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Jessica Harper
Jessica Harper

Jessica Harper

ActingBorn October 3, 1949 (age 76)Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Jessica Randolph Harper (born October 3, 1949) is an American actress and singer. Harper began her feature film career with a starring role in Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974), and subsequently featured in films including Love and Death (1975), Inserts (1975), and My Favorite Year (1982). She is best known for her portrayal of Suzy Bannion, the protagonist of Dario Argento's cult classic Suspiria (1977), and appeared in a supporting role in Luca Guadagnino's 2018 remake. Her other films include Stardust Memories (1980), Shock Treatment (1981) (the followup to The Rocky Horror Picture Show in which she replaced Susan Sarandon as Janet Weiss), Pennies from Heaven (1981), The Blue Iguana (1988), Safe (1995), Minority Report (2002), Bones and All (2022) and Nightbitch (2024). In addition to acting, Harper is also an author of children's music and books. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Harper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026Movie
2026Movie
2026
Love Story

as Ethel Skakel Kennedy

TV
2026
Carousel

as Rebecca's Mother

Movie
2024
Nightbitch

as Norma

Movie
2023
Memory

as Samantha

Movie
2023TV
2022
Bones and All

as Barbara Kerns

Movie
2022
The Old Man

as Cheryl Harper

TV
2022
The Lady of the Dunes

as The Narrator

Movie
2019
See

as Cora

TV
2018
Suspiria

as Anke

Movie
2009
House Broken

as DWP Clerk

Movie
2002
Minority Report

as Anne Lively

Movie
2001
Crossing Jordan

as Dorris Meisner

TV
1997
Ally McBeal

as Sister Helen

TV
1997Movie
1996
7th Heaven

as Norma Moon

TV
1996
Boys

as Mrs. John Baker

Movie
1995
Safe

as Joyce

Movie
1994
Chicago Hope

as Phyllis Church

TV
1993
Mr. Wonderful

as Funny Face

Movie
1989Movie
1989
Eat a Bowl of Tea

as American Prostitute (uncredited)

Movie
1989TV
1988Movie
1987
Once Again

as Carrie

Movie
1987TV
1986TV
1986
The Imagemaker

as Cynthia

Movie
1985
The Equalizer

as Kate Parnell

TV
1985Movie
1985
Moonlighting

as Janine Dalton

TV
1984TV
1982
My Favorite Year

as K.C. Downing

Movie
1981Movie
1981
Shock Treatment

as Janet Majors

Movie
1980Movie
1979
The Evictors

as Ruth Watkins

Movie
1979
Studs Lonigan

as Loretta Lonigan

TV
1977
Aspen

as Kit Kendrick

TV
1977
Suspiria

as Suzy Bannion

Movie
1975
Love and Death

as Natasha

Movie
1975
Inserts

as Cathy Cake

Movie
1974Movie
1973Movie
1971
Taking Off

as Jessica Harper (uncredited)

Movie
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Sunny Mandell

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 3, 1949
Place of BirthChicago, Illinois, USA
Popularity0.9