Morgan Fairchild
84 movies · 62 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 3, 1950 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Patsy Ann McClenny · مورگان فیرچایلد
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.
Known for
Morgan Fairchild: movies and TV shows
Acting (145)
- 2023 Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
as Morgan
- 2023 Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas
as Margaux Roberts
- 2023 The Nana Project
as Francesca
- 2021
- 2019 A Date by Christmas Eve
as Mrs. Kringle
- 2019 All Good Things
as Gramma
- 2019
- 2018 My Perfect Romance
as Ms. Robinson
- 2017 Scales
as Principal Strauss
- 2017 You're Gonna Miss Me
as Audrey Lake
- 2016 A Christmas in Vermont
as Joanne Davis
- 2016
- 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
- 2011 Boy Toy
as Barbra
- 2011 eCupid
as Venus
- 2011 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
as Beverly Hills Dog Show Commentator
- 2010
- 2010 Life's a Beach
as Felicia Wald
- 2009 The Slammin' Salmon
as Morgan Fairchild
- 2008 The Sno Cone Stand Inc
as Cathy Wanton
- 2007 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
- 2007
- 2006 The Initiation of Sarah
as Tina Goodwin
- 2006
- 2006 Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery
as Phyllis Hale
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 Arizona Summer
as Debbie
- 2004 Knuckle Sandwich
as Mrs. Simms
- 2003
- 2002 I Was a Teenage Faust
as Babylonia
- 2002
- 2001 Teddy Bears' Picnic
as Courtney Vandermint
- 2001 Peril
as Terry
- 2000 Held for Ransom
as Mrs. Kirkland
- 2000 Unshackled
as Mrs. Rebecca Miller
- 1999 Nice Guys Sleep Alone
as Lorraine
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998 Holy Man
as Morgan Fairchild
- 1998
- 1998 Shattered Illusions
as Angie
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997 Bimbo Movie Bash
as Camella Swales
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997 Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger
as Diana Astin
- 1996 Teenage Confidential
as Joan
- 1996
- 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
- 1995 The Miracle of Medjugorje
as Sister Fabijana Zovko
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 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 Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III
as Beth Chaney
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993 Freaked
as Stewardess
- 1993 Based on an Untrue Story
as Satin Chau
- 1993
- 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
- 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
- 1989
- 1989 Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge
as Mayor Karen Wilton
- 1989 The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
as Lucy Milgrim
- 1988
- 1988 Midnight Cop
as Lisa
- 1988
- 1988
- 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
- 1985 Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as "Dottie"
- 1985 Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed!
as various
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984 The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
as Maid Marian
- 1984 Time Bomb
as Renee DeSalles
- 1982 Honeyboy
as Judy Wellman
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982 The Seduction
as Jamie Douglas
- 1981
- 1981
- 1981 The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
as Stella Walker
- 1981
- 1981
- 1980
- 1980 Flamingo Road
as Constance Weldon Semple Carlyle
- 1980
- 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
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979 Murder in Music City
as Dana Morgan
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978 Escapade
as Suzy
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978 The Initiation of Sarah
as Jennifer Lawrence
- 1977
- 1977
- 1975
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973
- 1972
- 1970 A Bullet for Pretty Boy
as Blonde Driving Roadster
- 1951
Behind the camera (2)
- 2016
- 1967 Bonnie and Clyde
Stand In
Talk shows and appearances (31)
- 2025
- 2023
- 2019 The Very Very Best of the 70s
7 episodes
- 2011
- 2010 Worst Cooks in America
3 episodes
- 2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories
1 episode
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
1 episode
- 2008
- 2006 Men in Trees
1 episode
- 2003 Nip/Tuck
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1 episode
- 2000 Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
1 episode
- 1998 V.I.P.
1 episode
- 1998 So Graham Norton
1 episode
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1996
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1 episode
- 1994
- 1990
- 1990
- 1988
- 1987
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight
3 episodes
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
2 episodes
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode