Morgan Fairchild

Morgan Fairchild

Known for
Acting
Born
February 3, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Dallas, Texas, USA

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

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Filmography

2025
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy poster

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

Movie · as Self

2023
The Nana Project poster

The Nana Project

Movie · as Francesca

2023
Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas poster

Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas

Movie · as Margaux Roberts

2023
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story poster

Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story

Movie · as Morgan

2023
Commitment to Life poster

Commitment to Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Rugrats poster

Rugrats

TV · as Glammed-Up Woman (voice) · 1 ep

2019
All Good Things poster

All Good Things

Movie · as Gramma

2019
A Date by Christmas Eve poster

A Date by Christmas Eve

Movie · as Mrs. Kringle

2019
The Very Very Best of the 70s

The Very Very Best of the 70s

TV · as Self - Commentator · 7 eps

2019
Too Old to Die Young poster

Too Old to Die Young

TV · as Mrs. Watson · 1 ep

2018
My Perfect Romance poster

My Perfect Romance

Movie · as Ms. Robinson

2017
Scales poster

Scales

Movie · as Principal Strauss

2017
You're Gonna Miss Me poster

You're Gonna Miss Me

Movie · as Audrey Lake

2016
A Christmas in Vermont poster

A Christmas in Vermont

Movie · as Joanne Davis

2016
The Encounter poster

The Encounter

TV · as Bethany Baxter · 1 ep

2015
Bikini Model Academy poster

Bikini Model Academy

Movie · as Ms. Morgan Fairchild

2015
Wiener Dog Internationals poster

Wiener Dog Internationals

Movie · as Miss Merryweather

2015
Sam poster

Sam

Movie · as Lulu

2014
Perfect on Paper poster

Perfect on Paper

Movie · as Beverly Wilcox

2014
Christian Mingle poster

Christian Mingle

Movie · as Lacie Wood

2014
Beethoven's Treasure Tail poster

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

Movie · as Charlene

2013
Wiener Dog Nationals poster

Wiener Dog Nationals

Movie · as Ms. Merryweather

2013
Dark Power poster

Dark Power

Movie · as Elizabeth Archer

2012
A Perfect Ending poster

A Perfect Ending

Movie · as Valentina

2012
American Horror House poster

American Horror House

Movie · as Miss Margot / Rosemary

2011
Boy Toy poster

Boy Toy

Movie · as Barbra

2011
eCupid poster

eCupid

Movie · as Venus

2011
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 poster

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

Movie · as Beverly Hills Dog Show Commentator

2011
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 poster

Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2011
Revenge poster

Revenge

TV · as Teresa · 1 ep

2010
Life's a Beach poster

Life's a Beach

Movie · as Felicia Wald

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Claudia / Elka · 1 ep

2010
Worst Cooks in America poster

Worst Cooks in America

TV · as Self - Contestant · 3 eps

2009
The Slammin' Salmon poster

The Slammin' Salmon

Movie · as Morgan Fairchild

2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' poster

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

Movie · as Self

2008
The Sno Cone Stand Inc poster

The Sno Cone Stand Inc

Movie · as Cathy Wanton

2007
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story poster

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Movie · as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)

2007
Chuck poster

Chuck

TV · as Honey Woodcomb · 3 eps

2006
The Initiation of Sarah poster

The Initiation of Sarah

Movie · as Tina Goodwin

2006
Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery poster

Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery

Movie · as Phyllis Hale

2006
Men in Trees poster

Men in Trees

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Fashion House poster

Fashion House

TV · as Sophia Blakely · 74 eps

2005
My Name Is Earl poster

My Name Is Earl

TV · as Carol · 1 ep

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Bianca Chiverton · 1 ep

2004
Knuckle Sandwich poster

Knuckle Sandwich

Movie · as Mrs. Simms

2004
Arizona Summer poster

Arizona Summer

Movie · as Debbie

2004
He's a Lady

He's a Lady

TV · 6 eps

2003
Two and a Half Men poster

Two and a Half Men

TV · as Donna · 1 ep

2003
Nip/Tuck poster

Nip/Tuck

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
I Was a Teenage Faust poster

I Was a Teenage Faust

Movie · as Babylonia

2002
That '80s Show poster

That '80s Show

TV · as Cossima Blair · 1 ep

2001
Teddy Bears' Picnic poster

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Movie · as Courtney Vandermint

