It’s something most Hollywood stars can only dream of and hope for: A role that transcends film to become an iconic cultural touchstone, a role so embraced by fans that you are forever after linked with that character and that moment. If an actor is very, very lucky, they might land a role like that once in their lifetime.
Unless that star happens to be Cindy Morgan, of course. The actress brought not one, but two iconic roles to life: first as every teen boy’s dream woman, Lacy Underall, in 1980′s legendary comedy ‘Caddyshack,’ and then two years later the very different but no less revered role of Yori in the groundbreaking sci-fi adventure ‘Tron.’
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Actress Cindy Morgan made her screen debut by playing good-time girl Lacey Underall in “Caddyshack.” Morgan, who lives in south Florida, is writing two books about her Caddyshack connection. The first will be a coffee table book with photos and commentary. The second will be a text-driven biography about how a nice Catholic girl from Chicago wound up in a comedy classic.
Thirty years after the movie’s release, Morgan participated in a question-and-answer session with the Tulsa World:
What was it like to work with all those scene-stealers in the movie?
That’s where it was very important to realize who is the scene-stealer and what your place is. And if it means you were the straight man or you had to set up the scene, you have got to do it. And it’s no wonder that Ted Knight was a little aggravated because he was usually the scene-stealer kind of guy and he ended up playing the straight man to Rodney.
Did you have to keep up with them or get left behind?
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“There are probably not many movies where you have people recite lines from it at the Phoenix Open — where there are 15,000 people around the green — and someone is yelling ‘Noonan’ and everybody there knows what it means,” Verplank said.
It means this:
“Caddyshack,” released 30 summers ago, isn’t just the best golf movie ever made. “It’s absolutely the best golf movie, though ‘Happy Gilmore’ I do like,” 1987 U.S. Open champ Scott Simpson said.
It’s also the golf movie that’s never going away because dozens of quotable lines keep getting recycled for generation next.
I’ve got a pool — and a pond. A pond is good for you.
Don’t sell yourself short, judge. You’re a tremendous slouch.
I’ve sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn’t want to do it. I felt I owed it to them.
Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a miracle… It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole! It’s in the hole!
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Cindy Morgan, best known for her sexy role as “Lacey Underall” in the block busting classic “Caddyshack,” has a long list of credits to her name. This intelligent beauty lights up the screen and has influenced a generation. Cindy certainly influenced my attitude towards sexuality and growing grander with every passing year in our interview together. With much wisdom to share with us, I look forward to the release of her new book.
It is my honor to welcome Cindy Morgan to The Global Townhall.
Gabrielle Reilly: From watching your interview on the biography channel, it is fantastic that you seem so entirely comfortable with your sexuality and the power you have being a gorgeous woman. How did you become so comfortable with something many women aren’t quite sure how to handle in our many roles in life as also mothers, daughters etc?
Cindy Morgan: I’ve always fought for the right to feel comfortable with my sexuality. It’s a battle that’s been hard fought and hard won by women for many years.
I spent twelve years in a Catholic school system that focused on academics. Then, I went away to college during the feminist movement, and women were taught to be proud of who they were and to own their sexuality. (BTW, There’s big a difference between flaunting sexuality and owning sexuality.)
When I speak about Lacey Underall, the character that I played in Caddyshack shot in 1979, it was right on the heels of an explosion of social consciousness and Lacey was very much a product of that time.
Comfortable with my sexuality? Often after a good fight to draw boundaries.
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