Tess Harper

Actor Aug 15 (age 75) Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, USA 1983–2023 (40 year career)

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Biography

Tessie Jean "Tess" Harper (née Washam; born August 15, 1950) is an American actress. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her first film role in 1983's Tender Mercies, and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film Crimes of the Heart. Her other film appearances include Flashpoint (1984), Ishtar (1987), Far North (1988), and No Country for Old Men (2007). She also had a recurring role on the first three seasons of Breaking Bad (200…

Known For

Film

No Country for Old Men

Loretta Bell

Film

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Mrs. Pinkman

Film

Frank

Frank's Mom

Film

The Jackal

The First Lady

Film

The Man in the Moon

Abigail Trant

Film

Silkwood

Linda Dawson

Film

Tender Mercies

Rosa Lee

Film

The Perfect Guy

Mrs. McCarthy

Filmography

Acting (97)

Movies (66)

Good Side of Bad

as Mary Ellen

American Outlaws

as Loretta Hillhouse

Rosebud Lane

as Sugar

Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story

as Tess

The Evening Hour

as Dorothy Freeman

The Long Shadow

as Mama Doris

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page

2020

as Self

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

2019

as Mrs. Pinkman

7.0

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

as Self

Burden

as Hazel

The Perfect Guy

as Mrs. McCarthy

Surprise

as Linda

Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat

2015

as Linda (segment "Surprise")

Frank

as Frank's Mom

Straight A's

as Mother

Sunlight Jr.

as Kathleen

The Christmas Heart

as Elizabeth

A Christmas Wish

as Trudy Willis

Fatal Secrets

as Naomi

No Country for Old Men

as Loretta Bell

Broken

as Clare

Kiss the Bride

as Barbara Davis

Saving Sarah Cain

as Miriam Esh

Judy's Got a Gun

as Susan Lemen

Jam

as Ruby

Karla

as Molly

Broken Bridges

as Dixie Rose Delton

Jesus, Mary and Joey

as Liz O`Callahan

Loggerheads

as Elizabeth

Angel in the Family

as Mrs. Nelly Tomkins

Lonely Place

The Rising Place

as Rebecca Hodge

The In Crowd

as Dr. Amanda Giles

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

1999

as Narrator / Older Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Jackal

as The First Lady

A Child's Wish

as Joanna Chandler

The Killing Secret

as Tina Decapprio

The Road to Galveston

as Julia Archer

A Stranger to Love

as Linda Grant

Death in Small Doses

as Jerri Sims

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films

as Self (uncredited)

My New Gun

as Kimmy Hayes

The Turning

as Martha Harnish

In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion

1992

as Vickie Singer

3.0

Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

as Verna Heath

The Man in the Moon

as Abigail Trant

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

1991

as Cheryl

6.1

Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?

as Sara Lee

Her Alibi

as Sally Blackwood

Unconquered

as Mrs. Mary Flowers

Criminal Law

as Detective Stillwell

5.6

Incident at Dark River

1989

as Betty McFall

Far North

as Rita

Little Girl Lost

as Clara Brady

Daddy

as Ann Burnette

Ishtar

as Willa

Crimes of the Heart

as Chick Boyle

A Summer to Remember

as Jeannie Wyler

Reckless Disregard

as Meredith Craig

Promises to Keep

as Gwen Palmer

Flashpoint

as Ellen

Tender Mercies

as Rosa Lee

Silkwood

as Linda Dawson

Amityville 3-D

as Nancy Baxter

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

as Janet Briggs

Kentucky Woman

Television (31)

How to Get Away with Murder

as Sheila Miller

Revenge

as Carole Lyn Miller

Breaking Bad

as Mrs. Pinkman

In Plain Sight

as A.U.S.A. Rolly

Crash

as Wendy Olinville

Private Practice

as Augusta King

Brothers and Sisters

as Beth Ridge

Grey's Anatomy

as Pam Nelson

Criminal Minds

as Dinah Troy

Ghost Whisperer

as Ellen Wilkins

Jack & Bobby

as Karen Carmichael

One Tree Hill

as May Scott

Cold Case

as Sharon Lertola (2009)

Without a Trace

as Patricia Spade

The Division

as Polly Danko

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Julia Barrett

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Mrs. Hallander

Judging Amy

as Barbara Nissman

Cracker

Early Edition

as Lois Hobson

Touched by an Angel

as Betsy Baxter

Christy

as Fairlight Spencer

Christy

as Fairlight Spencer

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Katie Malloy

Grace Under Fire

as Joan

thirtysomething

L.A. Law

as Patricia Pittman

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Quarantine")

Murder, She Wrote

as Irene Rutledge

Celebrity

as Susan French

Chiefs

as Carrie Lee