Jessica Harper
Known For
Acting
Born
1949-10-03 in 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.
Most Known For
Crossing Jordan
as Dorris Meisner
Hawaii Five-O
as Sunny Mandell
See
as Cora
Tales from the Crypt
as Marie
The Equalizer
as Kate Parnell
7th Heaven
as Norma Moon
Chicago Hope
as Phyllis Church
Moonlighting
as Janine Dalton
Tales from the Darkside
as Prudence
Ally McBeal
as Sister Helen
Wiseguy
The Old Man
as Cheryl Harper
Minority Report
as Anne Lively
Dalziel & Pascoe
It's Garry Shandling's Show
as Phoebe Bass
Bones and All
as Barbara Kerns
Fatal Attraction
as Sophie
Suspiria
as Anke
Suspiria
as Suzy Bannion
Boys
as Mrs. John Baker