MORGAN, Debbi 1956–

(Deborah Morgan, Deborah Morgan-Weldon, Deborah Morgan Weldon, Deborah Weldon-Morgan)

PERSONAL

Born September 20, 1956, in Dunn, NC; daughter of George, Jr. (a butcher) and Lora (a teacher) Morgan; married Charles Weldon (an actor; divorced); married Charles S. Dutton (an actor), December 31, 1989 (divorced, 1994); married Donn Thompson (a photographer), March 15, 1997. Education: Attended Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York.

Addresses: Manager—Reel Talent/Reel Kids, 980 North Bundy, Los Angeles, CA 90049.

Career: Actress. Also known as Deborah Morgan and Deborah Weldon-Morgan.

Awards, Honors: Soap Opera Digest Award nomination, outstanding young leading actress on a daytime serial, 1986, Daytime Emmy Award nomination, outstanding ingenue in a drama series, 1986, Daytime Emmy Award, outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, 1989, and Soap Opera Digest Award nomination, outstanding lead actress: daytime, 1990, all for All My Children; Image Award nomination, outstanding actress in a daytime drama series, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1996, for The City; Independent Spirit Award, best supporting female, Independent Features Project/West, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, best supporting actress, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture—drama, International Press Academy, and Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture, all 1998, for Eve's Bayou; Image Award nomination, outstanding actress in a motion picture, 2000, for The Hurricane; Image Award, outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, 2002, for Soul Food.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Diane, What's Happening!!, ABC, 1976–77.

Lynette Porter, Behind the Screen, CBS, 1981–82.

Dr. Angela "Angie" Baxter Hubbard Harrison Foster, All My Children, ABC, 1982–90, 1994, 1995–96.

Host, New York Hot Tracks, syndicated, beginning 1984.

Chantal Marshall, Generations, NBC, 1990–91.

Dr. Angela "Angie" Baxter Hubbard Harrison Foster, Loving, ABC, 1993–95.

Dr. Angela "Angie" Baxter Hubbard Harrison Foster, The City, ABC, 1995–97.

Dr. Ellen Burgess, General Hospital, ABC, 1997–98.

Dr. Mary Eleanor "Ellen" Burgess, Port Charles, ABC, 1997–98.

Voice of Granny Blake, Spawn (animated; also known as Spawn: The Animated Series, Spawn 2, Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle, and Todd McFarlane's "Spawn"), HBO, 1997–99.

Superintendent Marsha Shinn, Boston Public, Fox, 2000–2001.

The seer, Charmed, The WB, 2002–2003.

District attorney Lora Gibson, For the People (also known as Para la gente), Lifetime, 2002.

Judge, I Wanna Be a Soap Star, SoapNet, beginning 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Elizabeth Harvey, Roots: The Next Generations, CBS, 1979.

Ruth Solomon Owens, The Jesse Owens Story, syndicated, 1984.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Opal, Love's Savage Fury, 1979.

(As Deborah Morgan-Weldon) Katherine, Thornwell, 1981.

Marcia Hickson, Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story, CBS, 1987.

Celia, The Less Than Perfect Daughter, ABC, 1991.

Maureen Gilman, Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (also known as Perry Mason: The Case of the Posthumous Painter), NBC, 1992.

Reba Monroe, The Runaway, CBS, 2000.

Actress as Mrs. Packer, Back in the Day, BET, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Jennifer Sanders, "The Celebrity and the Arcade Kid," ABC Afterschool Specials (also known as ABC Afterschool Special: The Celebrity and the Arcade Kid), ABC, 1983.

Best Talk in Town, 1984.

Essence, 1985.

Ebony/Jet Showcase, 1986.

50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration, CBS, 1994.

Judge, The 78th Annual Miss America Pageant, ABC, 1998.

Also appeared in Channel 7 Special Report and Righteous Apples.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 14th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 1987.

The 19th Annual Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, syndicated, 1992.

Presenter, The 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 1994.

Presenter, The 22nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, NBC, 1995.

The 12th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, syndicated, 1997.

Presenter, The 14th Annual Soap Opera Awards, NBC, 1998.

The 13th Annual Stellar Awards, syndicated, 1998.

Presenter, The 14th Independent Spirit Awards, Independent Film Channel and Bravo, 1999.

Presenter, The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Samantha, "The Break Up," Good Times, CBS, 1976.

