Nancy Morgan

Nancy Morgan
Born	(1949-04-01) April 1, 1949 (age 76) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	John Ritter ​ ​ (m. 1977;div. 1996)​
Children	3, including Jason and Tyler

Nancy Karen Morgan (born April 1, 1949) is an American actress.

Early life

Morgan is the daughter of Marjorie (née Greenfield) and Samuel A. Morgan. Jr. ^[1] She is a niece of John "Red" Morgan, who received the Medal of Honor for his actions 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 , and also appeared with Italian film star Terence Hill in a feature film and European television series based on comic-strip hero Lucky Luke. ^{[2] [3]} For many years Morgan and her husband John Ritter co-hosted the national United Cerebral Palsy Telethon together. ^[4] They also co-starred in television movies The Dreamer of Oz and Heartbeat , and in the feature film Americathon. ^[5] Morgan also made a guest appearance in Ritter's television series Hooperman. ^[6]

Personal life

Morgan married actor John Ritter in 1977, and they had three children: Jason (b. 1980), Carly (b. 1982), and Tyler, (b. 1985). ^{[4] [7] [8] [9]} Ritter and Morgan divorced in 1996 after nineteen years of marriage. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Fraternity Row	Jennifer
1977	Grand Theft Auto	Paula Powers
1978	Americathon	Lucy
1980	Pray TV	Peggy Williams
1988	The Nest	Lilli
1988	Tricks of the Trade
1988	Behind God's Back	Sara
1991	Lucky Luke	Lotta Legs
2008	Good Dick	Waitress
2014	Boston	Jane
2015	Worthy	Beverly Jenson

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Lucas Tanner	Laurie, Student	2 episodes
1975	Medical Center		2 episodes
1976	McMillan and Wife	Jenny	Episode: "Greed"
1976	Shazam!	Kathy	Episode: "Out of Focus"
1977	Tattletales	Herself	1 episode
1977	The San Pedro Beach Bums	Julie	6 episodes
1978	Good Times	Cindy Crebbins	Episode: "Michael's Decision"
1978	Backstairs at the White House	Margaret Truman	1 episode
1982	Romance Theatre	Nancy	5 episodes
1982	Diff'rent Strokes	Kate	Episode: "The Older Woman"
1983	The Love Boat	Joanie Hoffman	2 episodes
1988	Hooperman	Nurse Daigler	Episode: "Who Do You Truss?"
1990	The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story	Helen Leslie	Television film
1992	Lucky Luke	Lotta Legs	7 episodes
2015	Monday Night Shakespeare	Grandma Mountague	TV Mini-series
2018	Break a Hip	Yolanda Kincade	Episode: "Break a Hip"
2020	Life's a Bit	Mom	Television film

References

1. "Samuel A.L. Morgan Jr". The Los Angeles Times. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
2. 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.
3. Clendenen, Dustin (3 May 2018). "The worst movies of the 1970s". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
4. Gillies, Judith S. (1 December 2002). "8 Simple Questions for John Ritter". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
5. Slewinski, Christy (10 December 2012). "1990: NBC Presents the Telefilm 'The Dreamer of Oz'". TV Worth Watching. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
6. "Hooperman - Season Two DVD Review". Sitcoms Online. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
7. Miller, Bruce (8 October 2017). "Jason Ritter won't save the world (but he just might try)". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. "John Ritter". CBS News. Page 5 of 17. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
11. "John Ritter's Wrongful Death Trial to Begin". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
12. 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