ABC / Courtesy Everett Collection Hirson’s soap opera career continued from 1972 to 1976 when she starred as Eileen Riley Siegel on ABC’s One Life to Live. She also had a recurring role on General Hospital in 1982. One of her most memorable recurring roles came in Dallas from 1982 to 1988, where she played Miss Ellie’s best friend, Mavis Anderson. She also made her mark as Ellen’s ditzy mom, Lois Morgan, on Ellen from 1994 to 1998. Her other credits included Maude, The Waltons, St. Elsewhere, Matlock, Full House, Law & Order, Murphy Brown, Loving, 7th Heaven, NYPD Blue, Just Shoot Me, and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. More recently, she appeared in a 2019 episode of the Will & Grace reboot and provided a voice for the Netflix animated series Trash Truck. On the big screen, she appeared in the films Nightwing, Private Benjamin, Revenge of the Nerds, The Big Picture, The Glass House, and The Lost. Hirson was married to and later divorced actor Roger O. Hirson and was preceded in death by her second husband, actor Stephen Elliott, in 2005. She is survived by her two children with Roger O. Hirson and a grandchild.