Anita Morris

Born: 1943-03-14

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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Absolute Beginners

as Dido Lament
Released: 1986-04-04

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old...

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Ruthless People

as Carol Dodsworth
Released: 1986-06-26

A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation—without knowing that...

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A Smoky Mountain Christmas

as Jezebel
Released: 1986-12-14

A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive...

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The Hotel New Hampshire

as Ronda Ray
Released: 1984-03-09

Over the course of several years beginning in the 1950s, a man and his oddball family run hotels...

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Aria

as Phoebe
Released: 1987-09-15

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard,...

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18 Again!

as Madeline
Released: 1988-04-08

18 Again! is a 1988 comedy film starring George Burns and Charlie Schlatter. The plot involves a...

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Radioland Murders

as Claudette Katsenback
Released: 1994-10-21

A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.

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Night of 100 Stars II

as Self
Released: 1985-03-10

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited...

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The Happy Hooker

as May Smith / Linda Jo
Released: 1975-05-08

Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a...

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Maria's Lovers

as Mrs. Wynic
Released: 1984-10-03

A World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he...

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Blue City

as Malvina Kerch-Turner
Released: 1986-05-02

Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner learns that his father has...

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Martians Go Home

as Dr. Jane
Released: 1990-04-20

Song writer Mark Devereaux accidentally calls millions of green Martians to invade Earth. No...

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Bloodhounds of Broadway

as Miss Missouri Martin
Released: 1989-11-03

This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels...

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So Fine

as So Fine Dancer
Released: 1981-09-25

While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns...

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Little Miss Millions

as Sybil Lofton
Released: 1993-11-27

Private detective Nick is hired to bring back Heather, who ran away from her stepmother to find...

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Me and the Kid

as Mrs. Feldman
Released: 1993-10-22

A lonely and emotionally neglected rich kid forms an attachment to one of the men who kidnap him...

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Off and Running

as Florence
Released: 1991-02-01

Cyndi Lauper stars as a performing mermaid in a Miami nightclub who ends up on the wrong end of...

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The Magic Show

as Charmin
Released: 1983-03-03

The Magic Show is a one-act musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Bob...

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A Sinful Life

as Claire Vin Blance
Released: 1989-06-30

A former 'Sonny and Cher' dancer tries to pull her life together when social services threaten...

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The Broad Coalition

as Sheila Saunders
Released: 1972-01-01

A man becomes pregnant in a zany comedy.

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Big Blonde

as Bootsie
Released: 1980-12-01

High-spirited model Hazel decides that she should settle down in this stage play based on a...

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Cheers

as Madeline Keith
First aired: 1982-09-30

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Leona Schubert
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Miami Vice

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-09-16

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...

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Melrose Place

as Stella Rivers
First aired: 1992-07-08

Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose...

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Matlock

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-03-03

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of...

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Tales from the Crypt

as Fuchsia Monroe
First aired: 1989-06-10

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...

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A Different World

as Joni Brooks
First aired: 1987-09-24

A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise...

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Eerie, Indiana

as Eunice Danforth / Marshall Teller
First aired: 1991-09-15

Teenage weirdness investigator Marshall Teller adventures through his new small-town home with...

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Major Dad

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-09-17

Major Dad is an American sitcom created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by...

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Berrenger's

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-01-05

Berrenger's is an American primetime television soap opera created by Diana Gould that aired on...

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Down and Out in Beverly Hills

as Barbara Whiteman
First aired: 1987-07-25

Down and Out in Beverly Hills is a 30 minute TV series based on the 1986 movie of the same name....

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