Jessica Harper

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1949-10-03 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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 a...

Acting

1980

1982

My Favorite Year

as K.C. Downing

1975

Inserts

as Cathy Cake

1981

Shock Treatment

as Janet Majors

1979

The Evictors

as Ruth Watkins

2023

Memory

as Samantha

1986

The Imagemaker

as Cynthia

1985

1989

Eat a Bowl of Tea

as American Prostitute (uncredited)

1975

Love and Death

as Natasha

1995

Safe

as Joyce

2022

The Lady of the Dunes

as The Narrator

2002

Minority Report

as Anne Lively

1988

1997

2018

Suspiria

as Anke

1989

1993

Mr. Wonderful

as Funny Face

1996

Boys

as Mrs. John Baker

1973

1971

Taking Off

as Self (uncredited)

1977

Suspiria

as Suzy Bannion

2022

Bones and All

as Barbara Kerns

2024

Nightbitch

as Norma

2009

House Broken

as DWP Clerk

Production

1975

Inserts

as Music Consultant

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