Lisa Jane Persky

Born: 1955-05-05

Lisa Jane Persky (born May 5, 1955) is an American actress. Persky was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Jane Holley (née Wilson) and Mort Persky. She grew up in New York's Greenwich Village and attended the High School of Art and Design. She debuted as Robert Duvall's daughter in The Great Santini and went on to act in such movies as American Pop, The Big Easy, When Harry Met Sally..., Coneheads, KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park, and Peggy Sue Got Married. She wrote for New York Rocker magazine in the 1970s and dated former Blondie bass player Gary Valentine Lachman. On January 19, 2008, she married music historian and former co-star of the Comedy Central game show Beat the Geeks Andy Zax. In 2009 and 2010, Persky began making appearances on The Best Show on WFMU radio program, as both as a regular caller and as an in-studio special guest. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lisa Jane Persky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Breathless

as Salesgirl
Released: 1983-05-13

Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange...

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as Alice
Released: 1989-07-21

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Coneheads

as Lisa Farber
Released: 1993-07-23

A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous...

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The Cotton Club

as Frances Flegenheimer
Released: 1984-12-14

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves...

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as Babe
Released: 1989-06-30

The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians...

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Destiny Turns on the Radio

as Katrina
Released: 1995-04-28

Johnny Destiny burns into Las Vegas in his hot Plymouth RoadRunner, stopping only to pick up a...

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The Sure Thing

as Mary Ann Webster
Released: 1985-03-01

Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck...

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as McCabe
Released: 1986-11-27

Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster....

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KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park

as Dirty Dee
Released: 1979-10-26

The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner...

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Pontiac Moon

as Alicia Frank
Released: 1994-11-03

An absent-minded-professor father and his son take off in an old Pontiac to bond during a...

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Grilled

as Sally Wilson
Released: 2006-07-11

Maurice and Dave sell high-end cuts of beef, but after hitting a patch of no sales, they're...

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Peggy Sue Got Married

as Delores Dodge
Released: 1986-10-10

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past,...

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Vital Signs

as Bobby
Released: 1990-04-13

As they enter their third year of medical school, a group of young students must prepare to...

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An American Rhapsody

as Pattie
Released: 2001-06-22

A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States must leave a young...

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My First Mister

as Sheila
Released: 2001-10-12

Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her...

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American Pop

as Bella (voice)
Released: 1981-02-13

The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish...

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Female Perversions

as Margot
Released: 1996-11-21

An ambitious female attorney wallows in excess and meaningless sex with both male and female...

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Goosed

as The Psychic
Released: 1999-09-28

Sheltered rich girl Charlene has an over-protective mother who insists that her daughter should...

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The Great Santini

as Mary Anne Meechum
Released: 1979-10-26

As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male...

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The Last of the Finest

as Harriet Gross
Released: 1990-03-09

An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war...

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I Am Divine

as Self
Released: 2013-03-09

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Tumbleweeds

as Diner Waitress
Released: 1999-11-24

Whenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her...

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The Choice

as Emmy Soames
Released: 1981-02-10

A young woman agonizes over whether or not to have an abortion and learns that her mother did...

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Perfect Assassins

as Janice Franklin
Released: 1998-11-13

When deadly terrorists strike, an FBI man, who is an expert on terrorist mentality, hunts their...

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Shattered Vows

as Cathy
Released: 1984-10-28

At the age of 16 Mary becomes a nun. But she never gets used to the strict rules of her new life...

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Dead Funny

as Sarah
Released: 1994-05-21

When her practical joker boyfriend dies, a young woman recalls all the pranks he pulled as she...

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Sharing Richard

as uncredited
Released: 1988-04-26

Three friends decide to date the same man.

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Desperate Intruder

as Linda
Released: 1983-07-31

A blind woman living at a lonely beach house gives sanctuary to an escaped convict whose...

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The Dogwalker

as Allison
Released: 2002-03-03

The L.A. dog walking scene provides a colorful backdrop for the story of Ellie Moore, damaged...

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Where's Marlowe?

as uncredited
Released: 1998-10-01

After making a disastrous 3-hour documentary on New York City's water supply, two young...

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Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back

as Wilma Aday
Released: 2000-01-05

"Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and...

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Elaine: A Story of Lost Love

as Felicie
Released: 1976-01-01

Adapted from an obscure Guy de Maupassant novella, lifted from a paperback bought by Meaney as...

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The X-Files

as Laura Weinsider
First aired: 1993-09-10

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files:...

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King of the Hill

as (voice)
First aired: 1997-01-12

Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives...

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The Twilight Zone

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-27

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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The Golden Girls

as Kate
First aired: 1985-09-14

Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake....

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Quantum Leap

as Marion Keisker
First aired: 1989-03-26

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the...

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Amazing Stories

as Shirley Crater
First aired: 1985-09-29

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and...

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Crime Story

as Joanne Goldman
First aired: 1986-09-19

The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of...

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Designing Women

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-09-29

Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are...

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Grand

as Jenny Seaton
First aired: 1990-01-18

In the piano-making town of Grand, Pennsylvania, Janice Pasetti keeps house for factory owner...

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Private Eye

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-13

Private Eye is an American crime drama that aired from September 13, 1987 until January 8, 1988.

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The Antagonists

as Joanie Rutledge
First aired: 1991-03-26

The Antagonists is an American legal drama television series that aired from March 26 until May...

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