Tess Harper

Born: 1950-08-15

Tessie Jean "Tess" Harper (née Washam; born August 15, 1950) is an American actress. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her first film role in 1983's Tender Mercies, and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film Crimes of the Heart. Her other film appearances include Flashpoint (1984), Ishtar (1987), Far North (1988), and No Country for Old Men (2007). She also had a recurring role on the first three seasons of Breaking Bad (2008–2010). From Wikipedia


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No Country for Old Men

as Loretta Bell
Released: 2007-06-13

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but...

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Silkwood

as Linda Dawson
Released: 1983-12-14

The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was...

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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

as Mrs. Pinkman
Released: 2019-10-11

In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his...

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The Jackal

as The First Lady
Released: 1997-11-14

Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother...

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The Man in the Moon

as Abigail Trant
Released: 1991-09-30

Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster...

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Amityville 3-D

as Nancy Baxter
Released: 1983-11-18

To debunk the Amityville house's infamous reputation and take advantage of a rock-bottom asking...

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Frank

as Frank's Mom
Released: 2014-05-09

A young wannabe musician discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an...

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Her Alibi

as Sally Blackwood
Released: 1989-02-03

A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a...

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Tender Mercies

as Rosa Lee
Released: 1983-03-04

Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The...

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The Perfect Guy

as Mrs. McCarthy
Released: 2015-09-11

With a fulfilling career and a loving relationship, lobbyist Leah Vaughn seems to have it all....

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Ishtar

as Willa
Released: 1987-05-15

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become...

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Straight A's

as Mother
Released: 2013-01-16

Pressured by his deceased mother's ghost to return home to the family he abandoned, a former...

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American Outlaws

as Loretta Hillhouse
Released: 2023-09-15

Facing the possibility of prison - and in search of an idealized freedom - 3 siblings take...

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Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

as Janet Briggs
Released: 1983-02-27

Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of...

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Criminal Law

as Detective Stillwell
Released: 1989-04-28

A rising young attorney successfully defends a man accused of murder, only to have the same type...

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The In Crowd

as Dr. Amanda Giles
Released: 2000-07-19

A mentally disturbed young woman takes a job at a posh country club and falls in with a clique...

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Burden

as Hazel
Released: 2020-02-28

Ku Klux Klansman Mike Burden opens the Redneck Shop and KKK museum in historic Laurens, SC. He...

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Flashpoint

as Ellen
Released: 1984-04-19

Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a...

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Broken

as Clare
Released: 2007-10-05

A waitress confronts all the wrong turns she has made in her short life and ultimately ends up...

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Sunlight Jr.

as Kathleen
Released: 2013-04-20

Quickie-mart employee Melissa and paraplegic Richie are very much in love. Supported only by...

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Kiss the Bride

as Barbara Davis
Released: 2007-07-23

In high school, Matt and Ryan were best friends. More than friends, actually. But in the ensuing...

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A Christmas Wish

as Trudy Willis
Released: 2011-11-20

MARTHA EVANS has been abandoned by her ne'er-do-well husband, who took all their cash and left...

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Crimes of the Heart

as Chick Boyle
Released: 1986-12-12

Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.

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Fatal Secrets

as Naomi
Released: 2009-01-03

An attractive woman enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a charming man with a...

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The Killing Secret

as Tina Decapprio
Released: 1997-01-06

A pregnant teen is murdered and a popular high-school senior is suspected. But will his...

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Death in Small Doses

as Jerri Sims
Released: 1995-01-16

One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family...

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The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

as Self
Released: 2019-10-28

Aaron Paul, Vince Gilligan and other cast members, producers and crew share stories and footage...

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Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films

as Mother ["Black or White"]
Released: 1993-09-28

Michael Jackson's Dangerous album once again rocketed the global superstar to mega-platinum...

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Saving Sarah Cain

as Miriam Esh
Released: 2007-08-19

When Sarah Cain, a self-involved big-city newspaper columnist, travels to Pennsylvania for the...

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Our Almost Completely True Story

as Tess
Released: 2023-12-08

When a beautiful, tall, aging Hollywood star and a short, funny Jewish man try online dating,...

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In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion

as Vickie Singer
Released: 1992-02-10

Adam Swapp and his brother Jonathan are suspects in the bombing of Mormon Center in Utah. The...

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Jesus, Mary and Joey

as Liz O`Callahan
Released: 2006-01-01

Twenty-something and aimless, Joey Vitello still lives at home with his colorful...

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Unconquered

as Mrs. Mary Flowers
Released: 1989-01-15

In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, State Attorney Richmond Flowers, Sr. is one of few willing to...

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The Christmas Heart

as Elizabeth
Released: 2012-12-02

The tight-knit neighbors on Arthur Avenue have proudly lit Christmas luminaries for 40 years,...

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A Stranger to Love

as Linda Grant
Released: 1996-03-24

In this Hallmark story, Allan is a normal middleaged man with a wife and two kids. When Alan is...

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Broken Bridges

as Dixie Rose Delton
Released: 2006-09-08

A fading country music star returns to his hometown, where he reunites with his childhood...

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Loggerheads

as Elizabeth
Released: 2005-10-14

A troubled woman seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a...

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My New Gun

as Kimmy Hayes
Released: 1992-10-26

Debbie and Gerald's lives drastically change after they get a gun. Their mysterious neighbor,...

