Jessica Harper

Biography

Jessica Harper (born October 10, 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), and Minority Report (2002). In addition to acting, Harper is also an author of children's music and books.

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Known For

Chicago Hope

7th Heaven

Norma Moon

Tales from the Darkside

Prudence

Wiseguy

Dalziel & Pascoe

Hawaii Five-O

Sunny Mandell

Crossing Jordan

Dorris Meisner

Ally McBeal

Sister Helen

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Fantasy Life
2024	Nightbitch	Norma
2023	Memory	Samantha
2023	Lynch/Oz	Suzy Bannion (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022	The Lady of the Dunes	The Narrator
2022	Bones and All	Barbara Kerns
2021	Rocky Horror 45: The Movie	Self
2018	Suspiria	Anke
2009	House Broken	DWP Clerk
2006	Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'	Herself
2002	Minority Report	Anne Lively
2001	Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror	Self
2001	Suspiria 25th Anniversary	Self
1997	On the Edge of Innocence	Alice Walker
1996	Boys	Mrs. John Baker
1995	Safe	Joyce
1993	Mr. Wonderful	Funny Face
1989	Eat a Bowl of Tea	American Prostitute (uncredited)
1989	Big Man on Campus	Dr. Fisk
1988	The Blue Iguana	Cora
1986	The Imagemaker	Cynthia
1985	The Tear Collector	Prudence
1985	When Dreams Come True	Annie
1982	My Favorite Year	K.C. Downing
1981	Shock Treatment	Janet Majors
1981	Pennies from Heaven	Joan
1980	Stardust Memories	Daisy
1980	To Woody Allen from Europe with Love	Herself
1979	The Evictors	Ruth Watkins
1977	Suspiria	Suzy Bannion
1975	Inserts	Cathy Cake
1975	Love and Death	Natasha
1974	Phantom of the Paradise	Phoenix
1974	‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1973	The Garden Party	Peggy
1971	Taking Off	Self (uncredited)
	Kill Me

Year	TV Show	Role
2023	Fatal Attraction	Sophie
2022	The Old Man	Cheryl Harper
2019	See	Cora
2001	Crossing Jordan	Dorris Meisner
1997	Ally McBeal	Sister Helen
1996	Dalziel & Pascoe
1996	7th Heaven	Norma Moon
1994	Chicago Hope
1989	Tales from the Crypt	Marie
1987	Wiseguy
1986	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Phoebe Bass
1985	Moonlighting	Janine Dalton
1985	The Equalizer	Kate Parnell
1984	Tales from the Darkside	Prudence
1979	Studs Lonigan	Loretta Lonigan
1977	Aspen	Kit Kendrick
1968	Hawaii Five-O	Sunny Mandell