Beth Howland: Beth Howland. Actress: Alice. Beth Howland was born on 28 May 1941 in Brighton, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Alice (1976), A Caribbean Mystery (1983) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970). She was married to Charles Kimbrough and Michael J. Pollard. She died on 31 December 2015 in Santa Monica, California, USA.