Born Patsy Ann McClenny, her 1st job was as a substitute for Faye Dunaway during location filming for the moving picture Bonnie and Clyde (1967). She took her fresh foremost title, Morgan, from either a 1966 David Warner film, Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment. Moving to New York City, she secured her first in-screen role, appearing when maniac Jennifer Pace in the daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow from 1973 until 1977.

She moved to Los Angeles and was cast as Jenna Wade in the television series Dallas in 1978, appearing in of these episode (a role was late played by Priscilla Presley). In the late 70s she had the stint in Mork & Mindy and then shot to stardom as the resident vixen, Constance Weldon Carlyle, on the primetime soap Flamingo Road. Though a series got an impressing beginning, a ratings shortly went down & it was cancelled when deuce seasons. Notwithstanding, Fairchild was okay, the domestic title & was nominated for the Golden Globe. Around 1982 she played Jamie Douglas, a newscaster, in the sexy thriller The Seduction, where her gripping naked sceen cemented her position when one of Hollywood's tons-instance greats. Inside 1984 she headlined another series, Paper Dolls, where critics considered her a single brilliantly spot, however unfortunate ratings doomed a series. By this instance she was established as a leading television actress & appeared in the series Falcon Crest. In the early 80s she appeared in off-Broadway plays such as Geniuses & garnered rave reviews from either Time and the New York Times. "Tommy Flanagan", the popular recurring character in Saturday Night Live in the mid-1980s played by Jon Lovitz was a pathologic prevaricator (catch phrase: "Yeah, that's the ticket") world health organization claimed to exist as married to Fairchild.

Fairchild garnered an Emmy nomination for her role in the Murphy Brown episode, and in the early 90s the Roseanne producers capitalized on her title value & cast her around the little role when bisexual Sandra Bernhard's girlfriend.

Within 1995, Fairchild returned to soaps as bitch Sydney Chase on The City, but she simply stayed for a year. She besides mass produced guest appearances in the U.s. series Friends (as Chandler Bing's mother) and was the revenant guest star in Cybill as Andrea, the challenger of Cybill Shepherd's character. Through the years, she too maintained the career within independent films & theater productions.

Fairchild's personalized life has been other on line-low-keyed however she was married to Jack Calmes from 1967-1973 and dated US Senator and future Presidential candidate John Kerry in the early '90s. Fairchild continues to come out regularly around television, & move in raising awareness of AIDS related issues, and environmental protection. Fairchild is unique around the feel that she has never got the primthe role in a successful film or even television series. She cultivated an image across her glamor besides when her super broker & nice personality (a counterpoint from either the "divas" she tends to portray). Fairchild scored her large recognition inside a bit of period by starring within TV ads for the Old Navy clothing store for several years, au fond swimming herself.

Other recently, Fairchild has starred in the role of Mrs. Robinson in the play adaptation of the film The Graduate. This role drew unusual numbers of media attentiin, when it includes a scene where the 50-+ Fairchild appeared nude on stage.

She experienced the voiceover section inside an episode of the Angry Beavers called "Dumbwaiters".