Morgan Brittany
Morgan Brittany was born in Los Angeles (born Suzanne Cupito) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Katherine Wentworth, the scheming younger half-sister of Pamela Ewing and Cliff Barnes, on the prime-time soap opera "Dallas". Career. Early child career. Brittany began her acting career as a child under her real name Suzanne Cupito. Brittany appeared on many programs in the 1950s and 1960s. She began her career as a child actress at age five in a 1957 episode of the CBS television network anthology series "Playhouse 90" (or at that same age  in an episode of "Sea Hunt"). In January 1960, she displayed her talent as a ballet dancer on "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show". Three months later, she followed that up with her first of three "Twilight Zone" episodes, uncredited as a little girl in "Nightmare as a Child"; she also portrayed Sissy Johnson in the season four episode "Valley of the Shadow" and Susan in the season five episode "Caesar and Me". She was featured in the musical film "Gypsy" (1962), as Baby June. She appeared in the episode "Daughter for a Day" on ABC's "My Three Sons" (1962 ) as Jeannie Hill. She appeared uncredited in the birthday party and school house scenes in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963). In 1963, she played the role of Winter Night in the episode "Incident of the Hostages" on CBS's "Rawhide". In 1964, she starred as a blind girl named Minerva Gordon in a two-part episode of "The Outer Limits" titled "The Inheritors" with Robert Duvall, and Kim Hector, appeared in the Western film "Stage to Thunder Rock". In 1966, she appeared in the series finale of the Western "Branded", playing an orphan named "Kellie" in the episode of  the same name. She was part of the ensemble cast in the film "Yours, Mine and Ours" (1968), which is led by Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda. Brittany was also in the season eight premiere episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" titled "Opie's First Love" as Mary Alice. She did two episodes of "Lassie", "Lassie and the Swamp Girl" and "Little Dog Lost" as "Mattie" in the mid-1960s. She followed that up with appearances on "Gunsmoke" and other shows. At the age of 15, after appearing in "Yours, Mine and Ours" (1968), her childhood career came to an end  and she concentrated on getting her education at Cleveland High School, Reseda, California. Adult career. At age 18, Cupito changed her name to Morgan Brittany and then appeared with Gene 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 for the Ford Modeling Agency, and appeared in several TV commercials and print ads (including a three-year stint as "The Ultra Brite Toothpaste Girl"), and was spokesmodel for brands such as L'Oreal, Maybelline, Ford, Levi's and Camay. In December 1972, she played  Cynthia, a childhood friend of Bridget's (Meredith Baxter), in episode 12, "The Homecoming" on "Bridget Loves Bernie". In 1974, she was hired by the Japanese cosmetics company Kanebo to be the "face" of their product "Ireine", and so moved to Tokyo from 1974 to 1976 and traveled around the world as the image of "Kanebo Cosmetics". Brittany portrayed actress Vivien Leigh in "Gable and Lombard" (1976) a biography of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. She also has a cameo appearance in the John Schlesinger film "The Day of the Locust" (1975) as Leigh in the climax of the film . That was followed by TV movies and series, such as "The Amazing Howard Hughes" (1977), "Delta County, U.S.A." (1977), "The Initiation of Sarah" (1978), "Death Car on the Freeway" (1979), "The Dream Merchants" (1980) and "" (1987). She appeared in the TV movie "The Fantastic Seven" (aka "Stunt Seven") in 1979 with Christopher Lloyd, Patrick Macnee, and Elke Sommer. In 1980, while filming an episode of "The Dukes of Hazzard", Brittany met her future husband, stuntman Jack Gill. She appeared again as Leigh in the climax of the made-for-TV movie about the search for an actress to star in  Gone With the Wind's film adaptation, "The Scarlett O'Hara War" (1980), which marked the second of her three portrayals of the British actress. This caught the attention of the producers of "Dallas", who were searching for an actress to play Katherine Wentworth, the scheming half-sister of Pamela Ewing and Cliff Barnes. She debuted on "Dallas" in the 1981–82 season and her role as Katherine continued, on and off, until 1987. In 1985, she returned for a cameo in that season's finale where her character killed Bobby Ewing by running him over with a car, killing herself in  the process. She made a brief, final appearance on the series in 1987, after it had been revealed that Bobby's and Katherine's deaths had been a dream. In 1984, Brittany co-starred in the short-lived ABC drama series, "Glitter", as Kate Simpson, a reporter for an entertainment magazine. This was one of several collaborations with producer Aaron Spelling throughout her career. Her first show with him had been an appearance in "Burke's Law", in 1964 when Brittany was a child. Later, as an adult, she appeared in seven episodes of "The Love Boat", "Hotel", "Fantasy Island , Melrose Place", and the 1990s revival of "Burke's Law". She appeared in "The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch" (1982) starring Joan Collins. Brittany and Bruce Jenner hosted the syndicated sports show "Star Games". She later hosted over 100 episodes of the magazine show "Photoplay", produced by Jack Haley Jr. She has guest starred on other series, including "Married... with Children", "Murder, She Wrote", "The Perry Mason Mysteries", "Dear John", "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and "The Nanny". In film, Brittany starred in "" (1989). Recent years. In the 1990s, Brittany appeared in independent films, including "Riders in the Storm" (1995), "Legend  of the Spirit Dog" (1997), "The Protector" (1997), "The Biggest Fan" (2002), "Mothers and Daughters" (2006) and "Americanizing Shelley" (2007). She also appeared in the docudrama, "1 a Minute" (2010), and made a guest appearance on the television series "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" and "Son of the Beach". Personal life. As of 2014, Brittany is a conservative political commentator and author. She writes a weekly column for "WorldNetDaily". Her first book, with co-authors Ann-Marie Murrell and Dr. Gina Loudon, "What Women Really Want", was released September 2, 2014. She is a recurring guest on "Hannity" (FOX News), and  The Rick Amato Show (One America) and has appeared on "The Kudlow Report" (CNBC), "Fox & Friends", "The Dennis Miller Show" and "Huckabee". Brittany is a co-owner and anchor for "PolitiChicks", an online news site with a conservative perspective. 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 like The Heritage Foundation and other conservative organizations. Brittany married stuntman Jack Gill in 1981. They are the parents of actress Katie Gill  and musician/stuntman Cody Gill.