Harriet Sansom Harris

Actor Jan 8 (age 71) Fort Worth, Texas, USA 1988–2025 (37 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Memento

Mrs. Jankis

Film

Phantom Thread

Barbara Rose

Film

Romeo + Juliet

Susan Santandiago

Film

Addams Family Values

Ellen Buckman

Film

Licorice Pizza

Mary Grady

Film

Werewolf by Night

Verussa Bloodstone

Film

Quiz Show

Enright's Secretary

Film

Monster-in-Law

Therapist

Filmography

Acting (80)

Movies (33)

Americana

as Tish

Magazine Dreams

as Patricia Waldron

Jules

as Sandy

Werewolf by Night

as Verussa Bloodstone

Director by Night

as Self

Licorice Pizza

as Mary Grady

Baby

as The Woman

Eleanor

as Eleanor Roosevelt

Phantom Thread

as Barbara Rose

Her Last Will

as Dina Cotton

Show Boat

as Parthy Ann Hawks

Love Is Strange

2014

as Honey

6.3

Russian Broadway Shut Down

2014

Electric City

2012

as Voice Actor (voice)

Rampart

as Stacy Cranston

Still on the Road

as Self

Moonlight Serenade

as Angelica Webster

Monster-in-Law

as Therapist

Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter

as Bebe Glazer

The One

as Nurse Besson

Memento

as Mrs. Jankis

Nurse Betty

as Ellen

The Man Who Came to Dinner

2000

as Maggie Cutler

9.0

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

1998

as Turtle/Rhesus (voice)

5.7

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

as Millie Ogden

Friends 'Til The End

as Mrs. Boxer

Romeo + Juliet

as Susan Santandiago

Quiz Show

as Enright's Secretary

Addams Family Values

as Ellen Buckman

Dottie Gets Spanked

as Sharon's Mother

Fool's Fire

as Lady Clarice

Golden Years

as Francie Wil

Borges and Me

Television (47)

Long Bright River

2025

as Mrs. Mahon

7.0

The Agency: Central Intelligence

as Dr Rachel Blake

Clipped

as 'Justine'

Frasier

as Bebe Glazer

Hacks

as Susan

The Mysterious Benedict Society

2021

as Rowena

7.6

Stars in the House

2020

as Self - Special Guest

Hollywood

as Eleanor Roosevelt

Atlantic Crossing

as Eleanor Roosevelt

Supergirl

as Sinead

Robot and Monster

as Bea Holder (voice)

6.0

American Horror Story

as Madelyn

Shake It Up

as Dr. Pepper

The Lost Room

as Margaret Milne

Help Me Help You

American Dad!

as Mrs. Reagan (voice)

7.0

Ghost Whisperer

2005

as Marilyn Mandeville

Desperate Housewives

as Felicia Tilman

Quintuplets

as Ms. Hentschel

It's All Relative

as Audrey O'Neil

Bram & Alice

Six Feet Under

as Catherine Collins

The Beast

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Eva

7.6

Strong Medicine

2000

as Governer Barbara Curtis

7.5

God, the Devil and Bob

2000

as Martha Stewart (voice)

Family Law

as Lois Nelson

Stark Raving Mad

as Audrey Radford

The Practice

as Ellen Blake

Ally McBeal

as Cheryl Bonner

Union Square

as Suzanne Barkley

Millennium

as Maureen Murphy

Caroline in the City

as Miss McGowan

Space: Above and Beyond

as Diane Hayden

Chicago Hope

as Mrs. Holgren

Ellen

as Claire

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans

as Vivian Buchanan

Monty

as Mrs. King

The X-Files

1993

as Dr. Sally Kendrick / Eve 6

Diagnosis: Murder

as Marisa Parkhurst

Frasier

as Bebe Glazer

Good Advice

as Marilyn

Golden Years

as Francie Wil

Sisters

Law & Order

as Sheila

Doctor Doctor

Murphy Brown