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Mel Harris

1956-07-12 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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Biografia

Mel Harris is an American actress, writer and director, best known for her portrayal of Hope Steadman on the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning series Thirtysomething (1987), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as best Actress in a Drama Series. She starred in the NBC comedy Something So Right (1996) and the My Network drama series Saints and Sinners (2014). Her most recent role has been as Nadine Davies on Hulu's new series Shut Eye (2016) Mary Ellen Harris was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and raised in New Jersey. Her mother was a high school science teacher and her father a football coach at Princeton University. She spent 12 years in the modeling world living in New York and Europe before stumbling into the acting business. She starred in numerous miniseries and telefilms including Cross Fire (1989), The Burden of Proof (1992) and Grass Roots (1992), as well as appearances on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), and as Senator Rafferty on The West Wing (1999). Among her feature film credits are Brian De Palma's Raising Cain (1992) , K-9 (1989) (opposite Jim Belushi), Suture (1993), The Pagemaster (1994), and Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986). She made her New York stage debut at the Circle Repertory Company in the world premiere of John Bishop's Empty Hearts, for which she received a 1992 Theater World Award. In addition to her acting, in the last few years, she has focused on writing with her partner and husband, Emmy Award winning writer/producer, Bob Brush, under their shingle Topanga Moon Productions. - IMDb mini biography by: mel harris

Películas

Arthur's Whisky Dr. Deborah Wingard 2024-09-19
Queen of Knives Kathy 2023-09-16
King of Knives Kathy 2020-12-01
The Lodger Margaret 2009-01-14
Purple Heart Dr. Harrison 2005-01-01
Out of the Woods Beth Fleming 2005-04-02
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie Mel Harris 2005-10-23
Dynamite Faye Baxter 2004-11-30
Hangman's Curse Sarah Springfield 2003-09-12
Another pretty face 2002-06-20
Firetrap Cordella Calloway 2001-03-16
The Retrievers Karen Lowry 2001-07-27
Out of Time Annie Epson 2000-05-17
Sonic Impact Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake 2000-11-14
The Mumbo Jumbo Dolly Bird 2000-10-24
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest Sarah McLeish 1997-11-02
What Kind of Mother Are You? Laura Hyler 1996-11-18
A Case for Life LIz Hemmitt 1996-02-18
Sharon's Secret Laurel O'Connor 1995-09-27
The Secretary Ellen Bradford 1995-04-12
Welcome to Paradise Claire 1995-01-10
The Spider and the Fly Dianna Taylor 1994-01-18
The Pagemaster Claire Tyler 1994-11-23
Ultimate Betrayal Susan Rodgers 1994-03-20
Broken Lullaby Jordan Kirkland 1994-10-15
Wind Dancer Susan Allen 1993-01-01
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story Allison Wilcox 1993-12-05
Distant Cousins Katherine June Sullivan 1993-05-16
With Hostile Intent Kathy Arnold 1993-05-11
Suture Dr. Renee Descartes 1993-09-14
Child of Rage Jill Tyler 1992-09-24
Grass Roots Kate Rule 1992-02-24
Raising Cain Sarah 1992-08-07
K-9 Tracy 1989-04-28
My Brother's Wife Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher 1989-12-17
Cameron's Closet Dr. Nora Haley 1988-12-02
Harry's Hong Kong Fay Salerno 1987-05-08
Wanted: Dead or Alive Terry 1987-01-16