Haviland Morris
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Haviland Morris
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|9|14|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Loch Arbour, New Jersey, U.S.
| occupation = Actress; real estate agent
| alma mater = Purchase College
| years_active = 1984–present
| spouse = Robert Score
| children = 2
| nationality = American
}}
Haviland Morris (born September 14, 1959) is an American film, television, and Broadway actress, best known for playing Caroline Mulford in Sixteen Candles, who currently works in real estate.
Early life
Morris was born in Loch Arbour, New Jersey and spent much of her childhood in Hong Kong and Singapore. Her father worked in the electronics industry. Morris studied acting at Purchase College, where she graduated in 1982. She was also a classmate of Stanley Tucci.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
Career
Haviland Morris is most famous for her role as Caroline Mulford in Sixteen Candles. She was also in Madonna's Who's That Girl (1987) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990).
Morris played Karen Pruitt in Home Alone 3 in 1997 and Dr. Claire Baxter on One Life to Live from 2001–2003. She provided the voice for Michelle Payne in the popular video game Max Payne. She has appeared in three Law & Order series (Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent), as well as Sex and the City and other shows. In 2007, she appeared in the independent film Cherry Crush. In 2008, she made several appearances on One Tree Hill as a counselor.
In 2023, Morris returned to the Gremlins franchise with a supporting role in Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.
Personal life
Morris is married to Robert Score. They have a daughter, Faith, born in 1991, and a son, Henry, born in 2000. She currently works as a licensed real estate associate broker,[https://bhsusa.com/real-estate-agent/haviland-morris Brown Harris Stevens agent listing]{{cite news|last=Harris|first=Elizabeth A.|title=Once a Rapper, a Ballerina or a Model, Now in Real Estate Sales|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/nyregion/first-acts-of-new-york-real-estate-brokers.html/|accessdate=10 April 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=9 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410212314/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/nyregion/first-acts-of-new-york-real-estate-brokers.html|archive-date=10 April 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} but occasionally makes guest appearances in television.
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film |
| Year
! Title ! Role |
|---|
| 1984
| Reckless | Mary Pat Sykes |
| 1984
| Caroline Mulford |
| 1987
| Wendy Worthington |
| 1990
| Love or Money | Jennifer Reed |
| 1990
| Tara Liston |
| 1990
| Marla Bloodstone |
| 1997
| Karen Pruitt |
| 2003
| Rick | Jane |
| 2005
| Kate Lewis |
| 2007
| Joshua | Monique Abernathy |
| 2007
| Julia Wells |
| 2009
| Adam | Lyra |
| 2010
| Fighting Fish | Lucy |
| 2011
| Burning Blue | Grace Lynch |
| 2011
| Oka! | Lydia Blake |
| 2012
| Jack's Mom |
| 2012
| Nous York | Mrs. Johns |
| 2012
| Ellen Green |
| 2013
| Grace Lynch |
| 2016
| Angela's Mom |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1985
| Royal Match | Susan | Television film |
| 1986
| George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation | Henrietta Liston | Television film |
| 1986
| Sharon McElroy | Episode – "Starting Over" |
| 1988
| Sarah McBride | Episode – "The Apprentice" |
| 1989
| Men | Patti | Episode – "The Trouble with Harvey" |
| 1989–1990
| Dodie Griffin | Episode – "Love and Other Sorrows" |
| 1990
| Polly Norris | Episode – "Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die" |
| 1994
| Shanda | Episode – "Shanda's Song" |
| 1995
| Mae Martin | Episode – "You Thought the Pope Was Something" |
| 1996
| Lady Lucinda Carey | Television miniseries |
| 1996
| Holly Turner Wattman | Episode – "Dissected and Neglected" |
| 1998
| Cosby | Jeannie | Episode – "Brazil" |
| 1998
| Molly Kilpatrick | Episode – "Divorce" |
| 1998
| Brooke | Episode – "The Turtle and the Hare" |
| 1999
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Elanor Burke | Episode – "Self Defense" |
| 2000
| Mary McManus | Episode – "Like Father, Like Son" |
| 2001
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Karen Cove | Episode – "The Extra Man" |
| 2001–2003
| Claire Baxter | 75 episodes |
| 2002–2003
| Barbara Kenney | Episode – "The Greater Good" |
| 2003
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dawn Trent | Episode – "Desperate" |
| 2008
| Anne Matthews | Episode – "Sweet Sixteen" |
| 2008
| Olivia | Episode – "Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace" |
| 2009
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Mrs. Wellsley | Episode – "Salome in Manhattan" |
| 2009
| Dr. Melinda Jernigan | Episode – "First Response" |
| 2010
| Bridget Lawson | 3 episodes |
| 2012
| Jody Vaughn | Episode – "Here Comes the Judge" |
| 2014
| Lorraine Tomlin | Episode – "Above and Beyond" |
| 2016
| Dr. Jane Mortimer | "Hounded" |
| 2016
| Quarry | Susan | 2 episodes |
| 2019
| Kate Southworth | Episode – "The Wickedness of the Wicked Shall Be Upon Himself" |
| 2022
| Bull | Dr. Adrienne Corbett | Episode – "With These Hands" |
| 2023
| Gremlins | Theodora | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Other work |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1993
| The Last Supper | Shell | Short film |
| 1996
| Dear Diary | Christie | Short film |
| 2001
| Michelle Payne | Voice |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|name=Haviland Morris|id=0606584}}
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Category:20th-century American actresses
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Category:American film actresses
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Category:American soap opera actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses