Harriet Sansom Harris
Acting • Born 1955-01-08
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
82 credits
Memento
Movie • 2000
Mrs. Jankis
Magazine Dreams
Movie • 2025
Patricia Waldron
Addams Family Values
Movie • 1993
Ellen Buckman
The One
Movie • 2001
Nurse Besson
Monster-in-Law
Movie • 2005
Therapist
Golden Years
Movie • 1991
Francie Wil
Licorice Pizza
Movie • 2021
Mary Grady
Jules
Movie • 2023
Sandy
Americana
Movie • 2025
Tish
Electric City
Movie • 2012
Voice Actor (voice)
Rampart
Movie • 2011
Stacy Cranston
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Movie • 1997
Millie Ogden
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Movie • 1998
Turtle/Rhesus (voice)
Werewolf by Night
Movie • 2022
Verussa Bloodstone
Dottie Gets Spanked
Movie • 1993
Sharon's Mother
Director by Night
Movie • 2022
Self
Fool's Fire
Movie • 1992
Lady Clarice
Nurse Betty
Movie • 2000
Ellen
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
Movie • 2004
Bebe Glazer
Her Last Will
Movie • 2016
Dina Cotton
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Movie • 2000
Maggie Cutler
Phantom Thread
Movie • 2017
Barbara Rose
Love Is Strange
Movie • 2014
Honey
Show Boat
Movie • 2015
Parthy Ann Hawks
Quiz Show
Movie • 1994
Enright's Secretary
Still on the Road
Movie • 2010
Self
Friends 'Til The End
Movie • 1997
Mrs. Boxer
Eleanor
Movie • 2020
Eleanor Roosevelt
Baby
Movie • 2020
The Woman
Moonlight Serenade
Movie • 2009
Angelica Webster
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Movie • 2014
Romeo + Juliet
Movie • 1996
Susan Santandiago
Borges and Me
Movie
Six Feet Under
TV • 2001
Catherine Collins
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Sheila
Ellen
TV • 1994
Claire
Stark Raving Mad
TV • 1999
Audrey Radford
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Eva
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Mrs. Reagan (voice)
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Felicia Tilman
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Cheryl Bonner
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Marilyn Mandeville
Help Me Help You
TV • 2006
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
TV • 1994
Vivian Buchanan
Murphy Brown
TV • 1988
Frasier
TV • 1993
Bebe Glazer
It's All Relative
TV • 2003
Audrey O'Neil
Doctor Doctor
TV • 1989
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Dr. Sally Kendrick / Eve 6
Quintuplets
TV • 2004
Ms. Hentschel
Millennium
TV • 1996
Maureen Murphy
Sisters
TV • 1991
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Mrs. Holgren
The Beast
TV • 2001
Union Square
TV • 1997
Suzanne Barkley
Family Law
TV • 1999
Lois Nelson
Bram & Alice
TV • 2002
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Marisa Parkhurst
The Lost Room
TV • 2006
Margaret Milne
Supergirl
TV • 2015
Sinead
Space: Above and Beyond
TV • 1995
Diane Hayden
Hacks
TV • 2021
Susan
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Ms. Kenny
Robot and Monster
TV • 2012
Bea Holder (voice)
Clipped
TV • 2024
'Justine'
Atlantic Crossing
TV • 2020
Eleanor Roosevelt
Monty
TV • 1994
Mrs. King
The Mysterious Benedict Society
TV • 2021
Rowena
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self - Special Guest
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
American Horror Story
TV • 2011
Madelyn
God, the Devil and Bob
TV • 2000
Martha Stewart (voice)
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Governer Barbara Curtis
Hollywood
TV • 2020
Eleanor Roosevelt
Shake It Up
TV • 2010
Dr. Pepper
Caroline in the City
TV • 1995
Miss McGowan
Good Advice
TV • 1993
Marilyn
The Agency: Central Intelligence
TV • 2024
Dr Rachel Blake
Frasier
TV • 2023
Bebe Glazer
Golden Years
TV • 1991
Francie Wil
Long Bright River
TV • 2025
Mrs. Mahon
The Practice
TV • 1997
Ellen Blake