# Jennifer Pace > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jennifer_Pace > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jennifer_Pace.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Pace > Source revision: 1330679279 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{for|the athlete|Jennifer Pace (athlete)}} {{Infobox soap character | series = [Search for Tomorrow](/source/Search_for_Tomorrow) | portrayer = {{ubl|Robin Eisenman (1973)|[Morgan Fairchild](/source/Morgan_Fairchild) (1973–1977)}} | first = | last = | years = 1973–1977 | image1 = Jennifer Pace (Morgan Fairchild) 1976.png | caption1 = Morgan Fairchild as Jennifer Pace in November 1976 | alias = Jennifer Phillips | occupation = | father = Walter Pace | siblings = | spouse = Scott Phillips | children = | relatives = }} '''Jennifer Pace Phillips''' is a fictional character from the American [soap opera](/source/soap_opera) ''[Search for Tomorrow](/source/Search_for_Tomorrow)''. The role was originated by actress Robin Eisenman in 1973, and was subsequently portrayed by [Morgan Fairchild](/source/Morgan_Fairchild) from 1973 to 1977. ==Casting== The role of Jennifer Pace was originated by actress Robin Eisenman in 1973, and was subsequently played by [Morgan Fairchild](/source/Morgan_Fairchild) from 1973 to 1977.{{cite book |last=Schemering |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Schemering |title=[The Soap Opera Encyclopedia](/source/The_Soap_Opera_Encyclopedia_(Schemering_book)) |chapter=''[Search for Tomorrow](/source/Search_for_Tomorrow)''|publisher=[Ballantine Books](/source/Ballantine_Books) |date=September 1985 |pages=190–200|isbn=0-345-32459-5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/dayss-morgan-fairchild-awesome-acting-career/|title=''DAYS''{{'s}} Morgan Fairchild on Her Awesome Acting Career|date=July 21, 2017|work=[Soap Opera Digest](/source/Soap_Opera_Digest)|access-date=May 17, 2023}} Fairchild came to New York City in 1973 but could not secure a talent agent, as "Nobody thought I had the right look for New York in '73. Everybody kept saying, 'Oh, no, you're too elegant', 'You're too porcelain', 'You're too this, you're too that'." She signed with [Ford Models](/source/Ford_Models). According to Fairchild, "I was told, 'Okay, this is a big break for us, we're trying to break into the soap opera market and you are our one person who can talk.'" The agency sent her to audition for ''[Search for Tomorrow](/source/Search_for_Tomorrow)'', but she did not get the part. The show soon called the agency back to say, "We had somebody we hired to play the bitch a few weeks ago and she's not working out, we want to hire Morgan for that." That role was Jennifer Pace.{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/icymi-morgan-fairchild-anjelica-days-interview/|title=How ''DAYS''{{'s}} Morgan Fairchild overcame shyness to become one of TV's most famous vixens|date=August 4, 2017|work=[Soap Opera Digest](/source/Soap_Opera_Digest)|access-date=May 18, 2023}} ==Storylines== Jennifer was the beautiful but extremely neurotic daughter of businessman Walter Pace (Tom Klunis). The character became involved with Bruce Carson ([Joel Higgins](/source/Joel_Higgins)), the ward of series matriarch [Joanne Gardner](/source/Joanne_Gardner) ([Mary Stuart](/source/Mary_Stuart_(actress))). She later marries Scott Phillips (Peter Simon), but drives her alcoholic husband back to drinking. Jennifer is injured when she tries to step through a mirror, and is left unhinged. Later, Jennifer has an affair with John Wyatt ([Val Dufour](/source/Val_Dufour)), the husband of Jo's sister, [Eunice Gardner Wyatt](/source/Eunice_Gardner_Wyatt) ([Ann Williams](/source/Ann_Williams_(actress))). Wanting John for herself and losing touch with reality, Jennifer confronts Eunice with a gun on November 19, 1976. She shoots Eunice in the back and kills her, hallucinating that John's voice told her to do it.{{Cite web|url=https://www.welovesoaps.net/2015/11/today-in-soap-opera-history-november-19.html|title=Today in Soap Opera History (November 19)|first=Roger|last=Newcomb|website=[We Love Soaps](/source/We_Love_Soaps)|date=November 19, 2015|access-date=May 18, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/opinion/13welch.html|title=Opinion: Soaps of Our Lives|first=Liz|last=Welch|website=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=December 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126042844/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/opinion/13welch.html|archive-date=January 26, 2021|access-date=May 17, 2023}} John is put on trial for murder, but Jennifer is ultimately revealed as the killer. Walter places his mentally unstable daughter into a sanitarium in 1977. ==Reception== Fairchild received audience recognition for her portrayal, and in 2017 called herself and ''[All My Children](/source/All_My_Children)''{{'s}} [Susan Lucci](/source/Susan_Lucci) "the bitch goddesses of daytime" in the 1970s.{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBYEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Jennifer+Pace%22+soap+opera&pg=PA19 |title=Morgan |last=Eastman |first=Janet |journal=[Orange Coast](/source/Orange_Coast_(magazine)) |date=January 1981 |volume=7 |issue=1 |page=19 |via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books) |access-date=May 19, 2023}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Search for Tomorrow}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pace, Jennifer}} Category:Search for Tomorrow characters Category:Television characters introduced in 1973 Category:Fictional female murderers Category:American female characters in soap operas --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jennifer Pace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Pace) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Pace?action=history)). 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