Cindy Morgan

Cindy Morgan
Cindy Morgan
Born Cynthia Ann Cichorski
September 29, 1954 (1954-09-29) (age 57)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1979–present
Website
http://www.cindy-morgan.com/

Cindy Morgan (born Cynthia Ann Cichorski; September 29, 1954) is an American actress best known for her appearances as Lora/Yori in Tron and Lacey Underall in Caddyshack.[1]

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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.[citation needed]

While studying communications at Northern Illinois University, Morgan played records on the radio.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

After graduation, Morgan gave all the latest meteorological news on a TV 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 TV commercials, she studied acting, and was rewarded with her first screen role in Caddyshack, playing the role of Lacey Underall opposite Chevy Chase.[2]

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.[3]

Morgan has many television and film credits, including portraying two different roles on the prime time soap 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 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.

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 invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq[neutrality is disputed]. 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.[4]

References

  1. ^ New York Times
  2. ^ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E04E4D61638F936A15754C0A966948260 New York Times "Caddyshack (1980) 'CADDYSHACK,' 'ANIMAL HOUSE' SPINOFF] review at NY Times
  3. ^ New York Times
  4. ^ Sociallitelife.com

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