Theresa Harris
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-12-31 (79 years old)
Deathday
1985-10-08
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Also known As
Teresa Harris
Theresa Robinson
The Beautiful Maid
Theresa Harris
Biography
Theresa Harris (December 31, 1906 [some sources indicate 1909] – October 8, 1985) was an American film and television actress, singer and dancer. In 1929 Harris traveled to Hollywood, where she embarked on an acting career. She made her film debut in Thunderbolt, singing the song "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home". As she entered the 1930s she found herself playing maids to fictitious Southern belles, socialites and female molls. These parts were sometimes uncredited. She also floated around studios doing bit parts, usually at Warner Bros. or MGM. Aside from maids, she specialized in playing blues singers, waitresses, tribal women, prostitut...
Acting
1938
as Zette
1947
as Cleo (uncredited)
1943
as Alma
1933
as Chico
1949
as Esther
1948
as Nancy
1949
as Matilda the Maid (uncredited)
1941
as Clémentine
1947
as Julia, the maid
1937
as Grace Foster
1941
as Cleo
1941
as Hattie
1940
as Josephine
1932
as Ladies' Room Attendant (uncredited)
1946
as Louise (Maid)
1931
as Native Mother (uncredited)
1949
as Maid
1940
as Josephine
1933
as Andrews' Maid Alice (uncredited)
1934
as Marie
1938
as 'Pick'
1951
as Terese
1941
as Mother Listening to Hurdy-gurdy (uncredited)
1933
as Jessica (uncredited)
1937
as Athlete
1951
as Stella, Ina's Maid
1939
as Ruby
1934
as Ladies Room Maid at Party
1949
as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
1939
as Olive (uncredited)
1937
as Maid (uncredited)
1933
as Joan's Maid
1957
as Nancy the Maid
1956
as Mamie (uncredited)
1958
as Dora - Sam's Wife (uncredited)
1945
as Maid
1929
as Singer
1930
as Camp Follower (uncredited)
1932
as Laura (uncredited)
1936
as Angel (uncredited)
1932
as Emily (uncredited)
1947
as Eunice Leonard (uncredited)
1947
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1940
as Maid (uncredited)
1953
as Nurse Theresa (uncredited)
1946
as Herself
1940
as Beulah - Powder Room Attendant
1934
as Sacrificed Girl (uncredited)
1942
as Wife
1942
as Bessie Mae
1931
as Maid at Dude Ranch
1933
as Ladies' Room Attendant (uncredited)
1933
as Woman in "Pettin' in the Park" Number (uncredited)
1942
as Minnie (uncredited)
1933
as Vera (uncredited)
1942
as Hat Check Girl
1937
as Maid
1933
as Lily Mae Crippen (uncredited)
1948
as Daisy (uncredited)
1949
as Opal
1934
as Evelyn (uncredited)
1932
as Amanda
1933
as Lily - the Maid
1935
as Dressing Room Maid
1939
as High Yaller girl
1953
as Backstage Maid
1935
as Luana's Maid
1954
as Clare (uncredited)
1933
as Lili (uncredited)
1932
as Black Woman (uncredited)
1932
as Powder Room Attendant (uncredited)
1951
as Lilly Johnson (uncredited)
1933
as Janet's Maid (Uncredited)
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