Morgan Brittany
Brittany at the 2023WonderCon
Born	Suzanne Cupito (1951-12-05)December 5, 1951 (age 73) Los Angeles,California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1957–present
Spouse	Jack Gill ​ (m. 1981)​
Children	2

Morgan Brittany (bornSuzanne Cupito;^[1] December 5, 1951^[2]) is an American actress. She began her career as a child appearing in filmsGypsy (1962),Stage to Thunder Rock (1964) andYours, Mine and Ours. In 1970s, Brittany began work as a model joiningFord Models. She playedVivien Leigh in filmsThe Day of the Locust (1975),Gable and Lombard (1976) andThe Scarlett O'Hara War (1980). Brittany is best-known for portrayingKatherine Wentworth, the scheming younger half-sister ofPamela Ewing andCliff Barnes, on theprimetimesoap operaDallas (1981–1985, 1987).

Los Angeles–born Suzanne Cupito began her acting career as a child under her real name.^[3][1] She appeared on many programs in the 1950s and 1960s, beginning at age five in a 1957 episode of theCBS television network anthology seriesPlayhouse 90 (or at that same age in an episode ofSea Hunt).^[4] In January 1960, Cupito displayed her talent as aballet dancer onThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show. Three months later, she followed that up with her first of threeTwilight Zone episodes, appearing as a little girl in "Nightmare as a Child", for which she remained uncredited on-screen despite having dialogue. Cupito also portrayed Sissy Johnson in the season-four episode "Valley of the Shadow" and the vicious brat Susan in the season-five episode "Caesar and Me" (as Susanne Cupito).

Cupito was featured in the musical filmGypsy (1962), asBaby June.^[5] She appeared in the episode "Daughter for a Day" on ABC'sMy Three Sons (1962) as Jeannie Hill. Cupito appeared in the episode "Daddy Went Away" on CBS'sGunsmoke (May 11, 1963) as Jessica Damon. She appeared uncredited in the birthday party and schoolhouse scenes inAlfred Hitchcock'sThe Birds (1963).^[5]

In 1963, Cupito played Winter Night in the episode "Incident of the Hostages" ofRawhide. In 1964, she starred as a blind girl named Minerva Gordon in a two-part episode ofThe Outer Limits, "The Inheritors", and appeared in the Western filmStage to Thunder Rock.

In 1966, Cupito appeared in the series finale of theWesternBranded, playing an orphan named Kellie in the episode of the same name. She was part of the ensemble cast in the filmYours, Mine and Ours (1968), which is led byLucille Ball andHenry Fonda. Cupito also appeared in the season-eight premiere episode ofThe Andy Griffith Show titled "Opie's First Love" as Mary Alice.

Cupito appeared in two episodes ofLassie, "Lassie and the Swamp Girl" and "Little Dog Lost" as Mattie in the mid-1960s. She followed that up with appearances onGunsmoke and other shows. At the age of 15, after appearing inYours, Mine and Ours, Cupito's childhood career came to an end and she concentrated on getting her education atCleveland High School, Reseda, California.^[5]

At age 18, Cupito changed her name to Morgan Brittany and then appeared withGene Kelly in his Las Vegas show,Gene Kelly's Wonderful World of Girls, as a dancer. She then moved to New York City, where she modeled forthe Ford modeling agency, and appeared in several TV commercials and print ads (including a three-year stint as "TheUltra Brite Toothpaste Girl"), and wasspokesmodel for brands such asL'Oreal,Maybelline,Ford,Levi's, andCamay. In December 1972, she played Cynthia, a childhood friend of Bridget's (Meredith Baxter), in episode 12, "The Homecoming" onBridget Loves Bernie. In 1974, Brittany was hired by Japanese cosmetics company Kanebo to be the "face" of their product, Ireine, so moved toTokyo from 1974 to 1976 and traveled around the world as the image of Kanebo Cosmetics.

Brittany portrayed actressVivien Leigh inGable and Lombard (1976) a biography ofClark Gable andCarole Lombard.^[5] She also appeared in theJohn Schlesinger filmThe Day of the Locust (1975) as Leigh in the climax of the film. That was followed by TV movies and series, such asThe Amazing Howard Hughes (1977),The Initiation of Sarah (1978),Death Car on the Freeway (1979),The Dream Merchants (1980), andLBJ: The Early Years (1987). In 1980, while filming an episode ofThe Dukes of Hazzard, Brittany met her future husband, stuntman Jack Gill.^{[citation needed]}

Brittany appeared again as Vivien Leigh in the climax of the made-for-TV movie about the search for an actress to star inGone with the Wind's film adaptation,The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980).^[3]

This caught the attention of the producers ofDallas, who were searching for an actress to play Katherine Wentworth, the scheming half-sister of Pamela Ewing and Cliff Barnes. Brittany debuted onDallas in the 1981–82 season and her role as Katherine continued, on and off, until 1987. In 1985, she returned in that season's finale, where her character killed Bobby Ewing by striking him with a car, killing herself in the process. She made a brief, final appearance on the series in 1987, which was plausible storyline-wise because Bobby's death and Katherine's turned out to be part of Pamela's 31-episode dream (i.e., season 9).

In 1984, Brittany co-starred in the short-livedABC drama series,Glitter, as Kate Simpson,^[6] a reporter for an entertainment magazine. This was one of several collaborations with producerAaron Spelling throughout her career. Her first show with him had been an appearance inBurke's Law, in 1964 when Brittany was a child. Later, as an adult, she appeared in seven episodes ofThe Love Boat,Hotel,Fantasy Island,Melrose Place, and the 1990s revival ofBurke's Law. Brittany appeared inThe Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982).

Brittany co-hosted the syndicated sports showStar Games.^[6]: 1010 and later hosted more than 100 episodes of the magazine showPhotoplay, produced byJack Haley Jr.

Brittany guest-starred on such other series asMarried... with Children;Murder, She Wrote;The Perry Mason Mysteries;Dear John;Sabrina the Teenage Witch; andThe Nanny. In film, Brittany starred inSundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989).

In the 1990s, Brittany appeared in independent films, includingRiders in the Storm (1995),Legend of the Spirit Dog (1997),The Protector (1997),The Biggest Fan (2002),Mothers and Daughters (2006), andAmericanizing Shelley (2007). She also appeared in the docudrama,1 a Minute (2010).^[7]

Brittany married stuntman Jack Gill in 1981. They have two children, daughter Katie and son Cody.^[8]

As of 2014, Brittany is aconservative political commentator and author. She writes a weekly column forWorldNetDaily.^[9]

Her first book, with co-authors Ann-Marie Murrell andDr. Gina Loudon,What Women Really Want, was released September 2, 2014.^[10] She is a recurring guest onHannity (FOX News), andThe Rick Amato Show (One America) and has appeared onThe Kudlow Report (CNBC),Fox & Friends,The Dennis Miller Show, andHuckabee.

She is a co-owner and anchor forPolitiChicks, an online news site with a conservative perspective.^[11] Her second book, with co-author Ann-Marie Murrell, was released in 2017.PolitiChicks: A Clarion Call to Political Activism is a compilation book of essays from "PolitiChicks" writers. Brittany now travels the country speaking at major venues includingThe Heritage Foundation and other conservative organizations.^{[citation needed]}

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