Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 5, 1955
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Lisa Jane Persky
Biography
Lisa Jane Persky (born May 5, 1955) is an American actress.
Persky was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Jane Holley (née Wilson) and Mort Persky. She grew up in New York's Greenwich Village and attended the High School of Art and Design.
She debuted as Robert Duvall's daughter in The Great Santini and went on to act in such movies as American Pop, The Big Easy, When Harry Met Sally..., Coneheads, KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park, and Peggy Sue Got Married.
She wrote for New York Rocker magazine in the 1970s and dated former Blondie bass player Gary Valentine Lachman. On January 19, 2008, she married music historian and former co-star of the Comedy Central game show Beat the Geeks Andy Zax.
In 2009 and 2010, Persky began making appearances on The Best Show on WFMU radio program, as both as a regular caller and as an in-studio special guest.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | I Am Divine | Self |
| 2006 | Grilled | Sally Wilson |
| 2002 | The Dogwalker | Allison |
| 2001 | An American Rhapsody | Pattie |
| 2001 | My First Mister | Sheila |
| 2000 | Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back | Wilma Aday |
| 1999 | Goosed | The Psychic |
| 1999 | Tumbleweeds | Diner Waitress |
| 1998 | Perfect Assassins | Janice Franklin |
| 1998 | Where's Marlowe? | |
| 1997 | Female Perversions | Margot |
| 1995 | Destiny Turns on the Radio | Katrina |
| 1994 | Dead Funny | Sarah |
| 1994 | Pontiac Moon | Alicia Frank |
| 1993 | Coneheads | Lisa Farber |
| 1990 | Vital Signs | Bobby |
| 1990 | The Last of the Finest | Harriet Gross |
| 1989 | When Harry Met Sally... | Alice |
| 1989 | Great Balls of Fire! | Babe |
| 1988 | Sharing Richard | |
| 1986 | The Big Easy | McCabe |
| 1986 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Delores Dodge |
| 1986 | Crime Story: Pilot | Joanne Goldman |
| 1985 | The Sure Thing | Mary Ann Webster |
| 1984 | Shattered Vows | Cathy |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Frances Flegenheimer |
| 1983 | Breathless | Salesgirl |
| 1983 | Desperate Intruder | Linda |
| 1981 | American Pop | Bella (voice) |
| 1981 | The Choice | Emmy Soames |
| 1979 | The Great Santini | Mary Anne Meechum |
| 1978 | KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park | Dirty Dee |
| 1976 | Elaine: A Story of Lost Love | Felicie |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Invasion | Disheveled Woman |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | (voice) |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Stasi Reynolds |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Alison Spears |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Laura Weinsider |
| 1991 | The Antagonists | Joanie Rutledge |
| 1990 | Grand | Jenny Seaton |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Marion Keisker |
| 1987 | Private Eye | |
| 1986 | Crime Story | Joanne Goldman |
| 1986 | Designing Women | |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "The Once and Future King") |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Shirley Crater |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Kate |
| 1977 | The Fitzpatricks | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |