
Harriet Sansom Harris
Biography
Born in Texas, Harriet Sansom Harris got involved in acting as a youngster. At seventeen, Harris was accepted at New York's famed Juilliard School. Upon graduation, Harris joined The Acting Company, a repertory group formed by the first alumni of John Houseman's Drama Division of The Juilliard School. She spent three years with the Company before she left to work primarily in regional theater. This led to a successful Broadway and Off-Broadway career. Her life changed after appearing as the sole female in the original cast of "Jeffrey", Paul Rudnick's smash Off-Broadway hit about love in the time of AIDS. "Jeffrey" led to guest shots on series television, including "Frasier" (1993), where she created the memorable role of "Bebe Glazer", Frasier's cutthroat, neurotic, chain-smoking agent. She also won raves from critics for her role of "Vivian Buchanan" on CBS's "The 5 Mrs. Buchanans" (1994). She now calls New York her home, but frequently travels to California for film and television appearances. IMDb Mini Biography By: Dan Flave-Novak
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Americana as Tish
2025Magazine Dreams as Patricia Waldron
2025Long Bright River as Mrs. Mahon
2024The Agency: Central Intelligence as Dr Rachel Blake
2024Clipped as 'Justine'
2023Frasier as Bebe Glazer
2023Jules as Sandy
2022Director by Night as Self
2022Werewolf by Night as Verussa Bloodstone
2021Licorice Pizza as Mary Grady
2021The Mysterious Benedict Society as Rowena
2021Hacks as Susan
2020Baby as The Woman
2020Atlantic Crossing as Eleanor Roosevelt
2020Eleanor as Eleanor Roosevelt
2020Hollywood as Eleanor Roosevelt
2020Stars in the House as Self - Special Guest
2020Stars in the House as Self
2017Phantom Thread as Barbara Rose
2016Her Last Will as Dina Cotton
2015Supergirl as Sinead
2015Show Boat as Parthy Ann Hawks
2014Love Is Strange as Honey
2014Russian Broadway Shut Down
2012Robot and Monster as Bea Holder (voice)
2012Electric City as Voice Actor (voice)
2011Rampart as Stacy Cranston
2011American Horror Story as Madelyn
2010Shake It Up as Dr. Pepper
2010Still on the Road as Self
2009Moonlight Serenade as Angelica Webster
2006The Lost Room as Margaret Milne
2006Help Me Help You
2005Ghost Whisperer as Marilyn Mandeville
2005Monster-in-Law as Therapist
2005American Dad! as Mrs. Reagan (voice)
2004Desperate Housewives as Felicia Tilman
2004Quintuplets as Ms. Hentschel
2004Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter as Bebe Glazer
2003It's All Relative as Audrey O'Neil
2002Bram & Alice
2001The One as Nurse Besson
2001The Beast
2001Six Feet Under as Catherine Collins
2000Memento as Mrs. Jankis
2000The Man Who Came to Dinner as Maggie Cutler
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Eva
2000Nurse Betty as Ellen
2000Strong Medicine as Governer Barbara Curtis
2000God, the Devil and Bob as Martha Stewart (voice)
1999Stark Raving Mad as Audrey Radford
1999Family Law as Lois Nelson
1998The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story as Turtle/Rhesus (voice)
1997Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest as Millie Ogden
1997Union Square as Suzanne Barkley
1997Ally McBeal as Cheryl Bonner
1997The Practice as Ellen Blake
1997Friends 'Til The End as Mrs. Boxer
1996Romeo + Juliet as Susan Santandiago
1996Millennium as Maureen Murphy
1995Space: Above and Beyond as Diane Hayden
1995Caroline in the City as Miss McGowan
1994The 5 Mrs. Buchanans as Vivian Buchanan
1994Chicago Hope as Mrs. Holgren
1994Quiz Show as Enright's Secretary
1994Ellen as Claire
1994Monty as Mrs. King
1993Addams Family Values as Ellen Buckman
1993Diagnosis: Murder as Marisa Parkhurst
1993Dottie Gets Spanked as Sharon's Mother
1993Frasier as Bebe Glazer
1993The X-Files as Dr. Sally Kendrick / Eve 6
1993Good Advice as Marilyn
1992Fool's Fire as Lady Clarice
1991Golden Years as Francie Wil
1991Golden Years as Francie Wil
1991Sisters
1990Law & Order as Sheila
1990Law & Order as Ms. Kenny
1989Doctor Doctor
1988Murphy Brown
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