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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

55

Gender

Female

Birthday

1949-10-10 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

제시카 하퍼

جسیکا هارپر

Jessica Harper

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

My Favorite Year

1982

My Favorite Year

as

K.C. Downing

Inserts

1975

Inserts

as

Cathy Cake

Shock Treatment

1981

Shock Treatment

as

Janet Majors

The Evictors

1979

The Evictors

as

Ruth Watkins

Memory

2023

Memory

as

Samantha

The Imagemaker

1986

The Imagemaker

as

Cynthia

The Tear Collector

1985

The Tear Collector

as

Prudence

Eat a Bowl of Tea

1989

Eat a Bowl of Tea

as

American Prostitute (uncredited)

Love and Death

1975

Love and Death

as

Natasha

Safe

1995

Safe

as

Joyce

The Lady of the Dunes

2022

The Lady of the Dunes

as

The Narrator

Minority Report

2002

Minority Report

as

Anne Lively

The Blue Iguana

1988

The Blue Iguana

as

Cora

On the Edge of Innocence

1997

On the Edge of Innocence

as

Alice Walker

Suspiria

2018

Suspiria

as

Anke

Big Man on Campus

1989

Big Man on Campus

as

Dr. Fisk

Mr. Wonderful

1993

Mr. Wonderful

as

Funny Face

Boys

1996

Boys

as

Mrs. John Baker

The Garden Party

1973

The Garden Party

as

Peggy

Taking Off

1971

Taking Off

as

Self (uncredited)

Suspiria

1977

Suspiria

as

Suzy Bannion

Bones and All

2022

Bones and All

as

Barbara Kerns

Nightbitch

2024

Nightbitch

as

Norma

House Broken

2009

House Broken

as

DWP Clerk

Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal

as

Sister Helen

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

as

Sunny Mandell

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

as

Dorris Meisner

Moonlighting

Moonlighting

as

Janine Dalton

The Equalizer

The Equalizer

as

Kate Parnell

7th Heaven

7th Heaven

as

Norma Moon

Studs Lonigan

Studs Lonigan

as

Loretta Lonigan

The Old Man

The Old Man

as

Cheryl Harper

Aspen

Aspen

as

Kit Kendrick

See

See

as

Cora

Production

Crew

Directing