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Jessica Harper (born October 10, 1949)[1] 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), My Favorite Year (1982), as well as a role in Inserts (1975). She is best known for her portrayal of Suzy Bannion, the protagonist of Dario Argento's cult classic Suspiria (1977),[2] and appeared in a supporting role in Luca Guadagnino's 2018 remake.[3]

Jessica Harper
Harper in Little Women (1979)
Born	(1949-10-10) October 10, 1949 (age 73) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Sarah Lawrence College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1971–present
Spouse	Tom Rothman ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	2
Relatives	John Rothman (brother-in-law)

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.

Early life

Harper was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Eleanor (née Emery), a writer, and Paul Church Harper Jr., a painter and the former chairman of the Needham Harper Worldwide advertising agency in New York.[4] She attended the North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, Illinois, and Sarah Lawrence College in New York.[5] She has two sisters, Lindsay Harper duPont[6] an illustrator and Diana Harper a teacher and three brothers: her twin brother William Harper who is a composer; Sam Harper, a screenwriter and director; and Rev. Charles Harper.

Career

Harper has appeared in more than twenty motion pictures, most notably Dario Argento's Suspiria, Brian DePalma's Phantom of the Paradise & the follow-up to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Shock Treatment. She was also in My Favorite Year, alongside Peter O'Toole and Mark Linn-Baker, and costarred with Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters in Pennies from Heaven. Woody Allen featured her in his films Stardust Memories and Love and Death, and she appeared in the fourth season of It's Garry Shandling's Show as well as the Steven Spielberg/Tom Cruise film Minority Report. She was seen in a 2005 episode ("Forget Me Not") of the television series Crossing Jordan.

She has written eleven books for children, and made seven albums of songs for children. She was named by Parenting magazine as "Parent of the Month" in 2004. In 2000, she sang background vocals on selected tracks on the Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks album Beatin' the Heat.[7]

In December 2010, Harper released a cookbook titled The Crabby Cook Cookbook: Recipes and Rants. In a January 2011 interview[8] Harper said, "I thought it was high time there was a book that acknowledged that not everybody experiences the joy of cooking, that sometimes cooking for a family on a daily basis can be really irritating! This book, with 135 easy recipes, is for those people, crabby cooks like me! It's a collection of humor, survival tips and recipes, for the kitchen-challenged!" In March 2011, she was on tour promoting her book. Stops included Chicago,[9] where she held a "Lunch and Learn with Jessica Harper".

Personal life

Harper married Thomas Edgar Rothman, a top executive at Sony Pictures (formerly of 20th Century Fox) on March 11, 1989 in an ecumenical ceremony.[6] She has two daughters, Elizabeth and Nora, who are featured on her children's albums and books. Harper resides in Los Angeles, California, and New York City.[10]

In a blog post on her official website in 2017, Harper revealed she had suffered from neovascular macular degeneration for the past 15 years, and that she receives injections in her eye every six weeks to treat the condition.[11]

Recordings

• A Wonderful Life (1994)[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Taking Off	Herself	Uncredited
1972–1974	'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen	Unnamed character	experimental film
1973	The Garden Party	Peggy	Short
1974	Phantom of the Paradise	Phoenix
1975	Inserts	Cathy Cake
1975	Love and Death	Natasha
1977	Suspiria	Suzy Bannion
1979	The Evictors	Ruth Watkins
1980	Stardust Memories	Daisy
1981	Shock Treatment	Janet Majors
1981	Pennies from Heaven	Joan
1982	My Favorite Year	K.C. Downing
1986	The Imagemaker	Cynthia
1988	The Blue Iguana	Cora
1989	Big Man on Campus	Dr. Fisk
1989	Eat a Bowl of Tea	American prostitute	Uncredited
1993	Mr. Wonderful	Funny Face
1995	Safe	Joyce
1996	Boys	Mrs. John Baker
2002	Minority Report	Anne Lively
2018	Suspiria	Anke Meier
2022	Bones and All	Maren's grandmother

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	NBC Children's Theatre	Elizabeth Tyler	Episode: "Super Plastic Elastic Goggles"[13]
1977	Hawaii Five-O	Sunny Mandell	Episode: "See How She Runs"
1977	Aspen	Kit Kendrick	Miniseries
1979	Little Women (1979 TV pilot)	Jo March	Television episode
1979	Studs Lonigan	Loretta Lonigan	Miniseries
1985	When Dreams Come True	Annie	Television film
1985	Tales from the Darkside	Prudence	Episode: "The Tear Collector"
1986	The Equalizer	Kate Parnell	Episode: "Nocturne"
1986	Moonlighting	Janine Dalton	Episode: "All Creatures Great...and Not So Great"
1987	Once Again	Carrie	Television film
1987	Starman	Charlotte	Episode: "The System"
1987	Trying Times	Sydney	Episode: "Bedtime Story"
1988–90	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Phoebe Bass	19 episodes
1990	Tales from the Crypt	Marie	Episode: "My Brother's Keeper"
1996	The Story First: Behind the Unabomber	Linda	Television film
1997	On the Edge of Innocence	Alice Walker	Television film
1998	Ally McBeal	Sister Helen	Episode: "Words Without Love"
1999	7th Heaven	Norma Moon	Episode: "Paranoia"
2005	Crossing Jordan	Dorris Meisner	Episode: "Forget Me Not"
2015	Proof	Virginia Tyler	Episode: "St. Luke's"
2019	See	Cora	3 Episodes
2022	The Old Man	Cheryl Harper	3 Episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes	Ref.
1968–1972	Hair	Member of the Tribe	Biltmore Theatre	Replacement	[14]

References

External links

• Official website
• The Crabby Cook
• Jessica Harper's Winnetka personal memoir (podcast)
• Jessica Harper at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Jessica Harper

Jessica Harper (* 10. Oktober 1949 in Chicago, Illinois) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, Sängerin und Autorin.

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- [en] Jessica Harper

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[es] Jessica Harper

Jessica Harper (Chicago, Illinois; 10 de octubre de 1949) es una actriz, escritora, productora y cantante estadounidense. En el cine adquirió fama gracias a las películas de los años 70, entre las que destacan las películas de horror como Suspiria de Dario Argento y El fantasma del paraíso de Brian De Palma, en la cual también destacó su potencial como cantante.

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[ru] Харпер, Джессика

Дже́ссика Ха́рпер (англ. Jessica Harper; 10 октября 1949, Чикаго, Иллинойс, США) — американская актриса, продюсер, певица и писательница.

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