Rosemary Harris
Acting • Born 1927-09-19
Biography
Rosemary Harris (born September 19, 1927) is a distinguished English actress with a career spanning over seven decades. Renowned for her work in theater, film, and television, she has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe. Harris is perhaps best known to modern audiences for her portrayal of Aunt May in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). Her illustrious stage career includes a Tony Award for Best Actress for her role as Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter (1966). She has also been nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Tom & Viv (1994). Harris was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1986 and received a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2017. Born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England, Harris trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She has been celebrated for her versatility and emotive performances, making her a beloved figure in the world of performing arts. Rosemary Harris is married to the late American novelist John Ehle, who passed away in 2018. Together, they have a daughter, Jennifer Ehle, who is a celebrated actress known for her roles in Pride and Prejudice (1995) and The King's Speech (2010). Harris's family has been deeply involved in the arts, with her husband contributing significantly to Appalachian literature and her daughter excelling in film, television, and theater.
Filmography
65 credits
Spider-Man
Movie • 2002
May Parker
Spider-Man 3
Movie • 2007
May Parker
Spider-Man 2
Movie • 2004
May Parker
The Gift
Movie • 2000
Annie's Granny
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Movie • 2007
Nanette Hanson
Belonging
Movie • 2004
May Copplestone
Beau Brummell
Movie • 1954
Mrs. Fitzherbert
The Boys from Brazil
Movie • 1978
Mrs. Doring
Blow Dry
Movie • 2001
Daisy
My Life So Far
Movie • 1999
Gamma MacIntosh
Sunshine
Movie • 1999
Valerie Sors
This Means War
Movie • 2012
Nana Foster
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie • 2003
Self
A Flea in Her Ear
Movie • 1968
Gabrielle Chandebisse
The Monday Before Thanksgiving
Movie • 2008
Lillian Cotlo
The Ploughman's Lunch
Movie • 1983
Ann Barrington
The Bridge
Movie • 1992
Aunt Jude
To the Lighthouse
Movie • 1983
Mrs. Ramsay
A Summer Day's Dream
Movie • 1994
Death of a Salesman
Movie • 1996
Linda
Looking for Richard
Movie • 1996
Self - Interviewee
Hamlet
Movie • 1996
Player Queen
Is Anybody There?
Movie • 2009
Elsie
Twelfth Night
Movie • 1957
Viola
Blithe Spirit
Movie • 1966
Elvira Condomine
How Holocaust came to Television
Movie • 2019
Self
The Fall
Movie • 2009
a reporter
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Self
The Royal Family
Movie • 1977
Julie Cavendish
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
Movie • 2015
Older Agathe von Trapp
Tom & Viv
Movie • 1994
Rose Haigh-Wood
Oscar Wilde About America
Movie • 2025
The Shiralee
Movie • 1957
Lily Parker
Othello
Movie • 1955
Desdemona
Being Julia
Movie • 2004
Julia's Mother
Radio Free Albemuth
Movie • 2010
VALIS (voice)
The Little Riders
Movie • 1996
Grandma Roden
Crossing Delancey
Movie • 1988
Pauline Swift
Uncle Vanya
Movie • 1963
Yelena
Wuthering Heights
Movie • 1958
Catherine Earnshaw
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Movie • 2002
Self
Omnibus
TV • 1952
Studio One
TV • 1948
Nora Marsh
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Viola
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Louise Rogers
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
Mary S. McDowell
CBS Playhouse
TV • 1966
Holocaust
TV • 1978
Berta Palitz Weiss
Notorious Woman
TV • 1974
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin / George Sand
The Chisholms
TV • 1979
Minerva Chisholm
Search Party
TV • 2016
Beatrice
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Louise Rogers / Countess Helen Mattoni
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Dorothy Whitely
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Margot Wendice
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Elvira
DuPont Show of the Month
TV • 1957
Lady Edith
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Francine Brooks
DuPont Show of the Month
TV • 1957
Lucie Manette
Suspicion
TV • 1957
Sybil Merton
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Hesione Hushabye
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Adela Shannon
The Undoing
TV • 2020
Janet Fraser
Performance
TV • 1991
Margaret Dawlish
The Camomile Lawn
TV • 1992
Calypso (older)
Strange Interlude
TV • 1988
Mrs. Amos Evans