Jessica Harper

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

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1949-10-10

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Taking Off	Self (uncredited)	70
2	1973	The Garden Party	Peggy	70
3	1974	Phantom of the Paradise	Phoenix	75
4	1974	‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen		79
5	1975	Inserts	Cathy Cake	60
6	1975	Love and Death	Natasha	75
7	1977	Suspiria	Suzy Bannion	75
8	1979	The Evictors	Ruth Watkins	65
9	1980	To Woody Allen from Europe with Love	Herself	10
10	1980	Stardust Memories	Daisy	70
11	1981	Shock Treatment	Janet Majors	58
12	1981	Pennies from Heaven	Joan	61
13	1982	My Favorite Year	K.C. Downing	67
14	1985	The Tear Collector	Prudence	0
15	1985	When Dreams Come True	Annie	57
16	1986	The Imagemaker	Cynthia	50
17	1988	The Blue Iguana	Cora	36
18	1989	Eat a Bowl of Tea	American Prostitute (uncredited)	57
19	1989	Big Man on Campus	Dr. Fisk	62
20	1993	Mr. Wonderful	Funny Face	58
21	1995	Safe	Joyce	70
22	1996	Boys	Mrs. John Baker	54
23	1997	On the Edge of Innocence	Alice Walker	50
24	2001	Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror	Self	66
25	2001	Suspiria 25th Anniversary	Self	64
26	2002	Minority Report	Anne Lively	73
27	2006	Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'	Herself	55
28	2009	House Broken	DWP Clerk	52
29	2018	Suspiria	Anke	69
30	2021	Rocky Horror 45: The Movie	Self	100
31	2022	The Lady of the Dunes	The Narrator	0
32	2022	Bones and All	Barbara Kerns	71
33	2023	Memory	Samantha	72
34	2024	Nightbitch	Norma	60
35	2025	Fantasy Life		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Sunny Mandell	71
2	1977	Aspen	Kit Kendrick	60
3	1979	Studs Lonigan	Loretta Lonigan	95
4	1984	Tales from the Darkside	Prudence	72
5	1985	Moonlighting	Janine Dalton	75
6	1985	The Equalizer	Kate Parnell	71
7	1986	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Phoebe Bass	72
8	1987	Wiseguy		65
9	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Marie	80
10	1994	Chicago Hope		72
11	1996	Dalziel & Pascoe		63
12	1996	7th Heaven	Norma Moon	64
13	1997	Ally McBeal	Sister Helen	66
14	2001	Crossing Jordan	Dorris Meisner	72
15	2019	See	Cora	81
16	2022	The Old Man	Cheryl Harper	72
17	2023	Fatal Attraction	Sophie	61