Harriet Sansom Harris
ActingAlso Known As
Harriet Harris
Biography
Born in Texas, Harriet Sansom Harris got involved in acting as a youngster. At seventeen, Harris was accepted at New York's famed Juilliard School. Upon graduation, Harris joined The Acting Company, a repertory group formed by the first alumni of John Houseman's Drama Division of The Juilliard School. She spent three years with the Company before she left to work primarily in regional theater. This led to a successful Broadway and Off-Broadway career. Her life changed after appearing as the sole female in the original cast of "Jeffrey", Paul Rudnick's smash Off-Broadway hit about love in the time of AIDS. "Jeffrey" led to guest shots on series television, including "Frasier" (1993), where she created the memorable role of "Bebe Glazer", Frasier's cutthroat, neurotic, chain-smoking agent. She also won raves from critics for her role of "Vivian Buchanan" on CBS's "The 5 Mrs. Buchanans" (1994). She now calls New York her home, but frequently travels to California for film and television appearances. IMDb Mini Biography By: Dan Flave-Novak
Movies
(33 total)
Memento
as Mrs. Jankis
Romeo + Juliet
as Susan Santandiago
Phantom Thread
as Barbara Rose
Addams Family Values
as Ellen Buckman
Licorice Pizza
as Mary Grady
Monster-in-Law
as Therapist
The One
as Nurse Besson
Werewolf by Night
as Verussa Bloodstone
Quiz Show
as Enright's Secretary
Nurse Betty
as Ellen
Rampart
as Stacy Cranston
Jules
as Sandy
Love Is Strange
as Honey
Americana
as Tish
Magazine Dreams
as Patricia Waldron
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
as Turtle/Rhesus (voice)
Baby
as The Woman
Golden Years
as Francie Wil
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
as Millie Ogden
Dottie Gets Spanked
as Sharon's Mother
TV Shows
(49 total)
American Horror Story
as Madelyn
Supergirl
as Sinead
The X-Files
as Dr. Sally Kendrick / Eve 6
American Dad!
as Mrs. Reagan (voice)
Desperate Housewives
as Felicia Tilman
Ghost Whisperer
as Marilyn Mandeville
Six Feet Under
as Catherine Collins
Frasier
as Bebe Glazer
Law & Order
as Sheila
Law & Order
as Ms. Kenny
The Lost Room
as Margaret Milne
Ally McBeal
as Cheryl Bonner
Hollywood
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Hacks
as Susan
Shake It Up
as Dr. Pepper
Millennium
as Maureen Murphy
The Agency: Central Intelligence
as Dr Rachel Blake
Space: Above and Beyond
as Diane Hayden