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Jessica Harper

Born 1949-10-03
📍 Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jessica Randolph Harper (born October 3, 1949) 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), and subsequently featured in films including Love and Death (1975), Inserts (1975), and My Favorite Year (1982). She is best known for her portrayal of Suzy Bannion, the protagonist of Dario Argento's cult classic Suspiria (1977), and appeared in a supporting role in Luca Guadagnino's 2018 remake.

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), Minority Report (2002), Bones and All (2022) and Nightbitch (2024). In addition to acting, Harper is also an author of children's music and books.

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Filmography 55

Fantasy Life
as Toby
2026
Kill Me
2026
Love Story
as Ethel Skakel Kennedy
2026
Carousel
as Rebecca's Mother
2026
Nightbitch
as Norma
2024
Memory
as Samantha
2023
Fatal Attraction
as Sophie
2023
Bones and All
as Barbara Kerns
2022
The Old Man
as Cheryl Harper
2022
The Lady of the Dunes
as The Narrator
2022
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
as Self
2021
See
as Cora
2019
Suspiria
as Anke
2018
House Broken
as DWP Clerk
2009
Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise'
as Herself
2006
Minority Report
as Anne Lively
2002
Crossing Jordan
as Dorris Meisner
2001
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
as Self
2001
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
as Self
2001
Ally McBeal
as Sister Helen
1997
On the Edge of Innocence
as Alice Walker
1997
7th Heaven
as Norma Moon
1996
Boys
as Mrs. John Baker
1996
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Safe
as Joyce
1995
Chicago Hope
as Phyllis Church
1994
Mr. Wonderful
as Funny Face
1993
Big Man on Campus
as Dr. Fisk
1989
Eat a Bowl of Tea
as American Prostitute (uncredited)
1989
Tales from the Crypt
as Marie
1989
The Blue Iguana
as Cora
1988
Once Again
as Carrie
1987
Wiseguy
1987
It's Garry Shandling's Show
as Phoebe Bass
1986
The Imagemaker
as Cynthia
1986
The Equalizer
as Kate Parnell
1985
When Dreams Come True
as Annie
1985
Moonlighting
as Janine Dalton
1985
Tales from the Darkside
as Prudence
1984
My Favorite Year
as K.C. Downing
1982
Pennies from Heaven
as Joan
1981
Shock Treatment
as Janet Majors
1981
Stardust Memories
as Daisy
1980
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love
as Herself
1980
The Evictors
as Ruth Watkins
1979
Studs Lonigan
as Loretta Lonigan
1979
Aspen
as Kit Kendrick
1977
Suspiria
as Suzy Bannion
1977
Love and Death
as Natasha
1975
Inserts
as Cathy Cake
1975
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
1974
Phantom of the Paradise
as Phoenix
1974
The Garden Party
as Peggy
1973
Taking Off
as Jessica Harper (uncredited)
1971
Hawaii Five-O
as Sunny Mandell
1968