Jessica Harper
Born: 1949-10-03 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2025
2024
- Nightbitch as Norma
2023
- Fatal Attraction as Sophie
- Memory as Samantha
2022
- The Old Man as Cheryl Harper
- Bones and All as Barbara Kerns
- The Lady of the Dunes as The Narrator
2021
- Rocky Horror 45: The Movie as Self
2019
- See as Cora
2018
- Suspiria as Anke
2016
- No Peas for the Weary ... (Story)
2009
- House Broken as DWP Clerk
2006
2002
- Minority Report as Anne Lively
2001
- Crossing Jordan as Dorris Meisner
- Suspiria 25th Anniversary as Self
- Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror as Self
1997
- Ally McBeal as Sister Helen
- On the Edge of Innocence as Alice Walker
1996
- 7th Heaven as Norma Moon
- Dalziel & Pascoe
- Boys as Mrs. John Baker
1995
- Safe as Joyce
1994
1993
- Mr. Wonderful as Funny Face
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Marie
- Eat a Bowl of Tea as American Prostitute (uncredited)
- Big Man on Campus as Dr. Fisk
1988
- The Blue Iguana as Cora
1987
1986
- The Imagemaker as Cynthia
- It's Garry Shandling's Show as Phoebe Bass
1985
- Moonlighting as Janine Dalton
- The Equalizer as Kate Parnell
- When Dreams Come True as Annie
1984
- Tales from the Darkside as Prudence
1982
- My Favorite Year as K.C. Downing
1981
- Pennies from Heaven as Joan
- Shock Treatment as Janet Majors
1980
- Stardust Memories as Daisy
- To Woody Allen from Europe with Love as Herself
1979
- Studs Lonigan as Loretta Lonigan
- The Evictors as Ruth Watkins
1975
- Inserts as Cathy Cake
- Love and Death as Natasha
1974
1973
- The Garden Party as Peggy
1971
- Taking Off as Jessica Harper (uncredited)
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Sunny Mandell