
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
Filmography

The King of Black Goo
2026
as Captain

Americana
2025
as Tish

Magazine Dreams
2025
as Patricia Waldron

Jules
2023
as Sandy

Director by Night
2022
as Self

Werewolf by Night
2022
as Verussa Bloodstone

Licorice Pizza
2021
as Mary Grady

Baby
2020
as The Woman

Eleanor
2020
as Eleanor Roosevelt

Phantom Thread
2017
as Barbara Rose

Her Last Will
2016
as Dina Cotton

Show Boat
2015
as Parthy Ann Hawks

Love Is Strange
2014
as Honey

Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014

Rampart
2011
as Stacy Cranston

Still on the Road
2010
as Self

Moonlight Serenade
2009
as Angelica Webster

Monster-in-Law
2005
as Therapist

Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
2004
as Bebe Glazer

The One
2001
as Nurse Besson

Memento
2000
as Mrs. Jankis

The Man Who Came to Dinner
2000
as Maggie Cutler

Nurse Betty
2000
as Ellen

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
1998
as Turtle/Rhesus (voice)