Shelley Taylor Morgan is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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 who is best known for her playing Lorena Sharpe in the TV series General Hospital

General Hospital

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in the mid-1980s.

Acting career

Morgan began her career solely as an actress but eventually branched out to hosting, co-hosting, and contributing editor stints on a variety of shows.

Some acting highlights include Scarface

Scarface (1983 film)

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, Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives

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, Archie Bunker's Place

Archie Bunker's Place

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, The Sword and the Sorcerer, ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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's Once and Again

Once and Again

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, Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt (TV series)

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, and a role on Hunter where she created Kitty, a flaky but intelligent detective who appeared on several episodes of the series over two seasons.

The role that began her pursuit of an acting career was appearing in Marilyn: The Untold Story.

Her most popular hosting credits include E! Entertainment Television

E!

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's first live show, Pure Soap - a talk show for soap opera

Soap opera

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 addicts. Other duties at E! were hosting Coming Attractions, The Daytime Emmy Award

Daytime Emmy Award

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s and the Soap Opera Digest Awards

Soap Opera Digest Awards

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. She also hosted on ABC's The Home Show, AM Los Angeles, and HGTV's Surprise Gardener

Surprise Gardener

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.

Stage roles include the controversial Steambath, a co-starring role with Don Knotts

Don Knotts

Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards...

, Rue McClanahan

Rue McClanahan

Rue McClanahan was an American actress, best known for her roles on television as Vivian Harmon on Maude, Fran Crowley on Mama's Family, and Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls, for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 1987.-Early life:McClanahan was born Eddie Rue...

 and Randolph Mantooth

Randolph Mantooth

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 in The Mind with the Dirty Man, and starring roles in the original plays Backbone of America at the Tiffany Theater in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, and Aspirins and Elephants.

External links

• Shelley Taylor Morgan at The New York Times
  The New York Times
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• Shelley Taylor Morgan at TV.com
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