Nancy Morgan
Nancy Morgan | |
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Born | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | April 1, 1949
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1975–present |
Spouse | |
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.[2] 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.[citation needed]
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.[3][4] For many years Morgan and her husband John Ritter co-hosted the national United Cerebral Palsy Telethon together.[5] They also co-starred in television movies The Dreamer of Oz and Heartbeat, and in the feature film Americathon.[6] Morgan also made a guest appearance in Ritter's television series Hooperman.[7]
Personal life
Morgan married actor John Ritter in 1977, and they had three children: Jason (b. 1980), Carly (b. 1982), and Tyler, (b. 1985).[5][8][9][10] Ritter and Morgan divorced in 1996 after nineteen years of marriage.[11][12][13]
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
- The Secrets of Isis (1977) - Kathy
- Tattletales (1977) – Herself
- Good Times (1978) - Cindy Crebbins
- The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977) - Julie
- Backstairs at the White House (1978) - Margaret Truman
- Romance Theatre (1982) - Nancy
- Diff'rent Strokes (1982) - Kate
- The Love Boat (1983) - Joanie Hoffman
- Hooperman (1988) - Nurse Daigler
- The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1990) - Helen Leslie
- Danielle Steel's Heartbeat (1992)
- Lucky Luke (1993) - Lotta Legs
- Monday Night Shakespeare (2015) - Grandma Mountague
- Break a Hip (2018) - Yolanda Kincade
- Life's a Bit' (2020) - Mom
References
- ^ "Nancy Morgan". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ "Samuel A.L. Morgan Jr". The Los Angeles Times. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ O'Brien, Tom; Beachum, Chris (2018-05-28). "Ron Howard movies: 15 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include 'Apollo 13,' 'Splash,' 'A Beautiful Mind'". GoldDerby. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ Clendenen, Dustin (3 May 2018). "The worst movies of the 1970s". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ a b Gillies, Judith S. (1 December 2002). "8 Simple Questions for John Ritter". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Slewinski, Christy (10 December 2012). "1990: NBC Presents the Telefilm 'The Dreamer of Oz'". TV Worth Watching. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ "Hooperman - Season Two DVD Review". Sitcoms Online. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ Miller, Bruce. "Jason Ritter won't save the world (but he just might try)". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ Dos Santos, Kristin (18 September 2014). "Exactly 30 Years After Three's Company Went Off the Air, Tyler Ritter Is Following in His Dad's Footsteps". E! Online. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ Simonson, Robert (12 September 2003). "John Ritter, of TV's 'Three's Company' and Broadway's Dinner Party, Dead at 54". Playbill. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ "John Ritter". CBS News. Page 5 of 17. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- ^ "John Ritter's Wrongful Death Trial to Begin". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- ^ Heldenfels, R.D. (14 September 2003). "People had almost nothing bad to say about John Ritter". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
External links
- Nancy Morgan at IMDb