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Harriet Sansom Harris
Born: 8th Jan 1955 Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Dept: Acting
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
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 79
Film: 32 (41%)
Television: 47 (59%)
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Filmography
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2025
When a rare Lakota Ghost Shirt falls into the black market in a small town in South Dakota, the lives of local outsiders and outcasts violently intert ... view
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Tish
2025
Aspiring bodybuilder Killian Maddox struggles to find human connection in an exploration of celebrity and violence. Nothing deters him from his fierce ... view
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Patricia Waldron
Mar 2025 (first aired)
A police officer patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood, Mickey realiz ... view
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Mrs. Mahon (5 ep.)
Dec 2024 (first aired)
Covert CIA agent Martian is ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind unexpectedly reappears, ... view
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Dr Rachel Blake (10 ep.)
Jun 2024 (first aired)
Go behind the scenes of a notorious NBA owner's racist remarks, captured on a tape heard around the world, charting a collision between a dysfunctiona ... view
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'Justine' (6 ep.)
Oct 2023 (first aired)
Follow Frasier Crane in the next chapter of his life as he returns to Boston, Mass., with new challenges to face, new relationships to forge and an ol ... view
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Bebe Glazer (1 ep.)
2023
A flying saucer lands in the backyard of an elderly suburbanite with memory problems, who forms a bond with the scared alien inside. ... view
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Sandy
2022
Acclaimed composer Michael Giacchino made his directorial debut with Marvel Studios' Special Presentation "Werewolf by Night." This behind-the-scenes ... view
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Self
2022
On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the dea ... view
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Verussa Bloodstone
2021
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando V ... view
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Mary Grady
Jun 2021 (first aired)
Four gifted orphans are recruited by an eccentric benefactor to go on a secret mission. Placed undercover at a boarding school known as The Institute, ... view
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Rowena (1 ep.)
May 2021 (first aired)
Explore a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old. ... view
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Susan (1 ep.)
2020
A young drug addict who has lost touch with her rich family hits rock bottom when she sells her new-born baby to child traffickers. She soon regrets h ... view
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The Woman
Oct 2020 (first aired)
The incredible, true story of the Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha’s efforts to support her country during World War II. After a headlong flight fro ... view
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Eleanor Roosevelt (8 ep.)
2020
Eleanor brings to life Eleanor Roosevelt, the most influential First Lady the world has ever seen. From her “Ugly Duckling” upbringing to her unor ... view
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Eleanor Roosevelt
May 2020 (first aired)
In post-World War II Hollywood, an ambitious group of aspiring actors and filmmakers will do almost anything to make their showbiz dreams come true. ... view
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Eleanor Roosevelt (1 ep.)
Mar 2020 (first aired)
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband ... view
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Self - Special Guest (1 ep.)
Self (2 ep.)
2017
In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies. ... view
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Barbara Rose
2016
Desperate for money, a former con woman agrees to drive an old woman insane so her children can inherit her fortune. ... view
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Dina Cotton
Oct 2015 (first aired)
Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her ... view
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Sinead (1 ep.)
2015
Hammerstein and Kern’s Show Boat is a true classic of American musical theater - a tale of life on the Mississippi from the 1880s to the 1920s is bo ... view
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Parthy Ann Hawks
2014
After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartme ... view
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Honey
2014
Citing homosexual propaganda law, Russian government outlaws theatrical performance. The Russian Broadway community responds. ... view
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Aug 2012 (first aired)
It's Robot and Monster, an unlikely duo in society where their different species usually don't get along, but everyone does share one common trait - t ... view
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Bea Holder (voice) (1 ep.)
2011
The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own ... view
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Stacy Cranston
Oct 2011 (first aired)
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a ... view
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Madelyn (1 ep.)
Nov 2010 (first aired)
Best pals CeCe and Rocky dream of dancing stardom. And they seem on the verge of realizing that goal when they win places as backup dancers on the loc ... view
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Dr. Pepper (1 ep.)
2010
Twelve actors spend six months on a cramped bus, lose their lead actor, play 71 roles, and learn to work in spaces that wont hold their set, all while ... view
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Self
2009
A jazz musician performs alongside a coat check girl with a beautiful voice in this musical drama from director Giancarlo Tallarico. By day Nate earns ... view
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Angelica Webster
Dec 2006 (first aired)
A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to an alternate universe. ... view
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Margaret Milne (2 ep.)
Sep 2006 (first aired)
A collection of eccentric individuals are in group therapy with a respected therapist—who may quite possibly have more problems than his patients. ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 2005 (first aired)
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of ... view
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Marilyn Mandeville (1 ep.)
2005
Office temp Charlotte Cantilini thinks she's found Mr. Right when she starts dating gorgeous surgeon Dr. Kevin Fields. But there's a problem standing ... view
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Therapist
Feb 2005 (first aired)
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his b ... view
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Mrs. Reagan (voice) (1 ep.)
Oct 2004 (first aired)
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the lovelies ... view
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Felicia Tilman (28 ep.)
Jun 2004 (first aired)
Quintuplets is a quirky ensemble comedy about the trials and tribulations of two parents raising 15-year-old quintuplets in a three-bedroom home. ... view
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Ms. Hentschel (1 ep.)
