Morgan Fairchild
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1950-02-03 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Morgan Fairchild
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
Acting
(2025)
(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
(2019)
A Date by Christmas Eve
as Mrs. Kringle
(2019)
All Good Things
as Gramma
(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)
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
as Charlene
(2014)
Christian Mingle
as Lacie Wood
(2014)
Perfect on Paper
as Beverly Wilcox
(2013)
Wiener Dog Nationals
as Ms. Merryweather
(2013)
Dark Power
as Elizabeth Archer
(2012)
A Perfect Ending
as Valentina
(2012)
American Horror House
as Miss Margot / Rosemary
(2011)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
as Beverly Hills Dog Show Commentator
(2011)
Boy Toy
as Barbra
(2011)
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
eCupid
as Venus
(2010)
Life's a Beach
as Felicia Wald
(2009)
The Slammin' Salmon
as Morgan Fairchild
(2008)
(2008)
The Sno Cone Stand Inc
as Cathy Wanton
(2007)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
(2006)
The Initiation of Sarah
as Tina Goodwin
(2006)
Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery
as Phyllis Hale
(2004)
Knuckle Sandwich
as Mrs. Simms
(2004)
Arizona Summer
as Debbie
(2002)
I Was a Teenage Faust
as Babylonia
(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
(1998)
Holy Man
as Morgan Fairchild
(1998)
Shattered Illusions
as Angie
(1997)
Bimbo Movie Bash
as Camella Swales
(1997)
Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger
as Diana Astin
(1996)
Dead Man's Island
as Valerie St. Vincent
(1996)
Criminal Hearts
as District Attorney
(1996)
Star Command
as Sigrid Ivorstetter
(1996)
Sex, Drugs and Consequences
as self
(1996)
Teenage Confidential
as Joan
(1995)
Virgin Mary
as Sister Fabijana Zovko
(1995)
Venus Rising
as Peyton
(1994)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
(1994)
Body Chemistry III: Point of Seduction
as Beth Chaney
(1994)
Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000
as Camella Swales
(1994)
Das Paradies am Ende der Berge
as Irmgard Hoelzl
(1994)
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
(1993)
Freaked
as Stewardess
(1993)
Based on an Untrue Story
as Satin Chau
(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)
Even Angels Fall
as Leslie Phillips
(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1990)
How to Murder a Millionaire
as Loretta
(1990)
Mob Boss
as Gina
(1990)
Menu for Murder
as Paula Preston
(1989)
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge
as Mayor Karen Wilton
(1989)
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
as Lucy Milgrim
(1988)
Midnight Cop
as Lisa
(1988)
Street of Dreams
as Laura Cassidy/Eva Bomberg
(1988)
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
as Morgan Fairchild
(1988)
(1987)
(1987)
Sleeping Beauty
as Queen
(1987)
Campus Man
as Katherine Van Buren
(1987)
Deadly Illusion
as Jane Mallory / Sharon Burton
(1986)
Red Headed Stranger
as Raysha Shay
(1985)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
as "Dottie"
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1985)
Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed!
as various
(1984)
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
as Maid Marian
(1984)
(1984)
Time Bomb
as Renee DeSalles
(1982)
The Seduction
as Jamie Douglas
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
Honeyboy
as Judy Wellman
(1982)
(1981)
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
as Stella Walker
(1980)
Challenge of the Tiger
as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
(1980)
The Memory of Eva Ryker
as Lisa Eddington
(1980)
Flamingo Road
as Constance Weldon Semple Carlyle
(1979)
Murder in Music City
as Dana Morgan
(1979)
Concrete Cowboys
as Kate Harper / Clara Wade
(1979)
(1978)
The Initiation of Sarah
as Jennifer Lawrence
(1978)
Escapade
as Suzy
(1970)
A Bullet for Pretty Boy
as Blonde Driving Roadster
Crew
(1967)
Bonnie and Clyde
Stand In