Morgan Fairchild
Morgan Fairchild (born Patsy Ann McClenny; February 3, 1950) is an American actress. She achieved prominence during the late 1970s and early 1980s with continuing roles in several television series, in which she usually conveyed a glamorous image. Fairchild began her career in the CBS daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow as Jennifer Pace from 1973 to 1977. In 1978 she appeared on the primetime soap opera Dallas as the first actress to portray Jenna Wade, before taking a lead role in the NBC series Flamingo Road in 1980 (for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama). In 1984, she co-starred in ABC's short-lived primetime soap Paper Dolls, and then appeared in Falcon Crest as attorney Jordan Roberts from 1985 to 1986. Fairchild has also performed in theater and played guest roles in television comedies, including Murphy Brown (for which she was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series), Roseanne,Cybill, and Friends. She is a board member of SAG-AFTRA.
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- 2023 · Our Almost Completely True Story as Morgan
- 2023 · Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas as Margaux Roberts
- 2023 · The Nana Project as Francesca
- 2021 · Rugrats as Glammed-Up Woman (voice)
- 2019 · A Date by Christmas Eve as Mrs. Kringle
- 2019 · All Good Things as Gramma
- 2019 · Too Old to Die Young as Mrs. Watson
- 2019 · The Very Very Best of the 70s as Self - Commentator
- 2018 · My Perfect Romance as Ms. Robinson
- 2017 · Scales: Mermaids Are Real as Principal Strauss
- 2017 · You're Gonna Miss Me as Audrey Lake
- 2016 · A Christmas in Vermont as Joanne Davis
- 2015 · Bikini Model Academy as Ms. Morgan Fairchild
- 2015 · Sam as Lulu
- 2015 · Wiener Dog Internationals as Miss Merryweather
- 2014 · Christian Mingle as Lacie Wood
- 2014 · Beethoven's Treasure Tail as Charlene
- 2014 · Perfect on Paper as Beverly Wilcox
- 2013 · Dark Power as Elizabeth Archer
- 2013 · Wiener Dog Nationals as Ms. Merryweather
- 2012 · American Horror House as Miss Margot / Rosemary
- 2012 · A Perfect Ending as Valentina
- 2011 · Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Revenge as Teresa
- 2011 · Boy Toy as Barbra
- 2011 · eCupid as Venus
- 2011 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 as Beverly Hills Dog Show Commentator
- 2010 · Hot in Cleveland as
- 2010 · Life's a Beach as Felicia Wald
- 2009 · The Slammin' Salmon as Morgan Fairchild
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · The Sno Cone Stand Inc as Cathy Wanton
- 2008 · Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' as Self
- 2007 · Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
- 2007 · Chuck as Honey Woodcomb
- 2006 · The Initiation of Sarah as Tina Goodwin
- 2006 · Men in Trees as
- 2006 · Fasion House as Sophia Blakely
- 2006 · Fashion House as Sophia Blakely
- 2006 · Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery as Phyllis Hale
- 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Carol
- 2005 · Bones as Bianca Chiverton
- 2004 · He's a Lady as
- 2004 · Arizona Summer as Debbie
- 2004 · Knuckle Sandwich as Mrs. Simms
- 2003 · Two and a Half Men as Donna
- 2002 · I Was a Teenage Faust as Babylonia
- 2002 · Teddy Bears' Picnic as Courtney Vandermint
- 2001 · Peril as Terry
- 2000 · Held for Ransom as Mrs. Kirkland
- 2000 · Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus as
- 2000 · Unshackled as Mrs. Rebecca Miller
- 1999 · Nice Guys Sleep Alone as Lorraine
- 1999 · Roswell as Meris Wheeler
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Claire Lockton
- 1999 · Providence as Gwendolynne Gold
- 1998 · The New Addams Family as Lady Pretensia
- 1998 · Holy Man as Morgan Fairchild
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Self
- 1998 · That '70s Show as Carolyn
- 1998 · So Graham Norton as Self - Guest
- 1998 · Shattered Illusions as Angie
- 1997 · Dharma & Greg as Jackie
- 1997 · Head over Heels as Mona DuBois
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Bimbo Movie Bash as Camella Swales
- 1997 · The Angry Beavers as
- 1997 · Just Shoot Me! as Lily Barton
- 1997 · Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger as Diana Astin
- 1996 · Sex, Drugs and Consequences as self
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Bird
