From 1982 to 1988, Hirson played the recurring role of Mavis Anderson, friend and confidante of Miss Ellie Ewing (Barbara Bel Geddes) in the CBS prime time soap opera, Dallas. In 1992, Hirson was regular cast member on the short-lived NBC sitcom Home Fires starring Kate Burton. From 1994 to 1998, she played the role of Lois Morgan, the mother of Ellen DeGeneres' character on the ABC comedy series, Ellen.
From 1982 to 1988, Hirson played the recurring role of Mavis Anderson, friend and confidante of Miss Ellie Ewing (Barbara Bel Geddes) in the CBS prime time soap opera, Dallas.
case
from
From
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1982
1982
NUM
CD
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1988
1988
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Hirson
Hirson
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
play
played
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
recur
recurring
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
role
role
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Mavis
Mavis
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Anderson
Anderson
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
friend
friend
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
confidante
confidante
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Miss
Miss
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Ellie
Ellie
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Ewing
Ewing
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
parataxis
Number=Sing
Barbara
Barbara
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Bel
Bel
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Geddes
Geddes
PROPN
NNP
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
CBS
CBS
PROPN
NNP
amod
Degree=Pos
prime
prime
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
time
time
NOUN
NN
compound
Number=Sing
soap
soap
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
opera
opera
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
Dallas
Dallas
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
In 1992, Hirson was regular cast member on the short-lived NBC sitcom Home Fires starring Kate Burton.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1992
1992
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Hirson
Hirson
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
amod
Degree=Pos
regular
regular
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
cast
cast
NOUN
NN
root
Number=Sing
member
member
NOUN
NN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Degree=Pos
short
short
ADJ
JJ
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
live
lived
VERB
VBN
compound
Number=Sing
NBC
NBC
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
sitcom
sitcom
NOUN
NN
compound
Number=Sing
Home
Home
PROPN
NNP
appos
Number=Plur
Fires
Fires
PROPN
NNPS
acl
VerbForm=Ger
star
starring
VERB
VBG
obj
Number=Sing
Kate
Kate
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Burton
Burton
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
From 1994 to 1998, she played the role of Lois Morgan, the mother of Ellen DeGeneres' character on the ABC comedy series, Ellen.
case
from
From
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1994
1994
NUM
CD
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1998
1998
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
she
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
play
played
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
role
role
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Lois
Lois
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Morgan
Morgan
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
appos
Number=Sing
mother
mother
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Ellen
Ellen
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
DeGeneres
DeGeneres
PROPN
NNP
case
's
'
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Sing
character
character
NOUN
NN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
ABC
ABC
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
comedy
comedy
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
series
series
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
Ellen
Ellen
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.