Shelley Taylor Morgan

Shelley Taylor Morgan is an American actor who is best known for her playing Lorena Sharpe in the TV series "General Hospital" in the mid-1980s.

Acting career

Morgan began her career solely as an actress but eventually branched out to hosting, co-hosting, and contributing editor stints on a variety of shows.

Some acting highlights include "Scarface", "Days of Our Lives", "Archie Bunker's Place", The "Sword and the Sorcerer", ABC's "Once and Again, "Tales from the Crypt", and a role on "Hunter" where she created Kitty, a flaky but intelligent detective who appeared on several episodes of the series over two seasons.

The role that began her pursuit of an acting career was appearing in "Marilyn: The Untold Story".

Her most popular hosting credits include E! Entertainment Television's first live show, "Pure Soap" - a talk show for soap opera addicts. Other duties at E! were hosting "Coming Attractions", The Daytime Emmy Awards and the Soap Opera Digest Awards. She also hosted on ABC's "The Home Show", "AM Los Angeles", and HGTV's "Surprise Gardener".

Stage roles include the controversial "Steambath", a co-starring role with Don Knotts, Rue McClanahan and Randolph Mantooth in "The Mind with the Dirty Man", and starring roles in the original plays "Backbone of America" at the Tiffany Theater in Los Angeles, and "Aspirins and Elephants".

Personal life

Shelley Taylor Morgan is the only child of Cleonne and Leon Stein. Shelley was born in Charleston, West Virginia. At an early age, her parents instilled in her an awe for acting.

After Shelley's family moved from West Virginia to Los Angeles, she attendedEmerson Junior High School and University High School. She graduated from University High School with honors as the Outstanding Business Student in her class of over 750 students. A highly-skilled secretary, she learned to type 100 words per minute and to take shorthand at 140 words per minute, which enabled her to secure a job at UCLA's Division of Medical Genetics.

In 1978, Shelley decided that being a secretary was not enough. It was then that she began to pursue her life-long dream to become an actress. Her first professional job as a film extra reinforced her decision to master the craft of acting.

Shelley currently resides with her husband in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to being politically active, she writes a restaurant review for a local newspaper.

External links

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* [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/50638/Shelley-Taylor-Morgan Shelley Taylor Morgan] at "The New York Times"
* [http://www.tv.com/shelley-taylor-morgan/person/29809/summary.html Shelley Taylor Morgan] at TV.com