Biography

She was born in Chicago, Illinois to Polish and German parents. Morgan attended 12 years of Catholic school and was the first in her family to attend college.

While studying communications at Northern Illinois University, Morgan played records on the radio. A commercial station in town wanted her to report the news for them as well, and so a slight deception was needed. She used the name Cindy Morgan, taken from a story she read about Morgan le Fay when she was twelve years old.

After graduation, Morgan gave all the latest meteorological news on a television station in Rockford, Illinois. She also kept her hand in radio by working the graveyard shift at a local rock station. Then she returned to Chicago and deejayed on WSDM-FM (now WLUP-FM). During a labor dispute at the station, she literally quit on the air and walked out with a record still spinning on the turntable.

She found employment at auto shows for Fiat, which took her to both coasts. Morgan moved to Los Angeles in 1978, and became the Irish Spring girl. While she did television commercials, she studied acting, and was rewarded with her first screen role in Caddyshack, playing the role of Lacey Underall opposite Chevy Chase.

"Caddyshack was my first film and I'll say that the end product was so completely different, it was originally about the caddies. So at first, I had nothing to lose to audition. It was fun. All I did was focus on making the person sweat. Look 'em in the eye, do that thing many women know how to..."

Disney made film history with Tron, the first computer-generated film. Morgan played two characters: Lora, a computer programmer in the "real" world, and Yori, her alter-ego in the film's computer generated flights of imagination.

Morgan has many television and film credits, including portraying two different roles on the prime time soap opera Falcon Crest during the course of its run (Lance Cumson's love interest Lori Chapman in season 1, and Chase Gioberti's love interest Gabrielle Short from seasons 6-7). She made two appearances on Matlock as different characters. Her other credits include The Larry Sanders Show, Amazing Stories, CHiPs, and Bring 'Em Back Alive.

Morgan also associate-produced five films with Larry Estes, best known for Sex, Lies, and Videotape.

According to the documentary Caddyshack: The Inside Story, Morgan is currently a resident of Florida and is working on a book about her experiences during the making of Caddyshack.

Morgan did not participate in the making of Tron Legacy, the sequel to her 1982 film, nor does she appear in any of the retrospective materials produced in conjunction with the sequel for use in a DVD/Blu-ray reissue of the film in 2011. She did, however, reunite with her costar Bruce Boxleitner, in character as Lora, in a mock news conference on April 2, 2010 promoting the release of Tron Legacy.

Charitable works

Morgan, whose father fought in World War II, is passionate about supporting the US military and helping to alleviate the financial hardship felt by those who have been called upon to serve in the recent war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq. She was director of the Caddyshack Reunion Golf Tournament in 2006, which reunited some of the cast of Caddyshack (Morgan included), along with other celebrities. Subtitled "Playing For The Home Team" and hosted at Willow Crest Golf Club in Oak Brook, Illinois, the tournament raised funds (and awareness) to benefit the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund, an organization that helps the families of National Guard members and reservists on active duty.

Voice acting

Morgan spent years in television and radio before becoming an actress. She did the weather at 6 and 10 in Rockford, Illinois, and weekends in Milwaukee. She was the morning drive DJ at the Chicago radio station WSDM, now "The Loop." She ran camera and was an FCC licensed sound engineer. In 2006, Morgan provided the voice of Emily S. Preston in the Night Traveler multimedia adventure series produced by Lunar Moth Entertainment. She also voiced Ma3a in Buena Vista Interactive's PC game Tron 2.0 in 2003.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Up Your Ladder	Elaine
1980	Caddyshack	Lacey Underall
1982	Tron	Lora/Yori
1985	The Midnight Hour	Vicky Jensen	Television movie
1995	Galaxis	Detective Kelly
1995	Dead Weekend	Newscaster	Television movie
1995	Amanda & the Alien	Holly Hoedown	Television movie
1995	Out There	Judith Davis	Television movie
2006	Open Mic'rs	Cindy Morgan
2009	Summer Waters	Mrs. Leeds	Short film
2011	Empty Sky	Donna Pershing	Short film
2016	The Seventh Year	Wanda Platt	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	The Love Boat	Tracy Cotts	Episode: "Clothes Make the Girl"
1981	CHiPs	Jennifer	2 episodes
1981	Vegas	Margie Jenkins	Episode: "Time Bomb"
1981	CHiPs	Melanie Mitchell	Episode: "Mitchell & Woods"
1982-1983	Bring 'Em Back Alive	Gloria Marlowe	12 episodes
1982	Falcon Crest	Lori	Episode: "For Love or Money"
1984	Masquerade	N/A	Episode: "Flashpoint"
1984	Hawaiian Heat	Sharon	Episode: "Picture Imperfect"
1986	The Fall Guy	Zoe LeRoy	Episode: "No Rms Ocean Vu"
1986	Tough Cookies	Maggie	Episode: "The Unfantasy"
1986	Crazy Like a Fox	N/A	Episode: "The Duke Is Dead"
1986	Amazing Stories	Beth	Episode: "Hell Toupee"
1987-1988	Falcon Crest	Gabrielle Short	15 episodes
1987	Hunter	Carol Benson	Episode: "Hot Prowl"
1987	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Laura Wells	Episode: "The Return of the Shaggy Dog"
1987	Beverly Hills Buntz	Randy	Episode: "Sid and Randy"
1988	Matlock	Jessie Martin	Episode: "The Lemon"
1988	The Highwayman	Mink	Episode: "The Billionaire Body Club"
1988	She's the Sheriff	Samantha	Episode: "Max's Ten"
1989	Matlock	Linda Hansfield	2 episodes
1990	Mancuso, FBI	Amanda	Episode: "Adamant Eve"
1991	Hunter	Paula Allen	Episode: "Room Service"
1992	Harry and the Hendersons	Julia	Episode: "The Green Eyed Bigfoot"
1992	The Larry Sanders Show	Karen Jackson	Episode: "The Promise"
1994	Under Suspicion	Laura Brian	Episode: "Father/Daughter Murder"

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