- Alfred Hitchcock cast her in an uncredited role as a child pecked by birds outside a school in The Birds (1963). He cast her again the next year in Marnie (1964), but her scene was left on the cutting room floor.
- Her agent wanted her to turn down the role of Vivien Leigh in The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980) because the part was designated as a day player. She insisted on doing the role, believing that everyone would be waiting to see the actress playing Leigh. Sure enough, as Vivien Leigh, she was on the cover of countless TV supplements and magazines, and people now knew her name. It also brought her to the attention of producers of Dallas (1978), who cast her in her most famous role.
- Was cast as Vivien Leigh in three projects: The Day of the Locust (1975), Gable and Lombard (1976), and The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980), because her dark hair and very fine features give her an uncanny resemblance to the actress.
- Best remembered by the public for her role as "Katherine Wentworth" on the 1980's soap opera Dallas (1978).
- Former Eileen Ford model in New York and Nina Blanchard in Los Angeles. Was a model in NY with Rene Russo, Christie Brinkley and other 70's supermodels.
- Favorite actress is Natalie Wood, who played her sister in Gypsy (1962).
- While at home in Agoura Hills, CA, on May 23, 2006, was startled by the sound of a high-powered sports car careening out of control towards her. A Ferrari Testarossa was traveling down winding Cornell Rd. at a high rate of speed before losing control, flipping over, and landing in a horse corral owned by her. Two men died in the accident, one of them an off-duty California Highway Patrol officer in charge of apprehending speeders on mountain roads. She was shaken, but not injured in the crash.
- Changed her professional name after she grew up (choosing "Morgan Brittany" after spotting the name in the first chapter of Frank Yerby's novel "Floodtide" (1950)), because she found herself typecast by her juvenile roles. "Suzie Cupito" got turned down out of hand for adult roles without even an audition; carrying the same resumé, Morgan Brittany was able to get auditions, and thus win acting jobs as an adult.
- As an adult, she had trouble getting work in the early 1970s because producers were going for less pretty, more hippie-like, troubled youth. It all changed, she says, the night Charlie's Angels (1976) premiered on television. After that, she had no problems.
- Was hesitant about doing Dallas (1978), because she was being considered for feature films, such as An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and 9½ Weeks (1986), and she was afraid that film producers wouldn't want to hire a television actress, since there was a sharp division between film and television actors at that time. However, she and her husband talked it out, and they decided that being on a top-rated TV show in a contract role was better suited for her, and so she agreed to take the role on "Dallas".
- Graduated from California State University-Northridge with a degree in journalism.
- Attended Grover Cleveland High School with Charles Martin Smith. They performed in school musicals and dramas.
- Attended the Twilight Zone Convention at the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ,, August 12-13, 2006.
- In 2015 was working as a contributor on Fox News.
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