2001
Peril poster

Peril

Movie · as Terry

2000
Unshackled poster

Unshackled

Movie · as Mrs. Rebecca Miller

2000
Held for Ransom poster

Held for Ransom

Movie · as Mrs. Kirkland

2000
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

TV · 1 ep

1999
Nice Guys Sleep Alone poster

Nice Guys Sleep Alone

Movie · as Lorraine

1999
Providence poster

Providence

TV · as Gwendolynne Gold · 1 ep

1999
Roswell poster

Roswell

TV · as Meris Wheeler · 2 eps

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Claire Lockton · 1 ep

1998
Shattered Illusions poster

Shattered Illusions

Movie · as Angie

1998
Holy Man poster

Holy Man

Movie · as Morgan Fairchild

1998
That '70s Show poster

That '70s Show

TV · as Carolyn · 1 ep

1998
So Graham Norton poster

So Graham Norton

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1998
V.I.P. poster

V.I.P.

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
The New Addams Family poster

The New Addams Family

TV · as Lady Pretensia · 1 ep

1997
Bimbo Movie Bash poster

Bimbo Movie Bash

Movie · as Camella Swales

1997
Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger

Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger

Movie · as Diana Astin

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Dharma & Greg poster

Dharma & Greg

TV · as Jackie · 1 ep

1997
The Angry Beavers poster

The Angry Beavers

TV · 1 ep

1997
Head over Heels

Head over Heels

TV · as Mona DuBois · 10 eps

1997
Just Shoot Me! poster

Just Shoot Me!

TV · as Lily Barton · 1 ep

1996
Star Command poster

Star Command

Movie · as Sigrid Ivorstetter

1996
Dead Man's Island poster

Dead Man's Island

Movie · as Valerie St. Vincent

1996
Criminal Hearts poster

Criminal Hearts

Movie · as District Attorney

1996
Sex, Drugs and Consequences

Sex, Drugs and Consequences

Movie · as self

1996
Teenage Confidential

Teenage Confidential

Movie · as Joan

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1996
7th Heaven poster

7th Heaven

TV · as Bird · 1 ep

1995
Venus Rising poster

Venus Rising

Movie · as Peyton

1995
The Miracle of Medjugorje poster

The Miracle of Medjugorje

Movie · as Sister Fabijana Zovko

1995
Cybill poster

Cybill

TV · as Andrea Thorpe · 4 eps

1995
The City poster

The City

TV · as Sydney Chase, Debbie Tompkins · 289 eps

1995
The Naked Truth poster

The Naked Truth

TV · as Morgan Fairchild · 1 ep

1994
Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 poster

Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000

Movie · as Camella Swales

1994
The Legacy of Malthus poster

The Legacy of Malthus

Movie · as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

1994
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III poster

Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III

Movie · as Beth Chaney

1994
Das Paradies am Ende der Berge poster

Das Paradies am Ende der Berge

Movie · as Irmgard Hoelzl

1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult poster

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Movie · as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)

1994
Friends poster

Friends

TV · as Nora Bing · 4 eps

1994
Robin's Hoods poster

Robin's Hoods

TV · as Caroline · 21 eps

1994
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as June Ward · 1 ep

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Jackie Sykes · 1 ep

1993
Based on an Untrue Story poster

Based on an Untrue Story

Movie · as Satin Chau

1993
Freaked poster

Freaked

Movie · as Stewardess

1993
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal poster

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal

Movie · as Alana Westbrook

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Pamela Dorn · 1 ep

1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman poster

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

TV · as Miranda · 1 ep

1991
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady poster

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

Movie · as Irene Frances Adler

1991
Writer's Block poster

Writer's Block

Movie · as Magenta Hart

1991
Even Angels Fall poster

Even Angels Fall

Movie · as Leslie Phillips

1991
Home Improvement poster

Home Improvement

TV · as Morgan Fairchild · 1 ep

1990
Mob Boss poster

Mob Boss

Movie · as Gina

1990
Menu for Murder poster

Menu for Murder

Movie · as Paula Preston

1990
Night of 100 Stars III poster

Night of 100 Stars III

Movie · as Self

1990
How to Murder a Millionaire poster

How to Murder a Millionaire

Movie · as Loretta

1990
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years poster

Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years

Movie · as Self

1989
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge poster

Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge

Movie · as Mayor Karen Wilton

1989
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy poster

The Haunting of Sarah Hardy

Movie · as Lucy Milgrim

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Vivienne St. Charmaine (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Midnight Cop poster

