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Debbi Morgan Biography

Birth Name:
Deborah Ann Morgan
Birth Place:
Dunn, North Carolina, United States
Profession
Actor

Fast Facts

  • Landed the role of Puck in a musical version of A Midsummer Night's Dream in high school, which offered her an early outlet for her love of performing
  • Made her film debut playing Olga Winter in the 1971 mystery crime comedy Cry Uncle
  • Was the first African-American to win the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and did so in 1989 for her role of Angie Baxter–Hubbard on the ABC soap opera All My Children
  • Performed on Broadway in the hit What the Wine Sellers Buy
  • Released her autobiography, The Monkey on My Back: A Memoir, in June 2015

Awards

  • 1998Independent Spirit Awards-Best Supporting Female: winner
  • 1997Chicago Film Critics Association-Best Supporting Actress: winner

Relationships

  • Charles S. Dutton -- Ex-husband
  • Charles Weldon -- Ex-husband
  • Donn Thompson -- Ex-husband
  • George Morgan Jr. -- Father
  • Jeffery Winston -- Husband
  • Lora Morgan -- Mother
  • Terry Morgan-Grant -- Sister