
Morgan Fairchild
Actor · Born February 3, 1950 (76) · Dallas, Texas, USA
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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Biography from TMDB.
- February 3, 1950 (76)
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Actor
- 86 on MovieCove · 148 credits in all
What are Morgan Fairchild's films like?
Across their 47 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 6 · Wry 4 · Earnest 34
Light 29 · Serious 16 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 26 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 6
A split, not a type: Gentle 24 · Charged 20 · Intense 2
Steady 27 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 20 · Funny 12
Slow burn 27 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 2
Casual 35 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 35 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 1
Resolved 43 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 5 of 16 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Jamie Douglas in The Seduction (1982)
- Tricksteras Lucy in The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989)
- Heroas Satin Chow in Based on an Untrue Story (1993)
- Shadowas Camella Swales in Test Tube Teens from the Year 2000 (1994)
- Mentoras Cmdr. Sigrid Ívarsdóttir in In the Fold (1996)
- Mentoras Diana Astin in Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger (1997)
- Mentoras Venus in eCupid (2011)
- Threshold guardianas Valentina in A Perfect Ending (2012)
- Shadowas Miss Margot in American Horror House (2012)
- Shadowas Ms. Merryweather in Wiener Dog Nationals (2013)
- Threshold guardianas Beverly Wilcox in Perfect on Paper (2014)
- Shadowas Morgan Fairchild in Bikini Model Academy (2015)
- Shadowas Miss Merryweather in Wiener Dog Internationals (2016)
- Allyas Gramma in All Good Things (2019)
- Threshold guardianas Mrs. Kringle in A Date by Christmas Eve (2019)
- Tricksteras Margaux Roberts in Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas (2023)
Moods and endings
- Happy30
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous6
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Morgan Fairchild's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 61 of their 86 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (28).
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) · actor · free
- Roswell (1999) · actor · free
- Shock to the System (2006) · actor · free
- Red Headed Stranger (1986) · actor · free
- Our Almost Completely True Story (2021) · actor · free
- The Slammin' Salmon (2009) · actor · free
- The Encounter (2016) · actor, producer · free
- The Decade You Were Born: The 1970's (2011) · actor · free
- Sleeping Beauty (1987) · actor · free
- Just Shoot Me! (1997) · actor · free
- A Date by Christmas Eve (2019) · actor · free
- Nice Guys Sleep Alone (1999) · actor · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- The Bob Newhart Show (1972) · actor
- Bones (2005) · actor
- Red Headed Stranger (1986) · actor
- Too Old to Die Young (2019) · actor
- Mork & Mindy (1978) · actor
- Our Almost Completely True Story (2021) · actor
- A Date by Christmas Eve (2019) · actor
- All Good Things (2019) · actor
- A Perfect Ending (2012) · actor
- Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991) · actor
- A Christmas in Vermont (2016) · actor
- The Concrete Cowboys (1979) · actor
- +6 more
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) · actor · free
- Happy Days (1974) · actor · free
- Hot in Cleveland (2010) · actor · free
- Red Headed Stranger (1986) · actor · free
- Mork & Mindy (1978) · actor · free
- Our Almost Completely True Story (2021) · actor · free
- The Slammin' Salmon (2009) · actor · free
- Diagnosis Murder (1993) · actor · free
- Just Shoot Me! (1997) · actor · free
- Sam (2017) · actor · free
- Touched by an Angel (1994) · actor · free
- Challenge of the Tiger (1980) · actor · free
- +1 more
- Red Headed Stranger (1986) · actor · free
- Kojak (1973) · actor · free
- Our Almost Completely True Story (2021) · actor · free
- Just Shoot Me! (1997) · actor · free
- Wiener Dog Nationals (2013) · actor · free
- A Christmas in Vermont (2016) · actor · free
- The Concrete Cowboys (1979) · actor · free
- The Seduction (1982) · actor · free
- Falcon Crest (1981) · actor · free
- Scales: Mermaids Are Real (2017) · actor · free
- My Perfect Romance (2018) · actor · free
- Christian Mingle (2014) · actor · free
- Midnight Pulp, show their 3 titles on Midnight Pulp
- UP Faith & Family, show their 3 titles on UP Faith & Family
- Cineverse, show their 2 titles on Cineverse
- Great American Pure Flix, show their 2 titles on Great American Pure Flix
- Howdy, show their 2 titles on Howdy
- Shout! TV, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
- Docurama, show their title on Docurama
- FOX One, show their title on FOX One
- Indie Club, show their title on Indie Club
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
- Revry, show their title on Revry
- ScreenPix, show their title on ScreenPix
- Sony Pictures Core, show their title on Sony Pictures Core
- ViX, show their title on ViX
- Wonder Project, show their title on Wonder Project
- XLTV, show their title on XLTV
Subscription and free streaming for Morgan Fairchild's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
148 credits, 86 with a MovieCove page; 30 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The Nana Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

Rugrats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

A Date by Christmas Eve(2019)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
All Good Things(2019)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Too Old to Die Young(2019)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
My Perfect Romance(2018)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
You're Gonna Miss Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

A Christmas in Vermont(2016)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
The Encounter(2016)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Bikini Model Academy(2015)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Sam(2017)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Christian Mingle(2014)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Perfect on Paper(2014)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Dark Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Wiener Dog Nationals(2013)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
American Horror House(2012)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
A Perfect Ending(2012)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Revenge(2011)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Boy Toy(2011)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
eCupid(2011)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Hot in Cleveland(2010)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Bachelor Trip(2012)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
The Slammin' Salmon(2009)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The Sno Cone Stand Inc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Chuck(2007)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Initiation of Sarah(2006)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Fashion House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Shock to the System(2006)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
My Name Is Earl(2005)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Bones(2005)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all showsHe's a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Arizona Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Knuckle Sandwich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Two and a Half Men(2003)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
I Was a Teenage Faust(2002)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
That '80s Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Teddy Bears' Picnic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Peril(2000)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Held for Ransom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Unshackled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Nice Guys Sleep Alone(1999)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Roswell(1999)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Providence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

