Morgan Fairchild Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Morgan Fairchild
Fairchild in 2012
Born	Patsy Ann McClenny (1950-02-03) February 3, 1950 (age 75) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1967–present
Spouse(s)	Jack Calmes (m. 1967; div. 1973)

Morgan Fairchild (born Patsy Ann McClenny; February 3, 1950) is an American actress. She started her acting career in the early 1970s. Since then, she has appeared in many popular television shows.

Fairchild first became known on the TV show Search for Tomorrow. She played Jennifer Pace from 1973 to 1977. Later, she was the first actress to play Jenna Wade in the show Dallas. She also had a main role in Flamingo Road in 1980. For this role, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. She also appeared in Paper Dolls and Falcon Crest. Morgan Fairchild has acted in plays and had guest roles in comedies. These include Murphy Brown, Two and a Half Men, Roseanne, Cybill, and Friends. She is also a board member of SAG-AFTRA, a group for actors.

Early Life and Beginnings
Acting Career Highlights
Personal Life and Advocacy
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Early Life and Beginnings

Morgan Fairchild was born Patsy Ann McClenny in Dallas, Texas. Her mother, Martha Jane, was a high school English teacher. Her father was Edward Milton McClenny. Morgan has a younger sister, Cathryn Hartt, who is also an actress.

When she was a child, Morgan appeared on a local TV show called Mr. Peppermint Show. As a teenager, she was in the audience of another show, Sump'n Else. She also appeared in several commercials in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Acting Career Highlights

Fairchild's first acting job was as a double for Faye Dunaway. This was for the movie Bonnie and Clyde in 1967. She helped in scenes where Bonnie was driving a car. Morgan chose her new first name, Morgan, from a movie called Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment.

She then moved to New York City. There, she got her first credited role as Jennifer Pace in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. This was from 1973 to 1977. In the mid-1970s, she started appearing in other TV shows. These included Kojak, Happy Days, and Police Woman.

In 1978, Fairchild played Jenna Wade in one episode of Dallas. That same year, she was in the TV movie The Initiation of Sarah. She also had a recurring role in the sitcom Mork & Mindy. In 1980, she got her first regular role in a primetime show. She played Constance Weldon Carlyle in Flamingo Road. The show was popular at first, but it was canceled after two seasons. Fairchild was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her work on the show.

After Flamingo Road ended, Fairchild continued to make guest appearances. She was in shows like Hotel, Simon & Simon, and Magnum, P.I.. In 1984, she co-hosted a TV special called Blondes vs. Brunettes. That same year, she starred in another soap opera, Paper Dolls. She played Racine, who owned a modeling agency. The show was canceled, but Fairchild was now a well-known TV actress. In 1985, she joined Falcon Crest. She played Jordan Roberts, a glamorous lawyer. She also appeared in the miniseries North and South (1985) and its sequel (1986).

Fairchild in 1999

Morgan Fairchild kept acting in movies and TV shows in the 1980s. She received an Emmy Award nomination for her guest role in Murphy Brown in 1989. In the early 1990s, she had a recurring role in Roseanne. She played Marla, the girlfriend of Sandra Bernhard's character. In 1994, Fairchild appeared in funny commercials for Old Navy clothing. Her role as a glamorous character was very popular. She also played herself in comedy films like Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) and Holy Man (1998).

In 1995, Fairchild returned to daytime soap operas. She played Sydney Chase on The City. After a year, she appeared in General Hospital. She also made guest appearances on the hit show Friends. She played Nora, Chandler Bing's mother. She was also a recurring guest star on Cybill as Andrea.

Over the years, Fairchild has also performed in many theater plays. She played Mrs. Robinson in the stage version of the film The Graduate. She also appeared in commercials for a tooth whitening product. In 2005, Fairchild was on the reality show But Can They Sing? on VH1.

Fairchild in 2007

In 2006, she was in the TV series Fashion House. She played Sophia Blakely, a rival to Bo Derek's character. She also appeared on Chuck as Dr. Honey Woodcomb. In 2007, she was on Two and a Half Men. She returned to soap operas in 2009 with a guest role in The Bold and the Beautiful. More recently, she has guest-starred in Bones, Revenge, and Hot in Cleveland.

In 2014, Fairchild became a spokesperson for a website. This website helps people plan for burials. She appeared in TV commercials and mail campaigns for it.

Fairchild has also been in some independent movies. In 2017, she returned to Days of Our Lives for a short time. She played Anjelica Deveraux. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for this role. In 2022, she guest-starred in two episodes of General Hospital.

In October 2023, it was announced that Fairchild would be in the Lifetime movie, Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas. The movie is about five soap opera actresses who reunite for a Christmas show. They try to help their director and producer fall in love. The cast includes Fairchild, Loni Anderson, Linda Gray, Donna Mills, and Nicollette Sheridan.

Personal Life and Advocacy

Fairchild at the Desert AIDS Project in 2009

Morgan Fairchild was married to Jack Calmes from 1967 to 1973.

For many years, she has been an activist for important social causes. These include supporting efforts to fight AIDS and protecting the environment.

She was in a long-term relationship with Mark Seiler. Morgan Fairchild shared on social media that Seiler passed away in July 2023.

Fairchild has also played a strong role within the Screen Actors Guild, which is now called SAG-AFTRA. She was a board member for three years. She has also served on several committees for the organization.