Morgan Fairchild

Morgan Fairchild (2007)

Morgan Fairchild (* 3. February 1950 in Dallas , Texas as Patsy Anne McClenny ) is an American actress .

biography

At the age of 17, Morgan Fairchild got her first job in film as the light double for Faye Dunaway in the gangster drama Bonnie and Clyde . Six years later she got her first acting role in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow , to whose ensemble she would belong for four years.

In the years that followed, television remained her preferred profession. Fairchild starred in numerous series such as Mork vom Ork , Einsatz in Manhattan and Hotel . In the 1978 family saga Dallas , she played the part of Jenna Wade for an episode , which Priscilla Presley later took over.

Her artistic breakthrough brought her the role as glamorous Constance Weldon Carlyle in the prime time soap opera Flamingo Road , for which she a. a. received a Golden Globe nomination. For the film Tele-Terror (The Seduction) from 1982 Fairchild received a nomination for the Golden Raspberry for worst actress.

Although the next series in which Fairchild played a leading role, Carousel of the Dolls , was discontinued after only a few months due to poor success, she remained a popular television actress and received guest roles in various soap operas ( Falcon Crest ) and television series such as Torches in the Storm , General Hospital , Love Boat , Simon & Simon, and Roseanne . She was nominated for an Emmy for her appearance on the Murphy Brown series . In addition, she appeared sporadically in the sitcom Friends , in which she played the mother of Chandler Bing ( Matthew Perry ).

In contrast, Morgan Fairchild rarely appeared in cinema productions. Here she played u. a. alongside Armin Mueller-Stahl in Peter Patzak's thriller Killing Blue , alongside Brooke Shields in the science fiction comedy Freaks and as an Oscar winner in the Leslie Nielsen comedy Die nackte Kanone 33⅓ . She played herself in the comedy The Guru at Eddie Murphy's Side and in The Slammin 'Salmon in 2009. In 1987 she took over the role of Queen in Cannon Movie Tales: Sleeping Beauty , but the film was only released on VHS, but very much successfully.

In addition, Morgan Fairchild works extensively as a stage actress. She has appeared in various off-Broadway productions since the early 1980s . She received special attention as they age of 54 for a tour stage in succession from 2004 Kathleen Turner the role of lascivious Mrs. Robinson for a theater adaptation of the Hollywood -Klassikers The Graduate took over.

Morgan Fairchild also made guest appearances in Listen to Who's That Hammering and Men in Trees , where she played herself.

In addition, Fairchild is involved in the fight against AIDS .

Her sister Cathryn Hartt also works as an actress.

Filmography (selection)

• 1973–1977: Search for Tomorrow (TV series)
• 1976: Kojak - deployment in Manhattan ( Kojak , TV series, episode 4x07 By a hair's breadth )
• 1978: Dallas (TV series, episode 2x03 Old Acquaintance )
• 1978: Escapade (TV movie)
• 1979: The Concrete Cowboys (TV series, an episode)
• 1980–1982: Flamingo Road (TV series, 38 episodes)
• 1982: Magnum ( Magnum, PI , TV series, episode 3x02 The Revenge of the Poison God )
• 1982: Tele-Terror (The Seduction)
• 1984: The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (Movie made for TV)
• 1984: Carousel of the Dolls ( Paper Dolls , TV series, 14 episodes)
• 1984: The Bomb is Ticking ( Time Bomb , TV movie)
• 1985: Pee-Wee's crazy adventure (Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
• 1985–1986: Torches in the Storm ( North and South , TV series, twelve episodes)
• 1985–1986: Falcon Crest (TV series, 29 episodes)
• 1987: Cannon Movie Tales: Sleeping Beauty
• 1988: Killing Blue
• 1988: The Deadly Street of Dreams ( Street of Dreams , TV movie)
• 1989: Phantom Nightmare (Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge)
• 1990: How do you kill a millionaire? ( How to Murder a Millionaire , TV movie)
• 1991: The Mysterious Diary ( Even Angels fall , TV movie)
• 1991: Murder Between the Lines ( Writer's Block , TV Movie)
• 1993: Perry Mason and the formula of eternal beauty (Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal)
• 1993: Freaks (Freaked)
• 1993: Murder Is Her Hobby (TV series, one episode)
• 1993: Deadly Scent ( Based on an untrue Stroy , TV movie)
• 1993: Paradise at the End of the Mountains (TV movie)
• 1994: Body Chemistry 3 - Hot and Cold Murder (Point of Seduction)
• 1994: Diagnosis: Murder (TV series, episode)
• 1994: The Naked Gun 33⅓ (The Final Insult)
• 1995–1996: The City (TV series)
• 1995–1997: Cybill (TV series, four episodes)
• 1995–2001: Friends (TV series, five episodes)
• 1998: The Guru (Holy Man)
• 1998: Listen who's hammering ( Home Improvement , TV series, episode 8x09 Mr. Likeable )
• 2001: Dirty Money (Peril)
• 2001: Dharma & Greg (TV series, episode 4x15 Dharma Does Dallas )
• 2002: Roswell (TV series, two episodes)
• 2004: The Wild Seventies ( That '70s Show , TV series, episode 6x24 Going Mobile )
• 2006: The Initiation of Sarah ( The Initiation of Sarah , TV movie)
• 2007: Two and a Half Men (TV series, episode 4x16 Young People Have Phlegm Too )
• 2008: Men in Trees (TV series, episode 2x14 Get a Life )
• 2008–2010: Chuck (TV series, three episodes)
• 2009: Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price ( Nip / Tuck , TV series, episode 5x19 Manny Skerritt )
• 2009: My Name Is Earl (TV series, episode 4x18 Friends with Benefits )
• 2011: Bones ( Bones , TV series, episode 7x03 The Prince in the Plastic )
• 2011: eCupid - Love on the Download (eCupid)
• 2012: Happily Divorced (TV series, episode 2x01)
• 2012: A Perfect Ending (feature film)
• 2012: Ghost Horror House - The Leroux Spirit Massacre (American Horror House)
• 2013: The Dachshunds are on the loose (Wiener Dog Nationals)
• 2014: Beethoven and the pirate's treasure (Beethoven's Treasure Tail)
• 2017: The Little Mermaid - Friends for Life (Scales: Mermaids Are Real)

Web links

Commons : Morgan Fairchild  - Collection of Images

• Official website
• Morgan Fairchild in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Morgan Fairchild in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Morgan Fairchild in the Internet Off-Broadway Database (English)
• Morgan Fairchild at filmreference.com (English)
• Morgan Fairchild in the German dubbing file