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Not to be confused with Debra Morgan.
Debbi Morgan Born Deborah Morgan
September 20, 1956
Dunn, North Carolina, U.S.Occupation Actress Years active 1971–present Spouse Jeffrey Winston (2009-present)
Donn Thompson (1997-2000)
Charles S. Dutton (1989-1994)
Charles Weldon (1980-1984)Deborah "Debbi" Morgan (born September 20, 1956) is an American film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Dr. Angie Hubbard on the ABC soap opera All My Children, and for her role as The Seer in the fourth and fifth seasons of Charmed.
Morgan joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as Yolanda Hamilton on October 7, 2011, exactly two weeks after All My Children aired its final television episode on September 23, 2011.
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Biography
Personal life
Morgan was born in Dunn, North Carolina, the daughter of Lora, a teacher, and George Morgan, Jr., a butcher. She has a younger sister, Terry.[1] She moved to New York City when she was three months old. Her father died of leukemia when she was eight, and she was raised by her mother, who worked as a secretary and a typing instructor at Junior High School 80 in the Bronx. Morgan attended parochial school. Debbi Morgan has been married 4 times: to Charles Weldon from 1980 to 1984; to actor Charles S. Dutton from 1989 to 1994, and photographer Donn Thompson from 1997 to 2000. She has been married to Jeffrey Winston since June 2009.
Career
Morgan's earliest film role was in the movie Mandingo in 1975. She played the role of Dite. Morgan's earliest recurring role was on What's Happening!! from 1976 to 1977 as Diane Harris, and also appeared on Good Times. In 1979, she received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Alex Haley's great-aunt Elizabeth Harvey on the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations, and her guest-starring role as Curtis Jackson's ex-girlfriend turned prostitute on The White Shadow. Her most famous role was Angie Baxter Hubbard on the soap opera All My Children, a role she originally played from January 1982 to July 1990. Her portrayal of Angie struck a chord with many Black viewers across America. Angie and her love interest, Jesse Hubbard (Darnell Williams), became the first African-American "supercouple" on the daytime serials. In 1989, Morgan won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (which she shares with Santa Barbara actress Nancy Lee Grahn). She and Williams also co-hosted a music video show titled New York Hot Tracks in the mid-1980s.
After leaving All My Children, Morgan played the role of Chantal Marshall on the NBC soap opera, Generations (replacing actress Sharon Brown) and remained with the show until it ended. She then reprised her role as Angie Hubbard on ABC's Loving in 1991. In 1995, she brought the same character to The City (a retooled version of Loving), making Morgan the first actor to portray the same character as a regular cast member on three different soap operas.
From 1997 to 1998, she played Dr. Ellen Burgess on Port Charles. In the early 2000s, she played lead character Lora Gibson, opposite Lea Thompson, on the Lifetime series For the People. She also played the role of The Seer in the fourth and fifth seasons of Charmed.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Morgan became a de facto symbol for the possibilities for black women as all of her soap opera roles involved her playing a successful doctor. In the late 1990s, she garnered much acclaim from movie critics for her portrayal of clairvoyant Mozelle Batiste Delacroix in director Kasi Lemmons' Eve's Bayou. For her portrayal, she won a Chicago Film Critics Association Award and an Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for an Image Award.
Morgan, along with Darnell Williams, returned to All My Children in January 2008. Both actors have signed long term contracts.[2] In May 2009 and 2011, she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Also in 2011, Morgan signed a contract to appear on The Young and the Restless after All My Children concludes its run on ABC. This means she will no longer be a part of the show when the series switches to online format.