The New Addams Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Holy Man(1998)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
That '70s Show(1998)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Shattered Illusions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Dharma & Greg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Head over Heels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

Bimbo Movie Bash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

The Angry Beavers(1997)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Just Shoot Me!(1997)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all filmsTeenage Confidential (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

7th Heaven(1996)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
In the Fold(1996)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Dead Man's Island(1996)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Criminal Hearts(1996)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Venus Rising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

The City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Gospa(1995)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
The Naked Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Cybill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Friends(1994)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Touched by an Angel(1994)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Robin's Hoods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Das Paradies am Ende der Berge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Diagnosis Murder(1993)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Freaked(1993)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Based on an Untrue Story(1993)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Writer's Block (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Home Improvement(1991)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Even Angels Fall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Menu for Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Mob Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Murphy Brown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Midnight Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Roseanne(1988)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Empty Nest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Street of Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Deadly Illusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Sleeping Beauty(1987)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Campus Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Red Headed Stranger(1986)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Pee-wee's Big Adventure(1985)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Paper Dolls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Time Bomb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Honeyboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

The Seduction(1982)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Falcon Crest(1981)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Simon & Simon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Concrete Cowboys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Flamingo Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Flamingo Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

The Dream Merchants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

The Memory of Eva Ryker(1980)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Challenge of the Tiger(1980)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
The Concrete Cowboys(1979)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
A Man Called Sloane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Time Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
$weepstake$ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Magic of David Copperfield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Mork & Mindy(1978)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Escapade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The Amazing Spider-Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Dallas(1978)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
The Initiation of Sarah(1978)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The Love Boat(1977)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Rafferty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Switch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Police Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Happy Days(1974)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Kojak(1973)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
The Bob Newhart Show(1972)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
A Bullet for Pretty Boy(1970)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Bonnie and Clyde(1967)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Search for Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 148 titles from 1951 to 2023; peak year 2013.

Biggest box office
The Seduction (1982)

Highest rated
Shock to the System (2006)

Most popular right now
The Encounter (2016)
Film career
Peak 2013 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 6 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1978Screen debut· The Initiation of Sarah
- 1982First top-billed film· The Seduction
- 1982Breakout· The Seduction
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Morgan Fairchild's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 26th percentile, the median of all 55; across their 46 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 26th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up15
- 50th to 74th21
- 25th to 49th22
- Below 25th28
Shape of the crowd
35 of their 86 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved9
- Divisive5
- Cult Classic11
- Crowd Pleaser25
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed35
Reviewers score the acting 52/100 in their films, across 44 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 32. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Morgan Fairchild's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Morgan Fairchild work with?
People who share at least 2 of Morgan Fairchild's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Charles W. Fries shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Kevan PetersonShared titles: Scales: Mermaids Are Real (2017), Wiener Dog Internationals (2016), Wiener Dog Nationals (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Kevan Peterson

- Christie Will WolfShared titles: Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas (2023), Boy Toy (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Christie Will Wolf

- Ron OliverShared titles: Perfect on Paper (2014), Shock to the System (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Ron Oliver

Writers
- Carol SaracenoShared titles: The Initiation of Sarah (2006), The Initiation of Sarah (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Carol Saraceno
- Don IngallsShared titles: The Initiation of Sarah (2006), The Initiation of Sarah (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Don Ingalls
- Kenette GfellerShared titles: The Initiation of Sarah (2006), The Initiation of Sarah (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Kenette Gfeller
- Tom HollandShared titles: The Initiation of Sarah (2006), The Initiation of Sarah (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Holland

Actors
- Bryan BattShared titles: Sam (2017), Wiener Dog Internationals (2016), Wiener Dog Nationals (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Bryan Batt

- Michael WoodsShared titles: Shock to the System (2006), Moment of Truth: Into the Arms of Danger (1997), The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Woods

- Roddy McDowallShared titles: Dead Man's Island (1996), The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984), The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)See all 3 shared titles with Roddy McDowall

- Christopher AtkinsShared titles: Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas (2023), Dead Man's Island (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Atkins

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Brandon JungShared titles: Scales: Mermaids Are Real (2017), Wiener Dog Internationals (2016), Wiener Dog Nationals (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Brandon Jung
- Patrice Lucien CochetShared titles: Scales: Mermaids Are Real (2017), Wiener Dog Internationals (2016), Wiener Dog Nationals (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Patrice Lucien Cochet

- Travis GraalmanShared titles: Scales: Mermaids Are Real (2017), Wiener Dog Internationals (2016), Wiener Dog Nationals (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Travis Graalman
- Robert HayesShared titles: Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas (2023), Dead Man's Island (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Hayes

Producers
- Charles W. FriesShared titles: The Initiation of Sarah (2006), Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989), The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984), The Initiation of Sarah (1978)See all 4 shared titles with Charles W. Fries

- David PerryShared titles: Scales: Mermaids Are Real (2017), Wiener Dog Internationals (2016)See all 2 shared titles with David Perry

- Dwjuan F. FoxShared titles: Scales: Mermaids Are Real (2017), Wiener Dog Internationals (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Dwjuan F. Fox
- Jeffrey SchenckShared titles: A Christmas in Vermont (2016), Shock to the System (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Jeffrey Schenck
Mixed roles
- Andrew StevensShared titles: All Good Things (2019), The Seduction (1982)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Stevens

- Gregory GutierrezShared titles: Wiener Dog Internationals (2016), Wiener Dog Nationals (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Gregory Gutierrez






