Diana Morgan (actress) facts for kids

Diana Morgan was born on September 21, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois. She is a talented actress and was once a well-known television news anchor. She worked for WAVY-TV in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Diana Morgan made history as the very first African-American person to anchor a newscast in the Hampton Roads area. Since then, she has appeared in many TV shows and movies. She often plays a newscaster or TV news anchor, and you might remember her from the famous movie Titanic.

Diana Morgan's News Career

Diana Morgan started her journey in television in different cities like Evansville, Indiana, Nashville, Tennessee, and Champaign, Illinois. She then joined WAVY-TV in Portsmouth, Virginia, in January 1981. There, she became a co-anchor for the weeknight evening news.

She first worked alongside Bob Grip until 1984. Then, Terry Zahn became her new co-anchor. Diana Morgan and Terry Zahn anchored the main evening newscasts on Channel 10 for about five and a half years. Their 11 p.m. newscast team was very popular and watched by many people.

In 1988, Diana Morgan left WAVY-TV after a disagreement about a news report. She then moved to Miami in December 1989. There, she worked for WCIX as a weekend news anchor. Later, she became the weekday evening anchor until she left in 1994.

Diana Morgan: From News to Acting

After her time in news, Diana Morgan decided to explore acting. She took theater and acting classes. For a while, she performed in local plays in Chicago. Later, she moved to Hollywood, which is a big center for movies and TV shows.

In Hollywood, Diana Morgan has often been cast as a news reporter or anchor. This is a role she knows very well from her past career! She has appeared in popular TV shows like JAG, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives, and The Bold and the Beautiful. She also had roles in other TV programs such as Babylon 5 and The West Wing. In Babylon 5, she played a character named Alison Higgins, who was an anchor for ISN News.

Diana Morgan has also played newscasters in movies like Eraser and Billboard Dad. Her most famous movie role was in James Cameron's Titanic. You can hear her voice as a news anchor at the very beginning of the movie.

Selected Acting Roles

Here are some of the TV shows and movies Diana Morgan has appeared in:

• Eraser (1996)
• Murder One (TV series) (1996)
• Pauly (TV series) (1997)
• Babylon 5 (TV series) (1996–1997)
• Brooklyn South (TV series) (1997)
• Titanic (1997)
• JAG (TV series) (1998)
• The Last Man on Planet Earth (TV movie) (1999)
• Running Mates (TV movie) (2000)
• The Tick (TV series) (2002)
• The West Wing (TV series) (1999-2002)
• The Agency (TV series) (2002)
• Monster Man (TV series) (2003)
• Saving Grace (TV series) (2008)
• The Bold and the Beautiful (TV series) (2004–2011)
• The Mentalist (TV series) (2010–2011)