Morgan Fairchild
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Claire Lockton
1999
Series
The Simpsons
Vivienne St. Charmaine (voice)
1989
Series
Bones
Bianca Chiverton
2005
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Series
Friends
Nora Bing
1994
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Two and a Half Men
Donna
2003
Series
The Love Boat
Jenny Boyer
1977
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Diagnosis: Murder
Pamela Dorn
1993
Series
Dallas
Jenna Wade
1978
Series
Falcon Crest
Jordan Roberts
1981
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Iris Novaro
1984
Series
That '70s Show
Carolyn
1998
Series
Magnum, P.I.
Catherine Hailey / Alex Houston
1980
Series
Nip/Tuck
Self
2003
Series
Chuck
Honey Woodcomb
2007
Series
Home Improvement
Morgan Fairchild
1991
Series
Happy Days
Cynthia
1974
Series
My Name Is Earl
Carol
2005
Series
Revenge
Teresa
2011
Series
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Miranda
1993
Series
Touched by an Angel
Jackie Sykes
1994
Series
Hot in Cleveland
Claudia / Elka
2010
Series
V.I.P.
Self
1998
Series
Simon & Simon
1981
Series
Murphy Brown
Julia St. Martin
1988
Series
Hotel
Carol
1982
Series
Police Woman
1974
Series
7th Heaven
Bird
1996
Series
Just Shoot Me!
Lily Barton
1997
Series
Roswell
Meris Wheeler
1999
Series
The Bob Newhart Show
Linda / Bianca
1972
Series
The Angry Beavers
1997
Series
Providence
Gwendolynne Gold
1999
Series
Kojak
Allison
1973
Series
The City
Sydney Chase
1995
Series
The City
Debbie Tompkins
1995
Series
Switch
Shelley Bloom
1975
Series
Cybill
Andrea Thorpe
1995
Series
Rugrats
Glammed-Up Woman (voice)
2021
Series
Empty Nest
1988
Series
Dharma & Greg
Jackie
1997
Series
North and South
Burdetta Halloran
1985
Series
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
2009
Series
Mork & Mindy
Susan
1978
Series
Worst Cooks in America
Self - Contestant
2010
Series
The Naked Truth
Morgan Fairchild
1995
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
2000
Series
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self - Interviewee
1981
Series
Burke's Law
June Ward
1994
Series
Men in Trees
Self
2006
Series
So Graham Norton
Self - Guest
1998
Series
Roseanne
1988
Series
Too Old to Die Young
Mrs. Watson
2019
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996
Series
Flamingo Road
Constance Carlyle
1981
Film
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
1994
$weepstake$
Shirley
1979
Series
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978
Series
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
Series
That '80s Show
Cossima Blair
2002
Film
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
"Dottie"
1985
Film
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023
Series
Robin's Hoods
Caroline
1994
Series
The Encounter
Bethany Baxter
2016
Film
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
2007
Series
A Man Called Sloane
Melissa Nelson
1979
Film
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Beverly Hills Dog Show Commentator
2011
Series
The New Addams Family
Lady Pretensia
1998
The Very Very Best of the 70s
Self - Commentator
2019
Film
The Miracle of Medjugorje
Sister Fabijana Zovko
1995
Series
Rafferty
1977
Series
Fashion House
Sophia Blakely
2006
Film
A Perfect Ending
Valentina
2012
Series
Paper Dolls
Racine
1984
Film
Freaked
Stewardess
1993
Series
The Dream Merchants
Dulcie Warren
1980
Series
Search for Tomorrow
1951
Film
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
Charlene
2014
Head over Heels
Mona DuBois
1997
Film
Holy Man
Morgan Fairchild
1998
Film
The Slammin' Salmon
Morgan Fairchild
2009
Film
Scales
Principal Strauss
2017
Film
Boy Toy
Barbra
2011
Film
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III
Beth Chaney
1994
Film
My Perfect Romance
Ms. Robinson
2018
Film
Life's a Beach
Felicia Wald
2010
Film
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
Self
2025
Series
Concrete Cowboys
Carla
1981
Series
Concrete Cowboys
Kate
1981
Film
Sam
Lulu
2015
Film
A Christmas in Vermont
Joanne Davis
2016
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
1982
Film
All Good Things
Gramma
2019
Film
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge
Mayor Karen Wilton
1989
Series
Time Express
1979
Film
Christian Mingle
Lacie Wood
2014
Film
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Self
1990
Teenage Confidential
Joan
1996
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
Magic with the Stars
Self
1982
Film
Dead Man's Island
Valerie St. Vincent
1996
Sex, Drugs and Consequences
self
1996
Film
Bimbo Movie Bash
Camella Swales
1997
Film
Peril
Terry
2001
Film
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Film
Challenge of the Tiger
Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
1980
Film
American Horror House
Miss Margot / Rosemary
2012
Film
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Irene Frances Adler
1991
He's a Lady
2004
Film
The Seduction
Jamie Douglas
1982
Film
Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed!