Midnight Cop

Movie · as Lisa

1988
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz poster

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz

Movie · as Morgan Fairchild

1988
Street of Dreams poster

Street of Dreams

Movie · as Laura Cassidy/Eva Bomberg

1988
Disney's Magic in the Magic Kingdom poster

Disney's Magic in the Magic Kingdom

Movie · as Self

1988
Roseanne poster

Roseanne

TV · 2 eps

1988
Murphy Brown poster

Murphy Brown

TV · as Julia St. Martin · 1 ep

1988
Empty Nest poster

Empty Nest

TV · 1 ep

1987
Sleeping Beauty poster

Sleeping Beauty

Movie · as Queen

1987
Deadly Illusion poster

Deadly Illusion

Movie · as Jane Mallory / Sharon Burton

1987
Campus Man poster

Campus Man

Movie · as Katherine Van Buren

1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1986
Red Headed Stranger poster

Red Headed Stranger

Movie · as Raysha Shay

1985
Pee-wee's Big Adventure poster

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Movie · as "Dottie"

1985
Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed! poster

Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed!

Movie · as various

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1985
North and South poster

North and South

TV · as Burdetta Halloran · 5 eps

1984
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood poster

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

Movie · as Maid Marian

1984
Time Bomb poster

Time Bomb

Movie · as Renee DeSalles

1984
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team poster

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

Movie · as Self

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Iris Novaro · 1 ep

1984
Paper Dolls poster

Paper Dolls

TV · as Racine · 14 eps

1983
Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 5 poster

Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 5

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

1982
The Seduction poster

The Seduction

Movie · as Jamie Douglas

1982
Magic with the Stars poster

Magic with the Stars

Movie · as Self

1982
Honeyboy poster

Honeyboy

Movie · as Judy Wellman

1982
Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars

Movie · as Self

1982
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour

The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour

TV · 1 ep

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · as Carol · 1 ep

1981
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite poster

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite

Movie · as Stella Walker

1981
Falcon Crest poster

Falcon Crest

TV · as Jordan Roberts · 29 eps

1981
Simon & Simon poster

Simon & Simon

TV · 1 ep

1981
Flamingo Road poster

Flamingo Road

TV · as Constance Carlyle · 37 eps

1981
Concrete Cowboys poster

Concrete Cowboys

TV · as Carla, Kate · 6 eps

1981
Entertainment Tonight poster

Entertainment Tonight

TV · as Self, Self - Interviewee · 1 ep

1980
Challenge of the Tiger poster

Challenge of the Tiger

Movie · as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)

1980
Flamingo Road poster

Flamingo Road

Movie · as Constance Weldon Semple Carlyle

1980
The Memory of Eva Ryker poster

The Memory of Eva Ryker

Movie · as Lisa Eddington

1980
Magnum, P.I. poster

Magnum, P.I.

TV · as Catherine Hailey / Alex Houston · 1 ep

1980
The Dream Merchants poster

The Dream Merchants

TV · as Dulcie Warren · 3 eps

1979
Concrete Cowboys poster

Concrete Cowboys

Movie · as Kate Harper / Clara Wade

1979
Murder in Music City poster

Murder in Music City

Movie · as Dana Morgan

1979
A Man Called Sloane poster

A Man Called Sloane

TV · as Melissa Nelson · 12 eps

1979
Time Express poster

Time Express

TV · 1 ep

1979
$weepstake$

$weepstake$

TV · as Shirley · 1 ep

1978
The Initiation of Sarah poster

The Initiation of Sarah

Movie · as Jennifer Lawrence

1978
Escapade poster

Escapade

Movie · as Suzy

1978
Dallas poster

Dallas

TV · as Jenna Wade · 1 ep

1978
The Amazing Spider-Man poster

The Amazing Spider-Man

TV · 1 ep

1978
The Magic of David Copperfield poster

The Magic of David Copperfield

TV · 1 ep

1978
Mork & Mindy poster

Mork & Mindy

TV · as Susan · 3 eps

1977
Rafferty poster

Rafferty

TV · 1 ep

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Jenny Boyer · 2 eps

1975
Switch poster

Switch

TV · as Shelley Bloom · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

1974
Happy Days poster

Happy Days

TV · as Cynthia · 1 ep

1974
Police Woman poster

Police Woman

TV · 1 ep

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Allison · 1 ep

1972
The Bob Newhart Show poster

The Bob Newhart Show

TV · as Linda / Bianca · 1 ep

1970
A Bullet for Pretty Boy poster

A Bullet for Pretty Boy

Movie · as Blonde Driving Roadster

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self - Co-Host · 1 ep

1951
Search for Tomorrow poster

Search for Tomorrow

TV · 5 eps