Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 8, 1955
Place of Birth:
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Harriet Sansom 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
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Magazine Dreams | Patricia Waldron |
| 2025 | Americana | Tish |
| 2023 | Jules | Sandy |
| 2022 | Werewolf by Night | Verussa Bloodstone |
| 2022 | Director by Night | Self |
| 2021 | Licorice Pizza | Mary Grady |
| 2020 | Eleanor | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 2020 | Baby | The Woman |
| 2017 | Phantom Thread | Barbara Rose |
| 2016 | Electric City | Voice Actor (voice) |
| 2016 | Her Last Will | Dina Cotton |
| 2015 | Show Boat | Parthy Ann Hawks |
| 2014 | Love Is Strange | Honey |
| 2014 | Russian Broadway Shut Down | |
| 2011 | Rampart | Stacy Cranston |
| 2010 | Still on the Road | Self |
| 2009 | Moonlight Serenade | Angelica Webster |
| 2005 | Monster-in-Law | Therapist |
| 2004 | Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter | Bebe Glazer |
| 2001 | The One | Nurse Besson |
| 2000 | Memento | Mrs. Jankis |
| 2000 | Nurse Betty | Ellen |
| 2000 | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Maggie Cutler |
| 1998 | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Turtle/Rhesus (voice) |
| 1997 | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Millie Ogden |
| 1997 | Friends 'Til The End | Mrs. Boxer |
| 1996 | Romeo + Juliet | Susan Santandiago |
| 1994 | Quiz Show | Enright's Secretary |
| 1993 | Addams Family Values | Ellen Buckman |
| 1993 | Dottie Gets Spanked | Sharon's Mother |
| 1992 | Fool's Fire | Lady Clarice |
| 1991 | Golden Years | Francie Wil |
| Borges and Me |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Long Bright River | Mrs. Mahon |
| 2024 | Clipped | 'Justine' |
| 2024 | The Agency: Central Intelligence | Dr Rachel Blake |
| 2023 | Frasier | Bebe Glazer |
| 2021 | Hacks | Susan |
| 2021 | The Mysterious Benedict Society | Rowena |
| 2020 | Atlantic Crossing | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self - Special Guest |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self |
| 2020 | Hollywood | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 2015 | Supergirl | Sinead |
| 2012 | Robot and Monster | Bea Holder (voice) |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Madelyn |
| 2010 | Shake It Up | Dr. Pepper |
| 2006 | Help Me Help You | |
| 2006 | The Lost Room | Margaret Milne |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Mrs. Reagan (voice) |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Marilyn Mandeville |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Felicia Tilman |
| 2004 | Quintuplets | |
| 2003 | It's All Relative | Audrey O'Neil |
| 2002 | Bram & Alice | |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Catherine Collins |
| 2001 | The Beast | |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Eva |
| 2000 | God, the Devil and Bob | Martha Stewart (voice) |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Governer Barbara Curtis |
| 1999 | Stark Raving Mad | Audrey Radford |
| 1999 | Family Law | Lois Nelson |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Cheryl Bonner |
| 1997 | Union Square | Suzanne Barkley |
| 1997 | The Practice | Ellen Blake |
| 1996 | Millennium | Maureen Murphy |
| 1995 | Space: Above and Beyond | Diane Hayden |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City | Miss McGowan |
| 1994 | Ellen | Claire |
| 1994 | The 5 Mrs. Buchanans | Vivian Buchanan |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | |
| 1994 | Monty | Mrs. King |
| 1993 | Frasier | Bebe Glazer |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Dr. Sally Kendrick / Eve 6 |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Marisa Parkhurst |
| 1993 | Good Advice | Marilyn |
| 1991 | Sisters | |
| 1991 | Golden Years | Francie Wil |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Sheila |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Ms. Kenny |
| 1989 | Doctor Doctor | |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown |