Iona Morris

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| birth_place = Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

| occupation = Actress

| other_names = Jonia Morris, Brittany Harlowe

| years_active = 1966–present

| parents = Greg Morris (father)

| relatives = {{ubl|Phil Morris (brother)|Francis Williams (grandfather)}}

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Iona Morris is an American actress. She has performed in numerous films and television shows, including extensive voice work in animation.

Early life

Iona was born in Columbus, Ohio, and is the daughter of late actor Greg Morris (1933–1996) and older sister of Phil Morris.{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/29/arts/greg-morris-61-debonair-star-of-tv-s-mission-impossible.html | title = Greg Morris, 61, Debonair Star Of TV's 'Mission Impossible' | date = August 29, 1996 | newspaper = The New York Times | access-date = March 22, 2010 | first = Nick | last = Ravo | page = D19}}{{cite web | url = http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9608/28/morris.obit/ | title = 'Mission: Impossible' actor dies | work = CNN | date = August 28, 1996 | access-date = February 23, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190223184805/https://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9608/28/morris.obit/ | archive-date = February 23, 2019 | url-status = dead}}

Career

Morris was the original voice of Storm in the X-Men and Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Her voice work also includes Medusa in the 1994 Fantastic Four series, Claudia Grant in Robotech, Nia/Betty in Phantom 2040, Luba on W.I.T.C.H. and Principal Stringent on Chalkzone.

When she was a child, she appeared (with her brother and future recurring Trek guest actor, Phil) in an episode of the original Star Trek entitled "Miri".{{cite web |date=March 11, 2021 |author=LAURIE ULSTER |title=13 Original Series Actors Who Couldn't Get Enough Trek |url=https://www.startrek.com/news/13-tos-actors-who-appeared-on-other-tv-treks-decades-later |website=StarTrek.com }} Later, Iona appeared in the two part episode of Star Trek: Voyager, "Workforce" and was one of few to star in one of the episodes of the second Twilight Zone series. She has also made numerous guest appearances on many television shows, including The Wayans Bros. In 2006, she was the voice of Jean Grant in Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles.

She also appeared as Colonel Louise James in the cinematic version of Command and Conquer 4.And in Command and Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight Mobile

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2" | 1986

| Robotech: The Movie

| Becky Michaels (voice)

| rowspan="4" | English dub

The Stabilizer

| Christina Provost (voice)

rowspan="2" | 1987

| Windaria

| Celina (voice)

Lily C.A.T.

| Carolyn (voice)

1991

| Silent Möbius

| Katsumi Liqueur (voice)

| Streamline Pictures dub

1992

| Rain Without Thunder

| Andrea Murdoch

rowspan="3" | 1995

| Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

| Nila Fontaine

Barefoot Gen

| Kimie (voice)

| English dub

It's in the Bag

| Cynda

1996

| A Hill of Our Own

| Mrs. Nash

| Short film

rowspan="2" | 1997

| Psycho Diver: Soul Siren

| Angelica (voice)

| English dub

Spider-Man: Secret Wars

| Storm, Ororo Munroe (voices)

| Direct-to-video

rowspan="2" | 1998

| Next Time

| Wanda

High Freakquency

| Nubian Princess

2002

| Banged Out

| {{n/a}}

| Direct-to-video

2003

| Ride or Die

| {{n/a}}

rowspan="2" | 2005

| Tarzan 2

| Additional voices

| Direct-to-video

The Eavesdropper

| Gen. Humes' Aide

2006

| Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles

| Jean Grant (voice)

| English dub

2010

| Thoughts of Suicide on an Otherwise Lovely Day

| Angela

| Short film

2012

| Murder on the 13th Floor

| Eastorian (voice)

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1966

| Star Trek: The Original Series

| Little African American Girl

| Episode: "Miri"

1970

| Christmas Is

| Unknown role (voice)

| TV series short

1982

| WKRP in Cincinnati

| Hospital Worker

| Episode: "Dear Liar"

rowspan="2" | 1984

| The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries

| Additional voices

| Episode: "Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo"

