate one to countless lost souls in Salem".

[15] Mason also placed Alice 34th on his ranked list of Soaps' 40 Most Iconic Characters of All Time, writing, "The late Frances Reid's Salem counterpart was as sweet as her famous donuts — and the grandmother we all secretly wanted for our own.