
Jessica Harper
Biography
Jessica Randolph Harper (born October 3, 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), Minority Report (2002), Bones and All (2022) and Nightbitch (2024). In addition to acting, Harper is also an author of children's music and books.
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Acting History
2026
Carousel
2025Fantasy Life
2024Nightbitch as Norma
2023Memory as Samantha
2023Fatal Attraction as Sophie
2022Bones and All as Barbara Kerns
2022The Old Man as Cheryl Harper
2022The Lady of the Dunes as The Narrator
2021Rocky Horror 45: The Movie as Self
2019See as Cora
2018Suspiria as Anke
2009House Broken as DWP Clerk
2006Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' as Herself
2002Minority Report as Anne Lively
2001Crossing Jordan as Dorris Meisner
2001Suspiria 25th Anniversary as Self
2001Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror as Self
1997Ally McBeal as Sister Helen
1997On the Edge of Innocence as Alice Walker
19967th Heaven as Norma Moon
1996Boys as Mrs. John Baker
1996Dalziel & Pascoe
1995Safe as Joyce
1994Chicago Hope as Phyllis Church
1993Mr. Wonderful as Funny Face
1989Big Man on Campus as Dr. Fisk
1989Eat a Bowl of Tea as American Prostitute (uncredited)
1989Tales from the Crypt as Marie
1988The Blue Iguana as Cora
1987Wiseguy
1986It's Garry Shandling's Show as Phoebe Bass
1986The Imagemaker as Cynthia
1985The Equalizer as Kate Parnell
1985When Dreams Come True as Annie
1985Moonlighting as Janine Dalton
1984Tales from the Darkside as Prudence
1982My Favorite Year as K.C. Downing
1981Pennies from Heaven as Joan
1981Shock Treatment as Janet Majors
1980Stardust Memories as Daisy
1980To Woody Allen from Europe with Love as Herself
1979The Evictors as Ruth Watkins
1979Studs Lonigan as Loretta Lonigan
1977Aspen as Kit Kendrick
1977Suspiria as Suzy Bannion
1975Love and Death as Natasha
1975Inserts as Cathy Cake
1974‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974Phantom of the Paradise as Phoenix
1973The Garden Party as Peggy
1971Taking Off as Jessica Harper (uncredited)
1968Hawaii Five-O as Sunny Mandell
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