Anita Rose Morris (March 14, 1943 – March 2, 1994) was an American actress, singer and dancer. She began her career performing in Broadway musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Seesaw and Nine, for which she received a Tony Award nomination.[1] During her career, Morris had starring roles in a number of films, include The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Absolute Beginners (1986), Ruthless People (1986), Aria (1987), 18 Again! (1988), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) and A Sinful Life (1989). She had leading roles in two short-lived television series in 1980s: the NBC prime time soap opera Berrenger's (1985), and the Fox sitcom Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1987).

Filmography

• 1994Radioland Murders — Claudette Katsenback
• 1993Little Miss Millions — Sybil Lofton
• 1993Me and the Kid — Mrs. Feldman
• Trade Winds — Contessa Laetitia Philips Gabetti
• Melrose Place — Stella Rivers
• Eerie, Indiana — Eunice Danforth / Marshall Teller
• 1991Off and Running — Florence
• 1989A Sinful Life — Claire Vin Blance
• 1989Bloodhounds of Broadway — Miss Missouri Martin
• Major Dad
• 1989Martians Go Home — Dr. Jane
• Tales from the Crypt — Fuchsia Monroe
• 198818 Again! — Madeline
• A Different World — Joni Brooks
• 1987Aria — Phoebe
• Down and Out in Beverly Hills — Barbara Whiteman
• 1986A Masterpiece of Murder — Lola Crane
• 1986A Smoky Mountain Christmas — Jezebel
• 1986Absolute Beginners — Dido Lament
• 1986Blue City — Malvina Kerch-Turner
• Matlock — Catherine McKay, Elaine Genrich
• 1986Ruthless People — Carol Dodsworth
• Berrenger's
• 1984Maria's Lovers — Mrs. Wynic
• Miami Vice — Leona Proverb
• Murder, She Wrote — Leona Schubert
• 1984The Hotel New Hampshire — Ronda Ray
• 1983The Magic Show — Charmin
• American Playhouse — Miss Missouri Martin
• Cheers — Madeline Keith
• 1981So Fine — So Fine Dancer
• 1980Big Blonde — Bootsie
• 1975The Happy Hooker — May Smith / Linda Jo
• 1972The Broad Coalition — Sheila Saunders

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self