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)
Scales (2017)
as Principal Strauss
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
as "Dottie"
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)
as Beverly Hills Dog Show Commentator
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
Freaked (1993)
as Stewardess
Sam (2015)
as Lulu
My Perfect Romance (2018)
as Ms. Robinson
Boy Toy (2011)
as Barbra
Life's a Beach (2010)
as Felicia Wald
American Horror House (2012)
as Miss Margot / Rosemary
Beethoven's Treasure Tail (2014)
as Charlene
I Was a Teenage Faust (2002)
as Babylonia
Holy Man (1998)
as Morgan Fairchild
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy (2025)
as Self
Teenage Confidential (1996)
as Joan
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1994)
as Beth Chaney
Peril (2001)
as Terry
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Dead Man's Island (1996)
as Valerie St. Vincent
The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
as Morgan Fairchild
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993)
as Alana Westbrook
Red Headed Stranger (1986)
as Raysha Shay
The Seduction (1982)
as Jamie Douglas
eCupid (2011)
as Venus
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
The Initiation of Sarah (2006)
as Tina Goodwin
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Bikini Model Academy (2015)
as Ms. Morgan Fairchild
Deadly Illusion (1987)
as Jane Mallory / Sharon Burton
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
as Irene Frances Adler
Magic with the Stars (1982)
as Self
Wiener Dog Internationals (2015)
as Miss Merryweather
Shattered Illusions (1998)
as Angie
Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery (2006)
as Phyllis Hale
Challenge of the Tiger (1980)
as Morgan Fairchild (uncredited)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Nice Guys Sleep Alone (1999)
as Lorraine
A Christmas in Vermont (2016)
as Joanne Davis
Bimbo Movie Bash (1997)
as Camella Swales
All Good Things (2019)
as Gramma
Sleeping Beauty (1987)
as Queen
Concrete Cowboys (1979)
as Kate Harper / Clara Wade
Mob Boss (1990)
as Gina
Based on an Untrue Story (1993)
as Satin Chau
The Initiation of Sarah (1978)
as Jennifer Lawrence
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989)
as Mayor Karen Wilton
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
as Lisa Eddington
Wiener Dog Nationals (2013)
as Ms. Merryweather
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years (1990)
as Self
Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed! (1985)
as various
Criminal Hearts (1996)
as District Attorney
Campus Man (1987)
as Katherine Van Buren
Arizona Summer (2004)
as Debbie
A Date by Christmas Eve (2019)
as Mrs. Kringle
Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger (1997)
as Diana Astin
Disney's Magic in the Magic Kingdom (1988)
as Self
Christian Mingle (2014)
as Lacie Wood
Teddy Bears' Picnic (2001)
as Courtney Vandermint
The Nana Project (2023)
as Francesca
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team (1984)
as Self
Venus Rising (1995)
as Peyton
Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas (2023)
as Margaux Roberts
Virgin Mary (1995)
as Sister Fabijana Zovko
How to Murder a Millionaire (1990)
as Loretta
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)
as Morgan Fairchild
Menu for Murder (1990)
as Paula Preston
Murder in Music City (1979)
as Dana Morgan
Perfect on Paper (2014)
as Beverly Wilcox
You're Gonna Miss Me (2017)
as Audrey Lake
A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970)
as Blonde Driving Roadster
Unshackled (2000)
as Mrs. Rebecca Miller
Dark Power (2013)
as Elizabeth Archer
Midnight Cop (1988)
as Lisa
Held for Ransom (2000)
as Mrs. Kirkland
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984)
as Maid Marian
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story (2023)
as Morgan
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989)
as Lucy Milgrim
Knuckle Sandwich (2004)
as Mrs. Simms
Time Bomb (1984)
as Renee DeSalles
Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 (1994)
as Camella Swales
Das Paradies am Ende der Berge (1994)
as Irmgard Hoelzl
Street of Dreams (1988)
as Laura Cassidy/Eva Bomberg
Flamingo Road (1980)
as Constance Weldon Semple Carlyle
Star Command (1996)
as Sigrid Ivorstetter
Sex, Drugs and Consequences (1996)
as self
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (1981)
as Stella Walker
The Legacy of Malthus (1994)
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
Even Angels Fall (1991)
as Leslie Phillips
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008)
as Self
Honeyboy (1982)
as Judy Wellman
The Sno Cone Stand Inc (2008)
as Cathy Wanton
Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 5 (1983)
as Self - Interviewee
Writer's Block (1991)
as Magenta Hart
Escapade (1978)
as Suzy