Morgan Fairchild
Known for Acting · 173 credits
- Born
- 1950-02-03 (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
TV Shows (77)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Claire Lockton
The Simpsons
1989
as Vivienne St. Charmaine (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Bones
2005
as Bianca Chiverton
Friends
1994
as Nora Bing
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Donna
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Iris Novaro
Falcon Crest
1981
as Jordan Roberts
The View
1997
as Self
Dallas
1978
as Jenna Wade
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Pamela Dorn
The Love Boat
1977
as Jenny Boyer
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Catherine Hailey / Alex Houston
That '70s Show
1998
as Carolyn
Home Improvement
1991
as Morgan Fairchild
Chuck
2007
as Honey Woodcomb
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Self
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Miranda
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Claudia / Elka
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Jackie Sykes
Happy Days
1974
as Cynthia
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Carol
Simon & Simon
1981
Revenge
2011
as Teresa
V.I.P.
1998
as Self
Hotel
1982
as Carol
Police Woman
1974
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Lily Barton
7th Heaven
1996
as Bird
Providence
1999
as Gwendolynne Gold
Roswell
1999
as Meris Wheeler
Murphy Brown
1988
as Julia St. Martin
Kojak
1973
as Allison
Empty Nest
1988
Cybill
1995
as Andrea Thorpe
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
North and South
1985
as Burdetta Halloran
Switch
1975
as Shelley Bloom
The City
1995
as Debbie Tompkins / Sydney Chase
Mork & Mindy
1978
as Susan
The Angry Beavers
1997
Dharma & Greg
1997
as Jackie
Rugrats
2021
as Glammed-Up Woman (voice)
The Naked Truth
1995
as Morgan Fairchild
Worst Cooks in America
2010
as Self - Contestant
Burke's Law
1994
as June Ward
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self - Interviewee
Men in Trees
2006
as Self
Flamingo Road
1981
as Constance Carlyle
Too Old to Die Young
2019
as Mrs. Watson
Roseanne
1988
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
So Graham Norton
1998
as Self - Guest
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
2000
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978
$weepstake$
1979
as Shirley
Movies (96)
A Perfect Ending
2012
as Valentina
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
Freaked
1993
as Stewardess
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
as "Dottie"
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
Holy Man
1998
as Morgan Fairchild
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
as Beverly Hills Dog Show Commentator
Deadly Illusion
1987
as Jane Mallory / Sharon Burton
Life's a Beach
2010
as Felicia Wald
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Challenge of the Tiger
1980
as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
The Slammin' Salmon
2009
as Morgan Fairchild
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
2014
as Charlene
How to Murder a Millionaire
1990
as Loretta
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III
1994
as Beth Chaney
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Escapade
1978
as Suzy
The Seduction
1982
as Jamie Douglas
My Perfect Romance
2018
as Ms. Robinson
Writer's Block
1991
as Magenta Hart
American Horror House
2012
as Miss Margot / Rosemary
Sam
2015
as Lulu
Bikini Model Academy
2015
as Ms. Morgan Fairchild
Boy Toy
2011
as Barbra
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
2025
as Self
Venus Rising
1995
as Peyton
All Good Things
2019
as Gramma
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993
as Alana Westbrook
The Initiation of Sarah
2006
as Tina Goodwin
Christian Mingle
2014
as Lacie Wood
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
as Lisa Eddington
Concrete Cowboys
1979
as Kate Harper / Clara Wade
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
1991
as Irene Frances Adler
Red Headed Stranger
1986
as Raysha Shay
Shattered Illusions
1998
as Angie
Nice Guys Sleep Alone
1999
as Lorraine
Bimbo Movie Bash
1997
as Camella Swales
Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger
1997
as Diana Astin
Dark Power
2013
as Elizabeth Archer
Scales
2017
as Principal Strauss
Sleeping Beauty
1987
as Queen
Wiener Dog Internationals
2015
as Miss Merryweather
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
1988
as Morgan Fairchild
Das Paradies am Ende der Berge
1994
as Irmgard Hoelzl
Mob Boss
1990
as Gina
Arizona Summer
2004
as Debbie
eCupid
2011
as Venus
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001
as Courtney Vandermint
Campus Man
1987
as Katherine Van Buren
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Menu for Murder
1990
as Paula Preston
A Christmas in Vermont
2016
as Joanne Davis
Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery
2006
as Phyllis Hale
Dead Man's Island
1996
as Valerie St. Vincent
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
1989
as Lucy Milgrim
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge
1989
as Mayor Karen Wilton
The Initiation of Sarah
1978
as Jennifer Lawrence
Star Command
1996
as Sigrid Ivorstetter
I Was a Teenage Faust
2002
as Babylonia
Held for Ransom
2000
as Mrs. Kirkland
Perfect on Paper
2014
as Beverly Wilcox
A Bullet for Pretty Boy
1970
as Blonde Driving Roadster
The Sno Cone Stand Inc
2008
as Cathy Wanton
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
2023
as Morgan
Criminal Hearts
1996
as District Attorney
Based on an Untrue Story
1993
as Satin Chau
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008
as Self
Magic with the Stars
1982
as Self
Virgin Mary
1995
as Sister Fabijana Zovko
Unshackled
2000
as Mrs. Rebecca Miller
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
1981
as Stella Walker
Honeyboy
1982
as Judy Wellman
Sex, Drugs and Consequences
1996
as self
The Legacy of Malthus
1994
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas
2023
as Margaux Roberts
A Date by Christmas Eve
2019
as Mrs. Kringle
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984
as Maid Marian
Flamingo Road
1980
as Constance Weldon Semple Carlyle
Midnight Cop
1988
as Lisa
Time Bomb
1984
as Renee DeSalles
Murder in Music City
1979
as Dana Morgan
Wiener Dog Nationals
2013
as Ms. Merryweather
Peril
2001
as Terry
The Nana Project
2023
as Francesca
Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000
1994
as Camella Swales
You're Gonna Miss Me
2017
as Audrey Lake
Knuckle Sandwich
2004
as Mrs. Simms
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984
as Self
Teenage Confidential
1996
as Joan
Street of Dreams
1988
as Laura Cassidy/Eva Bomberg
Even Angels Fall
1991
as Leslie Phillips
Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed!
1985
as various
Disney's Magic in the Magic Kingdom
1988
as Self
About 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 nom… With 173 credits spanning from 1951 to 2025, Morgan Fairchild has appeared in 96 films and 77 TV shows.
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Most Popular Morgan Fairchild Movies
- A Perfect Ending (2012) — as Valentina
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) — as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
- Freaked (1993) — as Stewardess
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) — as "Dottie"
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) — as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
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