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Morgan Fairchild

Morgan Fairchild

Actor · Born February 3, 1950 · Dallas, Texas, USA

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Biography

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.

Acted in 140

2020s

  1. 2025
  2. 2023

    Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story

    Morgan

  3. Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas

    Margaux Roberts

  4. The Nana Project

    Francesca

  5. 2021

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. All Good Things

    Gramma

  3. 2018
  4. 2017
  5. You're Gonna Miss Me

    Audrey Lake

  6. 2016
  7. 2015

    Bikini Model Academy

    Ms. Morgan Fairchild

  8. Wiener Dog Internationals

    Miss Merryweather

  9. 2014
  10. Beethoven's Treasure Tail

    Charlene

  11. Perfect on Paper

    Beverly Wilcox

  12. 2013

    Dark Power

    Elizabeth Archer

  13. 2012
  14. 2011
  15. Boy Toy

    Barbra

  16. 2010

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2008

    The Sno Cone Stand Inc

    Cathy Wanton

  3. 2007
  4. 2006
  5. Fashion House

    Sophia Blakely · 74 episodes

  6. 2005
  7. 2004

    Arizona Summer

    Debbie

  8. Knuckle Sandwich

    Mrs. Simms

  9. 2003
  10. 2002

    I Was a Teenage Faust

    Babylonia

  11. That '80s Show

    Cossima Blair · 1 episode

  12. 2001

    Teddy Bears' Picnic

    Courtney Vandermint

  13. Peril

    Terry

  14. 2000

    Held for Ransom

    Mrs. Kirkland

  15. Unshackled

    Mrs. Rebecca Miller

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. 1998

    The New Addams Family

    Lady Pretensia · 1 episode

  3. Shattered Illusions

    Angie

  4. 1997
  5. 1996
  6. Star Command

    Sigrid Ivorstetter

  7. Dead Man's Island

    Valerie St. Vincent

  8. 1995

    Venus Rising

    Peyton

  9. 1994
  10. Robin's Hoods

    Caroline · 21 episodes

  11. Das Paradies am Ende der Berge

    Irmgard Hoelzl

  12. Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III

    Beth Chaney

  13. 1993
  14. Based on an Untrue Story

    Satin Chau

  15. Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

    Alana Westbrook

  16. 1991
  17. Writer's Block

    Magenta Hart

  18. Even Angels Fall

    Leslie Phillips

  19. 1990

    Menu for Murder

    Paula Preston

  20. Mob Boss

    Gina

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

    Lucy Milgrim

  3. 1988
  4. Street of Dreams

    Laura Cassidy/Eva Bomberg

  5. Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

    Morgan Fairchild

  6. 1987

    Deadly Illusion

    Jane Mallory / Sharon Burton

  7. Sleeping Beauty

    Queen

  8. Campus Man

    Katherine Van Buren

  9. 1986
  10. 1985
  11. Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed!

    various

  12. 1984
  13. Paper Dolls

    Racine · 14 episodes

  14. The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

    Maid Marian

  15. Time Bomb

    Renee DeSalles

  16. 1982

    Honeyboy

    Judy Wellman

  17. 1981
  18. The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite

    Stella Walker

  19. Concrete Cowboys

    Kate, Carla · 6 episodes

  20. 1980
  21. Flamingo Road

    Constance Weldon Semple Carlyle

  22. The Dream Merchants

    Dulcie Warren · 3 episodes

  23. The Memory of Eva Ryker

    Lisa Eddington

1950s

  1. 1951

    Search for Tomorrow

    TV

Other crew 1

Produced 1

Appearances28

2010s

  1. 2011

    Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2010

1980s

  1. 1988

    Disney's Magic in the Magic Kingdom

    Self

  2. 1987

    Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

    Self

  3. 1985

    Night of 100 Stars II

    Self

  4. 1984

    The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

    Self

  5. 1983

    Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 5

    Self - Interviewee

  6. 1982

    Night of 100 Stars

    Self

  7. Magic with the Stars

    Self

  8. 1981