Harriet Sansom Harris
Harriet Sansom Harris (born January 8, 1955 in Fort Worth , Texas ) is an American actress .
Life
Harriet Harris started acting as a teenager in New York City , she attended the famous Juilliard School . After finishing school, she joined the acting troupe founded by John Houseman and stayed there for three years. During this time she took part in productions of Shakespeare's King Lear and Romeo and Juliet .
Her breakthrough came in the original Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey cast , where she was the only female performer. Through her work and Jeffrey , she got numerous TV appearances, including a recurring role on the TV series Frasier . Her best-known role is in the Desperate Housewives series as Felicia Tilman. Her own series (including The Five Mrs. Buchanans , Union Square, and It's All Relative ) have been unsuccessful, but her ratings of the roles have been very positive.
Harris received a Tony Award in 2002 for best actress in a musical .
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1992: Fool's Fire (TV movie)
- 1993: Dottie Gets Spanked (short film)
- 1993: The Addams Family in Crazy Tradition (Addams Family Values)
- 1994: Quiz Show
- 1995: Seductive Vengeance ( An Element of Truth , TV movie)
- 1996: An almost successful affair ( The Care and Handling of Roses , TV movie)
- 1996: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
- 1997: Jealous, betrayal of a friend ( Friends' Til the End , TV movie)
- 1997: Murder Is Her Hobby - A Witness Disappears ( Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest , Movie made for TV)
- 1998: Show & Tell
- 2000: Nurse Betty
- 2000: Memento
- 2000: The Man Who Came to Dinner (TV movie)
- 2001: The One
- 2005: The Monster-in-Law (Monster-in-Law)
- 2005: Guilt (short film)
- 2009: Moonlight Serenade
- 2011: Rampart - Cop out of control (Rampart)
- 2012: The Shakespeare Olympics (short film)
- 2014: Love Is Strange
- 2014: Lifesaver (TV movie)
- 2017: The Silk Thread (Phantom Thread)
TV Shows
- 1989: Doctor Doctor (an episode)
- 1989: An Angel on Earth ( Highway to Heaven , an episode)
- 1991: Stephen King's Schöne Neue Zeit ( Golden Years , 2 episodes)
- 1991–1992: Law & Order (2 episodes)
- 1993: Lifestories: Families in Crisis (an episode)
- 1993: The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases ( The X-Files , an episode)
- 1993-2004: Frasier (11 episodes)
- 1994: Monty (an episode)
- 1994: Murphy Brown (an episode)
- 1994: The George Carlin Show (an episode)
- 1994–1995: The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (17 episodes)
- 1995: Hello Cockpit ( The Crew , one episode)
- 1995–1996: Space ( Space: Above and Beyond , 2 episodes)
- 1996: A bouquet of daughters ( Sisters , one episode)
- 1996: Chicago Hope ( Chicago Hope , an episode)
- 1996: Ellen (an episode)
- 1997: Millennium - Fear Your Neighbor as Yourself ( Millennium , an episode)
- 1997: Caroline in the City (an episode)
- 1997–1998: Almost like home ( Union Square , 14 episodes)
- 1998: Practice - The Lawyers ( The Practice , an episode)
- 1998: Ally McBeal (an episode)
- 1998: Maggie (an episode)
- 1999–2000: Men without Nerves ( Stark Raving Mad , 4 episodes)
- 2000: Love & Money (2 episodes)
- 2000: Diagnosis: Murder ( Diagnosis Murder , a series)
- 2000: Woman Power ( Family Law , an episode)
- 2000: God, the Devil and Bob (one episode)
- 2001: The Lot (3 episodes)
- 2001: The Beast (3 episodes)
- 2002: Six Feet Under ( Six Feet Under , 2 episodes)
- 2002: Bram and Alice (an episode)
- 2003-2004: Absolut relativ ( It's All Relative , 20 episodes)
- 2004: Quintuplets (one episode)
- 2004: CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , one episode)
- 2005: Strong Medicine: Two Doctors Like Fire and Ice ( Strong Medicine , an episode)
- 2005: Sex, Love & Secrets (one episode)
- 2005-2011: Desperate Housewives (28 episodes)
- 2006: Help Me Help You (an episode)
- 2006: Ghost Whisperer - Voices from Beyond ( Ghost Whisperer , an episode)
- 2006: The Lost Room ( The Lost Room , three-part, 2 episodes)
- 2010: American Dad ( American Dad ! , an episode, voice)
- 2011: Shake It Up - Dancing is Everything ( Shake It Up , one episode)
- 2012: Electric City (mini-series, one episode)
- 2014: Submissions Only (2 episodes)
- 2014: Wilfred (3 episodes)
- 2018: American Horror Story (an episode)
- 2020: Hollywood
Web links
- Harriet Sansom Harris in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Harriet Sansom Harris at filmreference.com (English)
- Harriet Sansom Harris in the German dubbing file
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Harris, Harriet Sansom |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harris, Harriet |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1955 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Worth , Texas , United States |