Anita Morris

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Anita Morris

Acting March 14, 1943

Durham, North Carolina, USA

Anita Rose Morris (March 14, 1943 – March 2, 1994) was an American actress, singer and dancer. She began her career performing in Broadway musicals, including Jesus Christ Superst…

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Cheers

Cheers

7.6 1982 TV Show
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show
Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

8.0 1989 TV Show
Miami Vice

Miami Vice

7.4 1984 TV Show
Melrose Place

Melrose Place

5.8 1992 TV Show
Matlock

Matlock

7.0 1986 TV Show
Ruthless People

Ruthless People

6.6 1986 Movie
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

6.6 1982 TV Show
A Different World

A Different World

7.2 1987 TV Show
The Hotel New Hampshire

The Hotel New Hampshire

5.7 1984 Movie
Eerie, Indiana

Eerie, Indiana

7.6 1991 TV Show
Major Dad

Major Dad

6.5 1989 TV Show

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Anita Rose Morris (March 14, 1943 – March 2, 1994) was an American actress, singer and dancer. She began her career performing in Broadway musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Seesaw and Nine, for which she received a Tony Award nomination.[1] During her career, Morris had starring roles in a number of films, include The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Absolute Beginners (1986), Ruthless People (1986), Aria (1987), 18 Again! (1988), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) and A Sinful Life (1989). She had leading roles in two short-lived television series in 1980s: the NBC prime time soap opera Berrenger's (1985), and the Fox sitcom Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1987).

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Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1994
    Radioland Murders

    Movie Claudette Katsenback

  2. 1993
    Little Miss Millions

    Movie Sybil Lofton

  3. 1993
    Me and the Kid

    Movie Mrs. Feldman

  4. 1993
    Trade Winds

    TV show Contessa Laetitia Philips Gabetti

  5. 1992
    Melrose Place

    TV show Stella Rivers

  6. 1991
    Eerie, Indiana

    TV show Eunice Danforth / Marshall Teller

  7. 1991
    Off and Running

    Movie Florence

  8. 1989
    Bloodhounds of Broadway

    Movie Miss Missouri Martin

  9. 1989
    Martians Go Home

    Movie Dr. Jane

  10. 1989
    Major Dad

    TV show

  11. 1989
    A Sinful Life

    Movie Claire Vin Blance

  12. 1989
    Tales from the Crypt

    TV show Fuchsia Monroe

  13. 1988
    18 Again!

    Movie Madeline

  14. 1987
    A Different World

    TV show Joni Brooks

  15. 1987
    Down and Out in Beverly Hills

    TV show Barbara Whiteman

  16. 1987
    Aria

    Movie Phoebe

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  1. 1986
    A Smoky Mountain Christmas

    Movie Jezebel

  2. 1986
    Ruthless People

    Movie Carol Dodsworth

  3. 1986
    Blue City

    Movie Malvina Kerch-Turner

  4. 1986
    Absolute Beginners

    Movie Dido Lament

  5. 1986
    Matlock

    TV show Catherine McKay

  6. 1986
    A Masterpiece of Murder

    Movie Lola Crane

  7. 1985
    Night of 100 Stars II

    Movie Self

  8. 1985
    Berrenger's

    TV show

  9. 1984
    Murder, She Wrote

    TV show Leona Schubert

  10. 1984
    Miami Vice

    TV show Leona Proverb

  11. 1984
    Maria's Lovers

    Movie Mrs. Wynic

  12. 1984
    The Hotel New Hampshire

    Movie Ronda Ray

  13. 1983
    The Magic Show

    Movie Charmin

  14. 1982
    Cheers

    TV show Madeline Keith

  15. 1982
    American Playhouse

    TV show Miss Missouri Martin

  16. 1981
    So Fine

    Movie So Fine Dancer

  17. 1980
    Big Blonde

    Movie Bootsie

  18. 1975
    The Happy Hooker

    Movie May Smith / Linda Jo

  19. 1972
    The Broad Coalition

    Movie Sheila Saunders