1956-07-12 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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
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King of Knives | Kathy | 2020-12-01 |
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Out of the Woods | Beth Fleming | 2005-04-02 |
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Hangman's Curse | Sarah Springfield | 2003-09-12 |
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Another pretty face | 2002-06-20 | |
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Firetrap | Cordella Calloway | 2001-03-16 |
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The Retrievers | Karen Lowry | 2001-07-27 |
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Out of Time | Annie Epson | 2000-05-17 |
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Sonic Impact | Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake | 2000-11-14 |
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The Mumbo Jumbo | Dolly Bird | 2000-10-24 |
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What Kind of Mother Are You? | Laura Hyler | 1996-11-18 |
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A Case for Life | LIz Hemmitt | 1996-02-18 |
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The Secretary | Ellen Bradford | 1995-04-12 |
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Welcome to Paradise | Claire | 1995-01-10 |
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The Spider and the Fly | Dianna Taylor | 1994-01-18 |
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The Pagemaster | Claire Tyler | 1994-11-23 |
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Ultimate Betrayal | Susan Rodgers | 1994-03-20 |
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Broken Lullaby | Jordan Kirkland | 1994-10-15 |
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Wind Dancer | Susan Allen | 1993-01-01 |
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Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story | Allison Wilcox | 1993-12-05 |
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Distant Cousins | Katherine June Sullivan | 1993-05-16 |
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With Hostile Intent | Kathy Arnold | 1993-05-11 |
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Suture | Dr. Renee Descartes | 1993-09-14 |
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Child of Rage | Jill Tyler | 1992-09-24 |
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Grass Roots | Kate Rule | 1992-02-24 |
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K-9 | Tracy | 1989-04-28 |
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My Brother's Wife | Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher | 1989-12-17 |
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Harry's Hong Kong | Fay Salerno | 1987-05-08 |
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Wanted: Dead or Alive | Terry | 1987-01-16 |
