---
name: "Anita Morris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anita-morris"
fi1m_id: "anita-morris"
imdb_id: "nm0606360"
tmdb_id: 159753
wikidata_id: "Q526716"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 March 1943"
died: "2 March 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T19:47:41.831035+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Anita Morris

## Identity

Anita Morris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anita-morris
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anita-morris
- **IMDb ID:** nm0606360
- **TMDB ID:** 159753
- **Wikidata ID:** Q526716
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Morris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q526716, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0606360/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/159753

Actor. Born 14 March 1943 in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Died 2 March 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 March 1943, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- **Died:** 2 March 1994
- **Active:** 1984–1986
- **Also known as:** Anita Rose Morris
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Morris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q526716, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0606360/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/159753

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ruthless People*](https://film.one/film/ruthless-people.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Anita Morris (also credited as Anita Rose Morris) was an American actress, singer and dancer. She began her career in Broadway musicals, appearing in productions including *Jesus Christ Superstar*, *Seesaw* and *Nine*, for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

Her film roles included *The Hotel New Hampshire* (1984), *Absolute Beginners* (1986), *Ruthless People* (1986) as Carol Dodsworth, *18 Again!* (1988) and *Bloodhounds of Broadway* (1989). On television she appeared in series such as *Cheers*, *Miami Vice*, *Murder, She Wrote*, *Melrose Place* and *Tales from the Crypt*. She was married to actor and director Grover Dale from 1973 until her death.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ruthless People* (1986), Fi1m 77, as Carol Dodsworth — [page](https://film.one/film/ruthless-people.md)
- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, as Leona Proverb — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Radioland Murders* (1994), as Claudette Katsenback
- *Little Miss Millions* (1993), as Sybil Lofton
- *Me and the Kid* (1993), as Mrs. Feldman
- *Trade Winds* (1993), series, as Contessa Laetitia Philips Gabetti
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, as Stella Rivers
- *Eerie, Indiana* (1991), series, as Eunice Danforth / Marshall Teller
- *Off and Running* (1991), as Florence
- *Bloodhounds of Broadway* (1989), as Miss Missouri Martin
- *Martians Go Home* (1989), as Dr. Jane
- *Major Dad* (1989), series, Actor
- *A Sinful Life* (1989), as Claire Vin Blance
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Fuchsia Monroe
- *18 Again!* (1988), as Madeline
- *A Different World* (1987), series, as Joni Brooks
- *Down and Out in Beverly Hills* (1987), series, as Barbara Whiteman
- *Aria* (1987), as Phoebe
- *A Smoky Mountain Christmas* (1986), as Jezebel
- *Ruthless People* (1986), as Carol Dodsworth — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/ruthless-people.md)
- *Blue City* (1986), as Malvina Kerch-Turner
- *Absolute Beginners* (1986), as Dido Lament
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Catherine McKay, Elaine Genrich
- *A Masterpiece of Murder* (1986), as Lola Crane
- *Berrenger's* (1985), series, Actor
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Leona Schubert
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Leona Proverb — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Maria's Lovers* (1984), as Mrs. Wynic
- *The Hotel New Hampshire* (1984), as Ronda Ray
- *The Magic Show* (1983), as Charmin
- *Cheers* (1982), series, as Madeline Keith — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Miss Missouri Martin
- *So Fine* (1981), as So Fine Dancer
- *Big Blonde* (1980), as Bootsie
- *The Happy Hooker* (1975), as May Smith / Linda Jo
- *The Broad Coalition* (1972), as Sheila Saunders

## Gallery

- ![Anita Morris](https://film.one/media/person/469373/gallery-3962e2badf68.jpg) Anita Morris — Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Anita_Morris%2C_singer_and_entertainer%2C_of_%22Nine%22.jpg/1280px-Anita_Morris%2C_singer_and_entertainer%2C_of_%22Nine%22.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anita Morris](https://film.one/media/person/469373/gallery-5eb3f1a56f94.jpg) Anita Morris — Image via TMDB

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