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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.
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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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Bones
The Love Boat
Touched by an Angel
The Simpsons
Chuck
Murder, She Wrote
7th Heaven
My Name Is Earl
Diagnosis: Murder
Just Shoot Me!
Kojak
Magnum, P.I.
Hot in Cleveland
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Police Woman
Falcon Crest
Revenge
Providence
Simon & Simon
Switch
Home Improvement
Happy Days
Two and a Half Men
Roseanne
Burke's Law
Friends
That '70s Show
Roswell
Cybill
Empty Nest
Sweepstakes
Too Old to Die Young
The Naked Truth
Murphy Brown
Dallas
The Angry Beavers
Time Express
The Magic of David Copperfield
Rugrats
Rafferty
The Amazing Spider-Man
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Search for Tomorrow
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
Beethoven's Treasure Tail
The New Addams Family
I Was a Teenage Faust
Star Command
Christian Mingle
Campus Man
A Man Called Sloane
Nice Guys Sleep Alone
Dead Man's Island
Rosetti and Ryan
Flamingo Road
American Horror House
Concrete Cowboys
Paper Dolls
Production Credits
Bonnie and Clyde
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