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Daddy

as Ann Burnette
Released: 1987-04-14

Two high schoolers are unprepared for the reality of parenthood when the girl becomes pregnant.

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Far North

as Rita
Released: 1988-11-09

After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to...

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The Road to Galveston

as Julia Archer
Released: 1996-01-24

Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she...

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The Long Shadow

as Mama Doris
Released: 2020-04-20

A young female Sheriff's Deputy in rural Louisiana takes on her town's old money establishment...

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The Evening Hour

as Dorothy Freeman
Released: 2021-07-30

Cole Freeman maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his rural Appalachian town, looking after the...

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Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

as Narrator / Older Laura Ingalls Wilder
Released: 1999-01-21

A version of the "Little House" stories that cover some of the events that take place in the...

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Promises to Keep

as Gwen Palmer
Released: 1985-10-15

An aging cowboy returns to the family he abandoned 30 years ago with a terrifying secret.

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A Summer to Remember

as Jeannie Wyler
Released: 1985-03-27

Silent since losing his hearing to meningitis, young Toby Wyler takes a bitter stance against...

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Little Girl Lost

as Clara Brady
Released: 1988-04-25

This heart-wrenching story inspired by real events depicts the trials of the Brady family, who...

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Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

as Verna Heath
Released: 1992-11-08

A homemaker is driven by jealousy to conspire against the mother of her daughter's rival.

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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

as Cheryl
Released: 1991-03-01

H.D. Dalton is a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He...

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The Turning

as Martha Harnish
Released: 1992-01-01

Gillian Anderson in her first ever screen role. Anderson's psycho boyfriend, Cliff, returns to...

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A Child's Wish

as Joanna Chandler
Released: 1997-01-21

A family discovers their youngest daughter has cancer. But the real struggle has yet to start.

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Diary of a Country Sheriff

as Herself
Released: 2008-03-11

No Country for Old Men: Diary of a Country Sheriff

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Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?

as Sara Lee
Released: 1990-05-04

Bickering siblings are reunited at their Texas home as their father lies on his deathbed.

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Rosebud Lane

as Sugar
Released: 2023-02-24

When a middle aged Hollywood filmmaker receives an unexpected card from his young son whom he...

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Angel in the Family

as Mrs. Nelly Tomkins
Released: 2004-11-24

Sisters separated by a lifetime of misunderstanding and their family desperately in need of...

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Kentucky Woman

as uncredited
Released: 1983-01-11

A woman faces harassment and humiliation when she goes to work as a coal miner to support her...

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Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat

as Linda (segment "Surprise")
Released: 2015-07-13

Boys On Film surprises and delights with films exploring relationships, dark desires, and...

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Incident at Dark River

as Betty McFall
Released: 1989-12-04

When Tim McFall's young daughter dies as the result of toxic waste dumped in the local river, he...

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Good Side of Bad

as Mary Ellen
Released: 2023-06-22

Three adult siblings are brought back together after a shocking diagnosis forces them to...

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Surprise

as Linda
Released: 2015-04-28

A mother and son confess their secrets.

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Reckless Disregard

as Meredith Craig
Released: 1985-03-17

Meredith Craig is lawyer who has a small practice. She is then approached by a Dr. Lucas who is...

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page

as Self
Released: 2020-12-30

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page presents an unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Mrs. Hallander
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Grey's Anatomy

as Pam Nelson
First aired: 2005-03-27

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...

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Revenge

as Carole Lyn Miller
First aired: 2011-09-21

When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows...

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Breaking Bad

as Mrs. Pinkman
First aired: 2008-01-20

Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a...

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Julia Barrett
First aired: 2000-10-06

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the...

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One Tree Hill

as May Scott
First aired: 2003-09-23

In Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding,...

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Without a Trace

as Patricia Spade
First aired: 2002-09-26

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

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Criminal Minds

as Dinah Troy
First aired: 2005-09-22

An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating...

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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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L.A. Law

as Patricia M. Pittman
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Irene Rutledge
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Brothers and Sisters

as Beth Ridge
First aired: 2006-09-24

The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.

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How to Get Away with Murder

as Sheila Miller
First aired: 2014-09-25

A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their...

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Ghost Whisperer

as Ellen Wilkins
First aired: 2005-09-23

Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the...

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Grace Under Fire

as Joan
First aired: 1993-09-29

Grace Kelly is a tough woman with kids to raise. A recently divorced recovering alcoholic, Grace...

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Walker, Texas Ranger

as Katie Malloy
First aired: 1993-04-21

Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in...

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Cold Case

as Sharon Lertola (2009)
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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Judging Amy

as Barbara Nissman
First aired: 1999-09-19

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through...

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The Division

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-01-07

The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and...

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Early Edition

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-09-28

Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives...

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thirtysomething

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-29

Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late...

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Jack & Bobby

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-09-12

If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it stands to reason that...

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Jack & Bobby

as Karen Carmichael
First aired: 2004-09-12

If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it stands to reason that...

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Cracker

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-09-18

Crime drama based on the UK TV series about Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a brilliant but troubled...

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Christy

as Fairlight Spencer
First aired: 1994-04-03

Christy is an American historical fiction drama series which aired on CBS from April 1994 to...

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Chiefs

as Carrie Lee
First aired: 1983-11-13

Three different police chiefs in three different eras become involved in a growing mystery --...

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Celebrity

as Susan French
First aired: 1984-02-12

Self-proclaimed faith healer T.J. Luther, movie star Mack Crawford and journalist Kleber...

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