Morgan Fairchild

Fairchild scored her biggest recognition in some time by starring in TV ads for the Old Navy clothing store for several years, essentially playing herself. Born in Wedlock. She cultivated an image through her glamour as well as her extremely professional and courteous personality (a contrast from the "divas" she tends to portray). A Richard Rogers musical with a story by Abby Mann. Fairchild continues to appear regularly on television, and is active in raising awareness of AIDS related issues, and environmental protection. Fairchild is unique in the sense that she has never had a starring role in a successful film or television series. Biographies of: Gertrude Lawrence, Fannie Brice, Edith Piaf, Aimee Semple McPherson. Fairchild's personal life has been more low-key but she was married to Jack Calmes from 1967-1973 and dated US Senator and future Presidential candidate John Kerry in the early 90's. According to a book of David Shipman, Judy Garland: The Secret Life of an American Legend she was bisexual herself, and was in intimate relationship with her (female) secretary; however, Shipman's tale has not been corroborated, and much of his scholarship has been questioned.

In the early 80's she appeared in off-Broadway plays such as Geniuses and garnered rave reviews from Time and the New York Times. Garland's death is often noted as a cause of one of the key events of the modern gay rights movement. Through the years she also maintained a career in independent films and theater productions. Five days after her death, mourning gay fans fought back against police during a routine police raid at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village, which set off several days of "gay liberation" riots. She also made a guest appearance in the American series Friends and was a recurring guest star on Cybill as Andrea, the rival of Cybill Shepherd's character. Her funeral in Manhattan resulted in an outpouring of New York City fans, with more than 20,000 coming to view her body - including hundreds of gay men. In 1995, she returned to soaps as bitch Sydney Chase on The City, but only stayed for a year. A gay icon, Garland always had a large fan base in the gay community.

She garnered an Emmy nomination for her role in a Murphy Brown episode and in the early 90's the Roseanne producers capitalized on her name value and cast her in a small role as bisexual Sandra Bernhard's girlfriend. Garland was interred in the Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York. By this time she was established as a leading television actress and appeared in the series Falcon Crest. She died in 1969 at the age of 47 in London from an accidental overdose of barbiturates. In 1984 she headlined another series, Paper Dolls, where critics considered her the only bright spot, but poor ratings doomed the series. Of Garland's five marriages, the first four marriages all ended in divorce. In the late 70's she had a stint on Mork & Mindy and subsequently had her first starring role in a prime time series, Flamingo Road, earning a nomination for an Emmy Award for her performance. Her children were Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft, and Joey Luft.

She moved to Los Angeles and was cast as Jenna Wade in the television series Dallas in 1978, appearing in one episode (the role was later played by Priscilla Presley). The shortcomings of her childhood years became more apparent as Garland struggled to overcome various personal problems, including weight gain, heavy drinking, and drug addiction. Moving to New York City, she secured her first on-screen role, appearing as maniacal Jennifer Pace in the daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow from 1973 until 1977. She had a critically praised if short-lived television series in 1963-64. She took her new first name, Morgan, from the 1966 David Warner film, Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment. Her appearance at Carnegie Hall on April 23, 1961, was a considerable highlight, called by many the "greatest single night in show business," and the live recording made of the event was a best seller and won Grammy Awards as the Album of the Year and Best Female Vocal of the Year. Born Patsy Ann McClenny in Dallas, Texas, Fairchild's first job was as a stand in for Faye Dunaway during location filming for the movie Bonnie and Clyde (1967). Throughout the 1950s and most notably in the early 1960s she made enormously successful appearances in both media.

Morgan Fairchild (born February 3, 1950) is an American actress. When her MGM contract was terminated in 1950 (depending upon the source she either asked to be released from the contract, or she was fired due her unreliability on the set of the musical Royal Wedding), Garland turned to television and live concert appearances. Tribute page (http://www.morganfairchildtribute.com/). She received an honorary Academy Award for her performance in The Wizard of Oz, and was nominated for Best Actress in A Star is Born, and Best Supporting Actress for Judgment at Nuremberg. Official website (http://www.morganfairchild.com/). Louis, in which she introduced three classics standards: "The Trolley Song," "The Boy Next Door," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Her other famous films include The Harvey Girls (1946) (in which she introduced "On the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe"), Easter Parade (1948), A Star Is Born (1954), and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). IMDB profile (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000392/). Throughout the 1940s her films increased in popularity, the most critically and financially successful being Meet Me in St.