Ellen, "Friend in Need," Good Times, CBS, 1977.

Stephine Jackson, "Like Father, Like Son/Don't Push Me/Second Chance," The Love Boat, ABC, 1978.

(As Deborah Morgan Weldon) Delores Ray, "Delores, Of Course," The White Shadow, CBS, 1979.

(As Deborah Morgan Weldon) Jody, "Falling Angels," The Incredible Hulk, CBS, 1980.

(As Deborah Morgan-Weldon) "Hot Line," Trapper John, M.D., CBS, 1980.

Charlene, "Love Is Blind," Sanford, NBC, 1981.

"Ladies in Waiting," Trapper John, M.D., CBS, 1982.

Carrie Mansfield, Loving, ABC, c. 1983.

Herself, "Guys and Dolls Week," The Family Feud, ABC, 1985.

Linda, "The Hand That Rocs the Cradle," Roc, Fox, 1991.

Lisa Westin, "To Tell the Truth," A Different World, NBC, 1991.

Melodie, "Brackenhooker," Herman's Head, Fox, 1992.

Tracy, "Eat, Drink and Be Wary," The Cosby Show, NBC, 1992.

Linda, "Crazy George in Love," Roc, Fox, 1993.

Herself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996.

"Elephants in the Room," Any Day Now, Lifetime, 1999.

"Smoochas Gracias," City of Angels, CBS, 2000.

"You Think I Am Lying to You?," Any Day Now, Lifetime, 2000.

Chloe Simons, "Mortality," Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2001.

Lynette Van Adams, "God Bless the Child," Soul Food, Showtime, 2001.

Marilyn Chase, "Home Sweet Home," Providence, NBC, 2001.

Marsha Shinn, "The Day After," The Practice, ABC, 2001.

Lynette Van Adams, "Lovers and Other Strangers," Soul Food, Showtime, 2002.

Herself, Pyramid, syndicated, 2002, 2003.

Herself, SoapTalk, SoapNet, 2005.

Appeared in episodes of other series, including Hour Magazine, syndicated; The Merv Griffin Show, NBC, syndicated, and CBS; and New York Style.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Dr. Penelope Hackett, Learning Curve, The WB, 2000.

Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2000.

District attorney Lora Gibson, For the People (also known as Para la gente), Lifetime, 2002.

Aileen Mooney, Touching Evil, USA Network, 2004.

Film Appearances:

Olga Winter (swinger), Cry Uncle! (also known as American Oddballs and Super Dick), 1970.

(Uncredited) Morgan State student, Amazing Grace, 1974.

Dite, Mandingo, Paramount, 1975.

(Uncredited) Girl at Columbus Circle, Taxi Driver, Columbia, 1976.

Vi, Monkey Hu$tle, American International Pictures, 1977.

Dirty Mary, 1977.

Mozelle Batiste Delacroix, Eve's Bayou, Trimark Pictures, 1997.

Lauren Hubbs, Asunder, New Millennium Releasing, 1998.

Mae Thelma, The Hurricane, United Artists, 1999.

Ms. Rousseau, She's All That, Miramax, 1999.

Nona McCall, Love & Basketball (also known as Love and Basketball), New Line Cinema, 2000.

Twana, Woman Thou Art Loosed, Magnolia Pictures, 2004.

Faye, The Black Man's Guide to Understanding Black Women, Urban Entertainment Group, 2005.

Mrs. Manuree, Relative Strangers, Nu Image, 2005.

Tonya, Coach Carter, Paramount, 2005.

Some sources cite an appearance in the film The Feast, c. 1998.

Stage Appearances:

Helen and understudy, What the Wine-Sellers Buy, New York Shakespeare Festival, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1974.

Clemmie/Alma, Colored People's Time, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1982.

The Grapes of Ralph, Horse Trade Theatre Group, St. Mark's Theatre, New York City, 2000.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Dr. Angela "Angie" Baxter Hubbard Harrison Foster, Daytime's Greatest Weddings, Buena Vista Home Video, 2004.

Music Videos:

Cameo, "Attack Me with Your Love," c. 1985.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Pay the Price, 2000.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

People Weekly, November 24, 1997, pp. 165-66.

TV Guide, November 28, 1998, p. 64.

YM, September, 1983, pp. 44, 46.