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Morgan Fairchild
A beautiful, narrow-eyed, sometimes nail-eating actress once called a "blonde, Barbie vixen" in The New York Times, Morgan Fairchild seemingly made a career of portraying strong-willed characters on daytime and primetime soap operas, yet has, on occasion, stepped out of stereotype in delicious guest turns on TV series. Such a turn came with her Emmy-nominated effort on "Murphy Brown" in 1989, wherein Fairchild was an actress researching Murphy for a TV role. But, sticking closer to type, Fairchild accepted the starring role on the daytime soap "The City" (ABC, 1995-96) as a no-holds-barred female tycoon.