Jessica Harper

Born: 1949-10-10

Jessica Harper (born October 10, 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), and Minority Report (2002). 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.


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Suspiria

as Anke
Released: 2018-10-26

Young American dancer Susie Bannion arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned...

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Suspiria

as Suzy Bannion
Released: 1977-02-01

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is...

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as Anne Lively
Released: 2002-06-20

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict...

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as Barbara Kerns
Released: 2022-11-18

Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads...

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Phantom of the Paradise

as Phoenix
Released: 1974-10-31

Fledgling singer-songwriter Winslow Leach finds himself double-crossed by the nefarious music...

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Memory

as Samantha
Released: 2023-12-22

Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA...

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Love and Death

as Natasha
Released: 1975-06-10

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate...

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Stardust Memories

as Daisy
Released: 1980-09-26

While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the...

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Safe

as Joyce
Released: 1995-06-23

Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness...

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Nightbitch

as Norma
Released: 2024-12-05

A woman, thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, slowly...

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Inserts

as Cathy Cake
Released: 1975-02-20

A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early...

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My Favorite Year

as K.C. Downing
Released: 1982-10-01

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling...

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House Broken

as DWP Clerk
Released: 2009-12-12

In order to enjoy his retirement, a father takes drastic measures to get his twentysomething,...

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Taking Off

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1971-03-28

Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search...

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Shock Treatment

as Janet Majors
Released: 1981-08-21

Brad and Janet are now married and on the rocks. Ostensibly to fix their marriage, the couple...

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Pennies from Heaven

as Joan
Released: 1981-12-11

During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through...

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Boys

as Mrs. John Baker
Released: 1996-05-10

Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker...

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Mr. Wonderful

as Funny Face
Released: 1993-10-15

Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with...

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Big Man on Campus

as Dr. Fisk
Released: 1989-12-12

In this version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", a hunchback is found living in the bell tower...

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The Evictors

as Ruth Watkins
Released: 1979-04-17

A nice young couple move into an eerie house located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its...

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The Blue Iguana

as Cora
Released: 1988-04-22

To stay out of the slammer, down-on-his-luck bounty hunter Vince Holloway reluctantly agrees to...

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On the Edge of Innocence

as Alice Walker
Released: 1997-04-20

Teenage Zoe Tyler suffers from manic-depression. With a musician father who is never around life...

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Suspiria 25th Anniversary

as Self
Released: 2001-09-11

Documentary about the shooting of 'Suspiria' that details everything that lovers of horror genre...

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Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'

as Herself
Released: 2006-02-28

A 50-minute documentary on the making of the film featuring director Brian De Palma, producer...

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Eat a Bowl of Tea

as American Prostitute (uncredited)
Released: 1989-07-21

An American-Chinese man brings over his wife from China to America, but the challenges of making...

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When Dreams Come True

as Annie
Released: 1985-05-28

A Dallas museum tour guide finds herself having dreams that foretell killings that are...

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The Imagemaker

as Cynthia
Released: 1986-01-24

Roger Blackwell has been a media advisor to countless politicians: probably one too many. He is...

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‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

as uncredited
Released: 1974-11-05

Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.

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Rocky Horror 45: The Movie

as Self
Released: 2021-05-24

Underground filmmaker Manny Velazquez dives into the immortal history and legacy of The Rocky...

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The Garden Party

as Peggy
Released: 1973-10-01

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The Tear Collector

as Prudence
Released: 1985-02-24

A young woman who can't stop crying meets a mysterious man who collects tears.

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Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror

as Self
Released: 2001-04-15

Documentary that explores Argento's film career.

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To Woody Allen from Europe with Love

as Herself
Released: 1980-01-12

Initiated by producer-director Pierre Drouot, Woody Allen for the very first time agrees to let...

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The Lady of the Dunes

as The Narrator
Released: 2022-04-02

In 1974, an unidentified woman is found murdered in the dunes of Provincetown. 47 years later,...

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See

as Cora
First aired: 2019-11-01

A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins...

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The Old Man

as Cheryl Harper
First aired: 2022-06-16

Dan Chase absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin...

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Crossing Jordan

as Dorris Meisner
First aired: 2001-09-24

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Sunny Mandell
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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Chicago Hope

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-09-18

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...

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The Equalizer

as Kate Parnell
First aired: 1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...

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Tales from the Darkside

as Prudence
First aired: 1984-09-30

Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each...

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Moonlighting

as Janine Dalton
First aired: 1985-03-03

After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in...

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Wiseguy

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-16

Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an...

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Tales from the Crypt

as Marie
First aired: 1989-06-10

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...

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7th Heaven

as Norma Moon
First aired: 1996-08-26

Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven...

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Ally McBeal

as Sister Helen
First aired: 1997-09-08

Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and...

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Dalziel & Pascoe

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-03-16

British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...

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It's Garry Shandling's Show

as Phoebe Bass
First aired: 1986-09-10

It's Garry Shandling's Show is an American sitcom which was initially broadcast on Showtime from...

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Studs Lonigan

as Loretta Lonigan
First aired: 1979-03-07

The story of the Irish-American Lonigan family between 1918 and 1930.

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Aspen

as Kit Kendrick
First aired: 1977-11-05

This sprawling miniseries details the trial of Lee Bishop, an Aspen man who was arrested, tried,...

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