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Cynthia Ann Cichorski (September 29, 1954 – December 30, 2023), known professionally as Cindy Morgan, was an American actress best known for playing Lora/Yori in ''Tron'' and Lacey Underall in ''Caddyshack''.

Life and career

She was born as Cynthia Ann Cichorski on September 29, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois to her parents of Polish and German descent. Since her parents survived from the Nazi invasion of Poland during and after World War II and with immigration to the United States, Morgan attended 12 years of Catholic school, and then studied communications at Northern Illinois University, where she was a DJ on the campus radio station. A commercial station in town invited her to report the news for them and she adopted the last name Morgan, from a story she had read about Morgan le Fay when she was 12 years old.

After graduation, Morgan worked at a television station in Rockford, Illinois, where she forecast the weather. She kept her hand in radio by working the graveyard shift at a local rock station. She returned to Chicago and deejayed on WSDM, until quitting on air during a labor dispute at the station.

Morgan then worked for Fiat Automobiles. She moved to Los Angeles in 1978, and became as an Irish Spring girl in advertisements, while attending acting schools and workshops.

Morgan landed her first screen role in the 1980 comedy ''Caddyshack'', playing the role of sexy bombshell Lacey Underall. In a 2012 interview, Morgan said of the role: "''Caddyshack'' was my first film and I'll say that the end product was so completely different, it was originally about the caddies. So at first, I had nothing to lose to audition. It was fun. All I did was focus on making the person sweat. Look 'em in the eye, do that thing many women know how to ..."

Morgan appeared in the 1982 hit ''Tron'', the first computer-generated film. She played two characters: Lora, a computer programmer in the "real" world, and Yori, her alter-ego in the film's computer-generated flights of imagination.

Morgan has multiple television and film credits, including portraying two roles on the primetime soap opera ''Falcon Crest'', Lori Chapman in season one and Gabrielle Short in seasons six and seven. Morgan also played two characters, in two episodes, on the television series '' Matlock''. Her other credits include guest and minor appearances on ''The Larry Sanders Show'', ''Amazing Stories'', ''CHiPs'', and a co-starring role on '' Bring 'Em Back Alive''.

Morgan was an associate producer on five films produced by Larry Estes.

According to the documentary ''Caddyshack: The Inside Story'', , Morgan was a resident of Florida and working on a book about her experiences during the making of ''Caddyshack,'' to be called ''From Catholic School to Caddyshack''.

Morgan did not participate in the making of '' Tron: Legacy'', the 2010 sequel to the 1982 film, nor does she appear in any of the retrospective materials produced in conjunction with the sequel for use in a DVD/Blu-ray reissue of the film in 2011. She did reunite with her costar Bruce Boxleitner in character as Lora, in a mock news conference on April 2, 2010, promoting the release of ''Tron: Legacy''.

Charitable works

Morgan, whose her father fought in Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II, was passionate about supporting the United States military and helping to alleviate the financial hardship felt by those who have been called to serve in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. She was director of the Caddyshack Reunion Golf Tournament in 2006, which reunited some of the cast of ''Caddyshack'' (Morgan included), along with other celebrities. Subtitled "Playing for the Home Team" and hosted at Willow Crest Golf Club in Oak Brook, Illinois, the tournament raised funds (and awareness) to benefit the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund, an organization that helps the families of National Guard members and reservists on active duty.

Voice acting

Morgan voiced Ma3a in Buena Vista Interactive'' in 2003.

Death

Morgan was found dead from natural causes at her home in Lake Worth Beach, Miami, Florida, on December 30, 2023, at the age of 69. She had last been seen alive on December 19, and had made a final social media post on her personal Facebook page on December 25, 2023.Actress Cindy Morgan, of 'Caddyshack' and 'Tron' fame, dies at her LWB home
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Filmography

Film

Television

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Moviefone Cindy Morgan Interview

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1954 births
2023 deaths
Actresses from Chicago
American film actresses
American television actresses
American people of Polish descent
American voice actresses
Northern Illinois University alumni
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American women