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Harriet Sansom Harris

Harriet Sansom Harris

Born: 1955-01-08 • Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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

Filmography
Americana poster
Americana
2025 • Tish
Magazine Dreams poster
Magazine Dreams
2025 • Patricia Waldron
Jules poster
Jules
2023 • Sandy
Director by Night poster
Director by Night
2022 • Self
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Werewolf by Night
2022 • Verussa Bloodstone
Licorice Pizza poster
Licorice Pizza
2021 • Mary Grady
Baby poster
Baby
2020 • The Woman
Eleanor poster
Eleanor
2020 • Eleanor Roosevelt
Phantom Thread poster
Phantom Thread
2017 • Barbara Rose
Her Last Will poster
Her Last Will
2016 • Dina Cotton
Show Boat poster
Show Boat
2015 • Parthy Ann Hawks
Love Is Strange poster
Love Is Strange
2014 • Honey
Russian Broadway Shut Down poster
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
Electric City poster
Electric City
2012 • Voice Actor (voice)
Rampart poster
Rampart
2011 • Stacy Cranston
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Still on the Road
2010 • Self
Moonlight Serenade poster
Moonlight Serenade
2009 • Angelica Webster
Monster-in-Law poster
Monster-in-Law
2005 • Therapist
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Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
2004 • Bebe Glazer
The One poster
The One
2001 • Nurse Besson
Memento poster
Memento
2000 • Mrs. Jankis
The Man Who Came to Dinner poster
The Man Who Came to Dinner
2000 • Maggie Cutler
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Nurse Betty
2000 • Ellen
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story poster
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
1998 • Turtle/Rhesus (voice)
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest poster
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997 • Millie Ogden
Friends 'Til The End poster
Friends 'Til The End
1997 • Mrs. Boxer
Romeo + Juliet poster
Romeo + Juliet
1996 • Susan Santandiago
Quiz Show poster
Quiz Show
1994 • Enright's Secretary
Addams Family Values poster
Addams Family Values
1993 • Ellen Buckman
Dottie Gets Spanked poster
Dottie Gets Spanked
1993 • Sharon's Mother
Fool's Fire poster
Fool's Fire
1992 • Lady Clarice
Golden Years poster
Golden Years
1991 • Francie Wil
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Borges and Me