Morgan Fairchild
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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
Credits
A Perfect Ending (2012)
as Valentina
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
as "Dottie"
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
Freaked (1993)
as Stewardess
Holy Man (1998)
as Morgan Fairchild
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)
as Beverly Hills Dog Show Commentator
Bikini Model Academy (2015)
as Ms. Morgan Fairchild
Sam (2015)
as Lulu
The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
as Morgan Fairchild
Boy Toy (2011)
as Barbra
Beethoven's Treasure Tail (2014)
as Charlene
The Legacy of Malthus (1994)
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
The Seduction (1982)
as Jamie Douglas
Red Headed Stranger (1986)
as Raysha Shay
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1994)
as Beth Chaney
American Horror House (2012)
as Miss Margot / Rosemary
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy (2025)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Christian Mingle (2014)
as Lacie Wood
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
The Initiation of Sarah (2006)
as Tina Goodwin
Venus Rising (1995)
as Peyton
Scales (2017)
as Principal Strauss
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years (1990)
as Self
Life's a Beach (2010)
as Felicia Wald
My Perfect Romance (2018)
as Ms. Robinson
The Initiation of Sarah (1978)
as Jennifer Lawrence
A Christmas in Vermont (2016)
as Joanne Davis
Star Command (1996)
as Sigrid Ivorstetter
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Time Bomb (1984)
as Renee DeSalles
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Power (2013)
as Elizabeth Archer
Teddy Bears' Picnic (2001)
as Courtney Vandermint
eCupid (2011)
as Venus
Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas (2023)
as Margaux Roberts
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989)
as Mayor Karen Wilton
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
Virgin Mary (1995)
as Sister Fabijana Zovko
Flamingo Road (1980)
as Constance Weldon Semple Carlyle
Challenge of the Tiger (1980)
as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)
as Morgan Fairchild
Magic with the Stars (1982)
as Self
Dead Man's Island (1996)
as Valerie St. Vincent
Campus Man (1987)
as Katherine Van Buren
Midnight Cop (1988)
as Lisa
Wiener Dog Internationals (2015)
as Miss Merryweather
Bimbo Movie Bash (1997)
as Camella Swales
Sleeping Beauty (1987)
as Queen
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993)
as Alana Westbrook
I Was a Teenage Faust (2002)
as Babylonia
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
as Irene Frances Adler
Perfect on Paper (2014)
as Beverly Wilcox
Held for Ransom (2000)
as Mrs. Kirkland
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008)
as Self
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984)
as Maid Marian
Teenage Confidential (1996)
as Joan
How to Murder a Millionaire (1990)
as Loretta
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team (1984)
as Self
Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery (2006)
as Phyllis Hale
Nice Guys Sleep Alone (1999)
as Lorraine
Criminal Hearts (1996)
as District Attorney
Deadly Illusion (1987)
as Jane Mallory / Sharon Burton
Street of Dreams (1988)
as Laura Cassidy/Eva Bomberg
All Good Things (2019)
as Gramma
Menu for Murder (1990)
as Paula Preston
Peril (2001)
as Terry
Mob Boss (1990)
as Gina
Concrete Cowboys (1979)
as Kate Harper / Clara Wade
Shattered Illusions (1998)
as Angie
Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 (1994)
as Camella Swales
Based on an Untrue Story (1993)
as Satin Chau
The Nana Project (2023)
as Francesca
Murder in Music City (1979)
as Dana Morgan
A Date by Christmas Eve (2019)
as Mrs. Kringle
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story (2023)
as Morgan
Honeyboy (1982)
as Judy Wellman
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989)
as Lucy Milgrim
Wiener Dog Nationals (2013)
as Ms. Merryweather
Sex, Drugs and Consequences (1996)
as self
Arizona Summer (2004)
as Debbie
The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
as Lisa Eddington
A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970)
as Blonde Driving Roadster
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (1981)
as Stella Walker
Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger (1997)
as Diana Astin
Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed! (1985)
as various
Knuckle Sandwich (2004)
as Mrs. Simms
You're Gonna Miss Me (2017)
as Audrey Lake
The Sno Cone Stand Inc (2008)
as Cathy Wanton
Das Paradies am Ende der Berge (1994)
as Irmgard Hoelzl
Writer's Block (1991)
as Magenta Hart
Unshackled (2000)
as Mrs. Rebecca Miller
Escapade (1978)
as Suzy
Disney's Magic in the Magic Kingdom (1988)
as Self
Even Angels Fall (1991)
as Leslie Phillips