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- 1996 · Star Command as Sigrid Ivorstetter
- 1996 · Dead Man's Island as Valerie St. Vincent
- 1996 · Criminal Hearts as District Attorney
- 1995 · Venus Rising as Peyton
- 1995 · The City as Debbie Tompkins
- 1995 · The City as Sydney Chase
- 1995 · Virgin Mary as Sister Fabijana Zovko
- 1995 · The Naked Truth as Morgan Fairchild
- 1995 · Cybill as
- 1994 · Friends as Nora Bing
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Jackie Sykes
- 1994 · Robin's Hoods as Caroline
- 1994 · Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 as Camella Swales
- 1994 · Das Paradies am Ende der Berge as Irmgard Hoelzl
- 1994 · Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
- 1994 · Body Chemistry III: Point of Seduction as Beth Chaney
- 1994 · Burke's Law as June Ward
- 1994 · The Legacy of Malthus as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Pamela Dorn
- 1993 · Based on an Untrue Story as Satin Chau
- 1993 · Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as
- 1993 · Freaked as Stewardess
- 1993 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal as Alana Westbrook
- 1991 · Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady as Irene Frances Adler
- 1991 · Writer's Block as Magenta Hart
- 1991 · Home Improvement as Morgan Fairchild
- 1991 · Even Angels Fall as Leslie Phillips
- 1990 · Menu for Murder as Paula Preston
- 1990 · Mob Boss as Gina
- 1990 · How to Murder a Millionaire as Loretta
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Vivienne St. Charmaine (voice)
- 1989 · Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge as Mayor Karen Wilton
- 1989 · The Haunting of Sarah Hardy as Lucy Milgrim
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Julia St. Martin
- 1988 · Midnight Cop as Lisa
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1988 · Empty Nest as
- 1988 · Street of Dreams as Laura Cassidy/Eva Bomberg
- 1988 · Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz as Morgan Fairchild
- 1987 · Deadly Illusion as Jane Mallory / Sharon Burton
- 1987 · Sleeping Beauty as Queen
- 1987 · Campus Man as Katherine Van Buren
- 1986 · Red Headed Stranger as Raysha Shay
- 1985 · North and South as Burdetta Halloran
- 1985 · Pee-wee's Big Adventure as "Dottie"
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1985 · Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed! as various
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Iris Novaro
- 1984 · Paper Dolls as Racine
- 1984 · The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood as Maid Marian
- 1984 · Time Bomb as Renee DeSalles
- 1982 · Honeyboy as Judy Wellman
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1982 · The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour as
- 1982 · The Seduction as Jamie Douglas
- 1982 · Magic with the Stars as
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Jordan Roberts
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self - Interviewee
- 1981 · The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite as Stella Walker
- 1981 · Concrete Cowboys as Carla
- 1981 · Concrete Cowboys as Kate
- 1981 · Flamingo Road as Constance Weldon Semple Carlyle
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as Catherine Hailey / Alex Houston
- 1980 · The Dream Merchants as Dulcie Warren
- 1980 · Flamingo Road as Constance Weldon Semple Carlyle
- 1980 · The Memory of Eva Ryker as Lisa Eddington
- 1980 · Challenge of the Tiger as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
- 1979 · Concrete Cowboys as Kate Harper / Clara Wade
- 1979 · Ramblin’ Man as
- 1979 · A Man Called Sloane as Melissa Nelson
- 1979 · Time Express as
- 1979 · Sweepstakes as
- 1979 · Murder in Music City as Dana Morgan
- 1978 · The Magic of David Copperfield as
- 1978 · Mork & Mindy as
- 1978 · Mork & Mindy as Susan
- 1978 · Escapade as Suzy
- 1978 · The Amazing Spider-Man as
- 1978 · Dallas as Jenna Wade
- 1978 · The Initiation of Sarah as Jennifer Lawrence
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Jenny Boyer
- 1977 · Rosetti and Ryan as Claire Blake
- 1977 · Rafferty as
- 1975 · Switch as Shelley Bloom
- 1974 · Police Woman as
- 1974 · Happy Days as
- 1973 · Kojak as Allison
- 1970 · A Bullet for Pretty Boy as Blonde Driving Roadster
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1951 · Search for Tomorrow as