Alice Knight-Buffay is the wife of Frank Buffay Jr, the half-brother of Phoebe and Ursula Buffay. Alice, a divorcée, was Frank's former home economics high school teacher. She claims that he was her best student. He claims that she was his best teacher. Although they both claim to have pure love, they lust for each other easily, including in public places such as coffee houses or hospitals. She and Frank cannot conceive so they ask Phoebe to carry the embryo, which she agrees to do. In The One Hundredth Phoebe had triplets: Leslie, Frank Jr. Jr. & Chandler.