Harriet Sansom Harris

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

81

Gender

Female

Birthday

1955-01-08 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Also Known As

  • Harriet Harris

Harriet Sansom Harris

Biography

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

Known For

Memento
8.2%

Memento

Oct 11, 2000

American Horror Story
8.1%

American Horror Story

Oct 5, 2011

Romeo + Juliet
6.8%

Romeo + Juliet

Nov 1, 1996

Supergirl
7.3%

Supergirl

Oct 26, 2015

Phantom Thread
7.3%

Phantom Thread

Dec 25, 2017

The X-Files
8.4%

The X-Files

Sep 10, 1993

Addams Family Values
7.0%

Addams Family Values

Nov 19, 1993

Licorice Pizza
7.0%

Licorice Pizza

Nov 26, 2021

American Dad!
7.0%

American Dad!

Feb 6, 2005

Desperate Housewives
7.9%

Desperate Housewives

Oct 3, 2004

Ghost Whisperer
8.1%

Ghost Whisperer

Sep 23, 2005

Monster-in-Law
6.2%

Monster-in-Law

May 13, 2005

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Acting

Borges and Me
2025
Americana as Tish
2025
Magazine Dreams as Patricia Waldron
2025
Long Bright River as Mrs. Mahon
2024
The Agency: Central Intelligence as Dr Rachel Blake
2024
Clipped as 'Justine'
2023
Frasier as Bebe Glazer
2023
Jules as Sandy
2022
Director by Night as Self
2022
Werewolf by Night as Verussa Bloodstone
2021
Licorice Pizza as Mary Grady
2021
The Mysterious Benedict Society as Rowena
2021
Hacks as Susan
2020
Baby as The Woman
2020
Atlantic Crossing as Eleanor Roosevelt
2020
Eleanor as Eleanor Roosevelt
2020
Hollywood as Eleanor Roosevelt
2020
Stars in the House as Self - Special Guest
2020
Stars in the House as Self
2017
Phantom Thread as Barbara Rose
2016
Her Last Will as Dina Cotton
2016
Electric City as Voice Actor (voice)
2015
Supergirl as Sinead
2015
Show Boat as Parthy Ann Hawks
2014
Love Is Strange as Honey
2014
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2012
Robot and Monster as Bea Holder (voice)
2011
Rampart as Stacy Cranston
2011
American Horror Story as Madelyn
2010
Shake It Up as Dr. Pepper
2010
Still on the Road as Self
2009
Moonlight Serenade as Angelica Webster
2006
The Lost Room as Margaret Milne
2006
Help Me Help You
2005
Ghost Whisperer as Marilyn Mandeville
2005
Monster-in-Law as Therapist
2005
American Dad! as Mrs. Reagan (voice)
2004
Desperate Housewives as Felicia Tilman
2004
Quintuplets
2004
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter as Bebe Glazer
2003
It's All Relative as Audrey O'Neil
2002
Bram & Alice
2001
The One as Nurse Besson
2001
The Beast
2001
Six Feet Under as Catherine Collins
2000
Memento as Mrs. Jankis
2000
The Man Who Came to Dinner as Maggie Cutler
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Eva
2000
Nurse Betty as Ellen
2000
Strong Medicine as Governer Barbara Curtis
2000
God, the Devil and Bob as Martha Stewart (voice)
1999
Stark Raving Mad as Audrey Radford
1999
Family Law as Lois Nelson
1998
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story as Turtle/Rhesus (voice)
1997
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Millie Ogden
1997
Union Square as Suzanne Barkley
1997
Ally McBeal as Cheryl Bonner
1997
Friends 'Til The End as Mrs. Boxer
1996
Romeo + Juliet as Susan Santandiago
1996
Millennium as Maureen Murphy
1995
Space: Above and Beyond as Diane Hayden
1995
Caroline in the City as Miss McGowan
1994
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans as Vivian Buchanan
1994
Chicago Hope
1994
Quiz Show as Enright's Secretary
1994
Ellen as Claire
1994
Monty as Mrs. King
1993
Addams Family Values as Ellen Buckman
1993
Diagnosis: Murder as Marisa Parkhurst
1993
Dottie Gets Spanked as Sharon's Mother
1993
Frasier as Bebe Glazer
1993
The X-Files as Dr. Sally Kendrick / Eve 6
1993
Good Advice as Marilyn
1992
Fool's Fire as Lady Clarice
1991
Golden Years as Francie Wil
1991
Golden Years as Francie Wil
1991
Sisters
1990
Law & Order as Sheila
1990
Law & Order as Ms. Kenny
1989
Doctor Doctor
1988
Murphy Brown
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