Harriet Sansom Harris

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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)

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