Filmography
Film Year Film Role Notes 1971 Cry Uncle Olga Winter 1974 Amazing Grace Morgan State student uncredited 1975 Mandingo Dite as Debbie Morgan 1976 Taxi Driver Girl at Columbus Circle uncredited The Monkey Hu$tle Vi 1979 Love's Savage Fury Opal as Deborah Morgan 1981 Thornwell Katherine as Deborah Morgan-Weldon 1984 The Jesse Owens Story Ruth Solomon Owens 1987 Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story Marcia Hickson 1992 Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing Maureen Gilman 1997 Eve's Bayou Mozelle Batiste Delacroix Won
Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Female (1998)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress (1998)
Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (1998)
NAACP Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (1998)1998 Asunder Lauren Hubbs 1999 She's All That Ms. Rousseau The Hurricane Mae Thelma Carter Nominated NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture (2000) Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle Granny Blake (voice) 2000 Love & Basketball Nona McCall The Runaway Reba Monroe 2004 Woman Thou Art Loosed Twana 2005 Back in the Day Mrs. Packer Coach Carter Tonya 2006 Relative Strangers Mrs. Manoire Color of the Cross Mary 2010 The Black Man's Guide to Understanding Black Women Faye announced Television Year Title Role Notes 1976 What's Happening!! Diane Harris 6 episodes, 1976–1977 Good Times Ellen/Samantha 2 episodes, 1976–1977 1979 The Love Boat Stephine Jackson 1 episode Roots: The Next Generations Elizabeth Harvey TV mini-series The White Shadow Delores Raye 1 episode 1980 The Incredible Hulk Jody 1 episode Trapper John, M.D Denise/Linda 2 episodes, 1980–1982, as Deborah Morgan-Weldon 1981 Behind the Screen Lynette Porter unknown episodes, 1981–1982 Sanford Charlene 1 episode 1982–1990, 2008 - 2011 All My Children Dr. Angela Baxter Hubbard 1982 - September 2011
Won Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1989)
Nominated Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series (1986)
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2009)
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2011)
Won Gracie Allen Awards Outstanding Female Lead - Daytime Drama (2009)
Won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series (2009,2010)
Nominated NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series (2011)
Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress (1986)
Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress: Daytime (1990)1983–1991 ABC Afterschool Specials Celia/Jennifer Sanders 2 episodes 1990–1991 Generations Chantal Marshall #2 unknown episodes 1991 A Different World Lisa Westin 1 episode 1992 The Cosby Show Tracy 2 episodes Herman's Head Melodie 1 episode Roc Linda (3 episodes, 1992–1993 1993–1995 Loving Dr. Angela "Angie" Hubbard 1995–1997 The City Dr. Angela Baxter Hubbard Harrison Foster Nominated NAACP Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series 1997–1998 Port Charles Dr. Mary Eleanor 'Ellen' Burgess unknown episodes General Hospital 1999 Spawn Granny Blake (voice) 3 episodes Any Day Now unknown 2 episodes, 1999–2000 2000 City of Angels unknown 1 episode Boston Public Superintendent Marsha Shinn 4 episodes, 2000–2001 Strong Medicine Chloe Simons/Cora Simons 2 episodes, 2000–2001 2001 Soul Food Lynette Van Adams 3 episodes, 2001–2002
Won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2002)Providence Marilyn Chase 1 episode The Practice Marsha Shinn 1 episode 2002 Charmed The Seer 8 episodes, 2002–2003 For the People District Attorney Lora Gibson unknown episodes 2004 Touching Evil Aileen Mooney 1 episode 2006 Ghost Whisperer Mrs Riley 1 episode The Bold and the Beautiful District Attorney Jennifer Tartaro 14 episodes, 2006–2007 Close to Home Lizette Carter 1 episode 2011 The Young and the Restless Yolanda "Harmony" Hamilton [3] Debuted: October 7, 2011 See also
References
External links
- Debbi Morgan at the Internet Movie Database
- Debbi Morgan at AllRovi
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Suzanne Rogers, Days of our Lives (1979) · Francesca James, All My Children (1980) · Jane Elliot, General Hospital (1981) · Dorothy Lyman, All My Children (1982) · Louise Shaffer, Ryan's Hope (1983) · Judi Evans, Guiding Light (1984) · Beth Maitland, The Young and the Restless (1985) · Leann Hunley, Days of our Lives (1986) · Kathleen Noone, All My Children (1987) · Ellen Wheeler, All My Children (1988) · Nancy Lee Grahn, Santa Barbara; Debbi Morgan, All My Children (1989)
Complete list: (1979–1989) · (1990–1999) · (2000–2009) · (2010–2019)
Categories:- 1956 births
- African American actors
- American film actors
- American soap opera actors
- American television actors
- Daytime Emmy Award winners
- Independent Spirit Award winners
- Living people
- Participants in American reality television series
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