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Morgan Fairchild

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1950-02-03 (Age: 76)

Place of Birth

Dallas, Texas, USA

Morgan Fairchild

Biography

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 (96)

⭐ 7.7 Role: Self

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

2025
⭐ 3.7 Role: Morgan

Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story

2023
⭐ 7.4 Role: Margaux Roberts

Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas

2023
⭐ 4.5 Role: Francesca

The Nana Project

2023
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Commitment to Life

2023
⭐ 5.6 Role: Mrs. Kringle

A Date by Christmas Eve

2019
⭐ 6.9 Role: Gramma

All Good Things

2019
⭐ 5.6 Role: Ms. Robinson

My Perfect Romance

2018
⭐ 5.8 Role: Principal Strauss

Scales

2017
⭐ 0 Role: Audrey Lake

You're Gonna Miss Me

2017
⭐ 5.1 Role: Joanne Davis

A Christmas in Vermont

2016
⭐ 3.8 Role: Ms. Morgan Fairchild

Bikini Model Academy

2015
⭐ 5.2 Role: Lulu

Sam

2015
⭐ 5.7 Role: Miss Merryweather

Wiener Dog Internationals

2015
⭐ 5.7 Role: Lacie Wood

Christian Mingle

2014