various
1985
Film
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Film
I Was a Teenage Faust
Babylonia
2002
Film
Wiener Dog Internationals
Miss Merryweather
2015
Film
Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas
Margaux Roberts
2023
Film
The Initiation of Sarah
Tina Goodwin
2006
Film
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
Stella Walker
1981
Film
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
Alana Westbrook
1993
Film
Bikini Model Academy
Ms. Morgan Fairchild
2015
Film
A Date by Christmas Eve
Mrs. Kringle
2019
Film
The Initiation of Sarah
Jennifer Lawrence
1978
Film
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Film
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Lisa Eddington
1980
Film
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
Lucy Milgrim
1989
Film
Based on an Untrue Story
Satin Chau
1993
Film
Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery
Phyllis Hale
2006
Film
eCupid
Venus
2011
Film
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Courtney Vandermint
2001
Film
You're Gonna Miss Me
Audrey Lake
2017
Film
How to Murder a Millionaire
Loretta
1990
Film
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
Morgan
2023
Film
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Maid Marian
1984
Film
Criminal Hearts
District Attorney
1996
Film
Disney's Magic in the Magic Kingdom
Self
1988
Film
Shattered Illusions
Angie
1998
Film
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Self
2008
Film
Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000
Camella Swales
1994
Film
Concrete Cowboys
Kate Harper / Clara Wade
1979
Film
Menu for Murder
Paula Preston
1990
Film
Sleeping Beauty
Queen
1987
Film
Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 5
Self - Interviewee
1983
Film
Wiener Dog Nationals
Ms. Merryweather
2013
Film
Murder in Music City
Dana Morgan
1979
Film
Midnight Cop
Lisa
1988
Film
Nice Guys Sleep Alone
Lorraine
1999
Film
Red Headed Stranger
Raysha Shay
1986
Film
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Morgan Fairchild
1988
Film
A Bullet for Pretty Boy
Blonde Driving Roadster
1970
Film
Dark Power
Elizabeth Archer
2013
Film
The Nana Project
Francesca
2023
Film
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
Self
1984
Film
Perfect on Paper
Beverly Wilcox
2014
Film
Held for Ransom
Mrs. Kirkland
2000
Film
Campus Man
Katherine Van Buren
1987
Film
Even Angels Fall
Leslie Phillips
1991
Film
Time Bomb
Renee DeSalles
1984
Film
Deadly Illusion
Jane Mallory / Sharon Burton
1987
Film
Star Command
Sigrid Ivorstetter
1996
Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger
Diana Astin
1997
Film
Unshackled
Mrs. Rebecca Miller
2000
Film
Mob Boss
Gina
1990
Film
Venus Rising
Peyton
1995
Film
The Legacy of Malthus
Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
1994
Film
Das Paradies am Ende der Berge
Irmgard Hoelzl
1994
Film
Flamingo Road
Constance Weldon Semple Carlyle
1980
Film
The Sno Cone Stand Inc
Cathy Wanton
2008
Film
Knuckle Sandwich
Mrs. Simms
2004
Film
Honeyboy
Judy Wellman
1982
Film
Arizona Summer
Debbie
2004
Film
No Friends
Nora Tyler Bing
2025
Film
Escapade
Suzy
1978
Film
Street of Dreams
Laura Cassidy/Eva Bomberg
1988
Film
Writer's Block
Magenta Hart
1991