Morgengrauen

| Rena

| Television film

rowspan="6" | 1985

| Megazone 23

| Eve Tokimatsuri (voice)

| English dub

Robotech

| Claudia Grant, Grant (voices)

| 5 episodes

Codename: Robotech

| Claudia Grant (voice)

| English dub

The Twilight Zone

| Annie

| Episode: "Chameleon"

Hollywood Beat

| Monique

| Episode: "No Place to Hide"

Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years

| Olivia

| 65 episodes

rowspan="4" | 1986

| Night Court

| Mrs. Johnson

| Episode: "Leon, We Hardly Knew Ye"

Our House

| {{n/a}}

| 2 episodes

ABC Weekend Specials

| Unknown role (voice)

| Episode: "Liberty and the Littles"

Knots Landing

| Reporter

| Episode: "All Over But the Shouting"

rowspan="3" | 1987

| Hill Street Blues

| Jacqueline

| Episode: "Der Roachenkavalier"

Charles in Charge

| Nancy Mayo

| Episode: "U. F. Oh No!"

The Real Ghostbusters

| Miss Nuxum, Dahlia (voices)

| Episode: "Moaning Stones"

1988

| The Cosby Show

| Veterinarian

| Episode: "Is There a Hamster in the House?"

rowspan="2" | 1990

| The Baby-Sitters Club

| Mrs. Stewart

| Episode: "Stacey's Big Break"

As the World Turns

| Fiona

| 1 episode

rowspan="2" | 1992

| True Colors

| Mrs. Walker

| Episode: "In a Flash"

Bobby's World

| Unknown role (voice)

| Episode: "The Music"

1992–1994

| X-Men: The Animated Series

| Storm/Ororo Munroe (voice)

| 16 episodes

1993

| Where I Live

| Ms. Hall

| Episode: "Big Mon on Campus"

1993–1994

| Problem Child

| {{n/a}}

| 26 episodes

1994

| Hot Line

| Coley

| Episode: "Visions of Love"

rowspan="2" | 1994–1995

| Fantastic Four

| Medusa (voice)

| 4 episodes

Phantom 2040

| Betty, Nia, Commander Iyapo (voices)

| 9 episodes

rowspan="3" | 1995

| Murder, She Wrote

| Lt. Estelle Karr

| Episode: "Game, Set, Murder"

Martin

| Allison Jones

| Episode: "Swing Thing"

What-a-Mess

| Additional voices

| 3 episodes

rowspan="5" | 1996

| Captain Planet and the Planeteers

| Woman (voice)

| Episode: "Never the Twain Shall Meet"

The Tick

| Holly (voice)

| Episode: "That Mustache Feeling"

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

| Teacher (voice)

| Episode: "Heroes"

Homeboys in Outer Space

| Kate

| Episode: "A Man's Place Is in the Homey, or the Stepford Guys"

The Legend of Sarmoti: Siegfried & Roy

| Unknown role (voice)

| Television series short

1996–1997

| Spider-Man: The Animated Series

| Storm, Martha Robertson (voices)

| 5 episodes

rowspan="2" | 1997

| The Wayans Bros.

| Carmella

| Episode: "Pops' Secret"

Extreme Ghostbusters

| Additional voices

| Episode: Dog Days

rowspan="2" | 1998

| In the House

| Gloria Allblack

| Episode: "Say Anything"

The Wild Thornberrys

| Mother Elephant (voice)

| Episode: "Iron Curtain"{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Iona-Morris/|title=Iona Morris - 25 Character Images|website=Behind The Voice Actors}}

rowspan="2" | 1999

| Rocket Power

| MacKenzie's Mother (voice)

| Episode: "Hawaii Blues/Lost and Find"

The Adventures of A.R.K.

| Dr. Hosking

| Unknown episodes

1999–2001

| Moesha

| Sandy

| 3 episodes

rowspan="4" | 2001