2004
Frasier Crane visits his therapist and reminisces over the events of the past 11 years since his move from Boston to Seattle, in a clip show designed ... view
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Bebe Glazer
Oct 2003 (first aired)
Bobby's a bartender and the only son of gregarious, salt-of-the-earth Irish Catholic parents from Boston. His fiancée, Liz, is a toney Harvard studen ... view
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Audrey O'Neil (22 ep.)
Oct 2002 (first aired)
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2001
A sheriff's deputy fights an alternate universe version of himself who grows stronger with each alternate self he kills. ... view
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Nurse Besson
Jun 2001 (first aired)
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Unknown/various (6 ep.)
Jun 2001 (first aired)
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least a ... view
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Catherine Collins (2 ep.)
2000
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the f ... view
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Mrs. Jankis
2000
Broadcast of a live performance of the Roundabout Theater Company's 2000 New York revival of the classic Kaufman-Hart comedy, about a famous (and famo ... view
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Maggie Cutler
Oct 2000 (first aired)
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and findin ... view
Character:
Eva (1 ep.)
2000
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kans ... view
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Ellen
Jul 2000 (first aired)
The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia. ... view
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Governer Barbara Curtis (1 ep.)
Mar 2000 (first aired)
God strikes a wager with the Devil: if just one person can convince him that the world is worth saving, he'll spare humanity from destruction, if not, ... view
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Martha Stewart (voice) (1 ep.)
Sep 1999 (first aired)
A neurotic book editor is paired with an eccentric writer. The series stars Tony Shalhoub and Neil Patrick Harris. ... view
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Audrey Radford (4 ep.)
Sep 1999 (first aired)
Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of thei ... view
Character:
Lois Nelson (1 ep.)
1998
Told from Mowgli's point of view, it's the story of how a boy became a mancub and a mancub became a man. ... view
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Turtle/Rhesus (voice)
1997
Jessica Fletcher searches for a woman who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious flaw in a top-secret government satellite code. ... view
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Millie Ogden
Sep 1997 (first aired)
A lawyer-turned-playwright in New York City attempts to gain inspiration from a host of characters populating the fictitious Union Square cafe in Manh ... view
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Suzanne Barkley (13 ep.)
Sep 1997 (first aired)
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredib ... view
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Cheryl Bonner (1 ep.)
Mar 1997 (first aired)
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its story ... view
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Ellen Blake (1 ep.)
1997
Heather and Suzanne were childhood friends, both singers, who have always been competing against each other. The insecure Suzanne, who usually lost al ... view
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Mrs. Boxer
1996
In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb ... view
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Susan Santandiago
Oct 1996 (first aired)
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against th ... view
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Maureen Murphy (1 ep.)
Sep 1995 (first aired)
Set in the years 2063–2064, the show focuses on the "Wildcards", members of the United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Cavalry, 58th Squadron. The ... view
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Diane Hayden (2 ep.)
Sep 1995 (first aired)
Caroline Duffy is a successful cartoonist in Manhattan whose eclectic friends are sometimes the subjects of her comic strip. ... view
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Miss McGowan (1 ep.)
Sep 1994 (first aired)
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans is a U.S. television situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 24, 1994 to March 25, 1995. Set in the fictional town of M ... view
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Vivian Buchanan (17 ep.)
Sep 1994 (first aired)
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The se ... view
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Mrs. Holgren (1 ep.)
1994
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty- ... view
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Enright's Secretary
Mar 1994 (first aired)
Ellen works in a Los Angeles bookstore called Buy the Book and hangs around with her friends discussing lovers, work and family. ... view
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Claire (1 ep.)
Jan 1994 (first aired)
Monty is a short lived American sitcom that aired on the FOX network in 1994. The series starred Henry Winkler as Monty Richardson, a loud, obnoxious ... view
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Mrs. King (1 ep.)
1993
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from ... view
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Ellen Buckman
Oct 1993 (first aired)
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders. ... view
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Marisa Parkhurst (1 ep.)
1993
A six-year-old boy in pre-hippie 1960s United States endures ridicule from his schoolmates and worry from his father over his fixation with a TV star ... view
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Sharon's Mother
Sep 1993 (first aired)
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets sho ... view
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Bebe Glazer (10 ep.)
Sep 1993 (first aired)
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mu ... view
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Dr. Sally Kendrick / Eve 6 (1 ep.)
Apr 1993 (first aired)
Good Advice is an American situation comedy series that aired for two seasons on CBS from 1993 to 1994. It was co-created and executive produced by Da ... view
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Marilyn (1 ep.)
1992
A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the jeste ... view
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Lady Clarice
1991
When an explosion at a top-secret government lab injures an elderly janitor, no one could have expected the terrifying results. Exposure to mysterious ... view
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Francie Wil
Jul 1991 (first aired)
A science lab's elderly janitor is caught in an explosion and inexplicably begins getting younger, making him a target for a sinister agency. ... view
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Francie Wil (2 ep.)
May 1991 (first aired)
The Reed sisters of Winnetka, Illinois, are a close-knit group. Alex, Georgie, Teddy, and Frankie navigate the waters of life's triumphs and tragedies ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1990 (first aired)
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someo ... view
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Sheila (1 ep.)
Ms. Kenny (1 ep.)
Jun 1989 (first aired)
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Nov 1988 (first aired)
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)