Nancy Morgan
Nancy Morgan | |
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Born |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | April 1, 1949
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1975–present |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 3; including Jason Ritter and Tyler Ritter |
Nancy Karen Morgan (born April 1, 1949)[1] is an American actress.
Early life
Morgan is the daughter of Marjorie ([née Greenfield) and Samuel A. Morgan Jr. She is a niece of John "Red" Morgan, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery during World War II in 1943, events later fictionalized in the movie Twelve O'Clock High.
Career
Morgan starred with Ron Howard in Howard's directorial debut Grand Theft Auto as well as starred with Italian film star Terence Hill in a feature film and European television series based on comic-strip hero Lucky Luke. For many years Morgan and her husband John Ritter co-hosted the national United Cerebral Palsy Telethon together. They also co-starred in television movies The Dreamer of Oz and Danielle Steel's Heartbeat, and in the feature film, Americathon, and she made a guest appearance in his television series Hooperman.
Personal life
Morgan married actor John Ritter in 1977, and they had three children: Jason (b. 1980), Carly (b. 1982), and Tyler, (b. 1985). Ritter and Morgan divorced in 1996 after 19 years of marriage.[2]
Filmography
Film
- Fraternity Row (1976) - Jennifer
- Grand Theft Auto (1977) - Paula Powers
- Americathon (1978) - Lucy
- Pray TV, (1980) - Peggy Williams
- The Nest (1988) - Lilli
- Tricks of the Trade (1988)
- Behind God's Back (1989) - Sara
- Lucky Luke (1991) - Lotta Legs
- Good Dick (2008) - Waitress
- Boston (2014) - Jane
- Worthy (2015) - Beverly Jenson
Television
- McMillan and Wife (1976) - Jenny
- Good Times (1977) - Cindy Crebbins
- The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977) - Julie
- Backstairs at the White House (1978) - Margaret Truman
- Diff'rent Strokes (1982) - Kate
- Hooperman (1986)
- The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1986) - Helen Leslie
- The Joy of Natural Childbirth (1987) - Nancy
- Danielle Steel's Heartbeat (1992)
- Lucky Luke (1993) - Lotta Legs
- Monday Night Shakespeare (2015) - Gandma Mountague
- Break a Hip (2018) - Yolanda Kincade
References
- ↑ IMDb
- ↑ "John Ritter". CBS News. Page 5 of 17. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
External links
- Nancy Morgan on IMDb