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Acting
Mel Harris
Biography
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 12, 1956
Age
70 years old
Place of Birth
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Popularity Score
1.6
Filmography
Arthur's Whisky
Dr. Deborah Wingard
2024Movie
Queen of Knives
Kathy
2023Movie
King of Knives
Kathy
2020Movie
Imposters
Margaret Jonson
2017TV
Shut Eye
Nadine Davies
2016TV
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Shawna
2015TV
The Lodger
Margaret
2009Movie
Imagine That
Maggie Johnson (uncredited)
2009Movie
Saints & Sinners
2007TV
Cane
Constance Hughes
2007TV
Out of the Woods
Beth Fleming
2005Movie
Purple Heart
Dr. Harrison
2005Movie
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Mel Harris
2005Movie
E-Ring
2005TV
Criminal Minds
2005TV
Close to Home
Beth Murphy
2005TV
Dynamite
Faye Baxter
2004Movie
House
Barbara Bardach
2004TV
CSI: NY
Julie Rollins
2004TV
If...
2004TV
Hangman's Curse
Sarah Springfield
2003Movie
Cold Case
Grace Anderson
2003TV
Another pretty face
2002Movie
Firetrap
Cordella Calloway
2001Movie
The Retrievers
Karen Lowry
2001Movie
The Mumbo Jumbo
Dolly Bird
2000Movie
Sonic Impact
Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake
2000Movie
Out of Time
Annie Epson
2000Movie
Madigan Men
2000TV
Strong Medicine
Biddy Hightower
2000TV
The West Wing
Ricky Rafferty
1999TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Eileen Switzer
1999TV
Dawson's Creek
Helen Lindley
1998TV
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Sarah McLeish
1997Movie
Stargate SG-1
Oma Desala
1997TV
A Case for Life
LIz Hemmitt
1996Movie
What Kind of Mother Are You?
Laura Hyler
1996Movie
Something So Right
Carly Davis
1996TV
The Secretary
Ellen Bradford
1995Movie
Sharon's Secret
Laurel O'Connor
1995Movie
Welcome to Paradise
Claire
1995Movie
The Outer Limits
Dr. Christina Markham
1995TV
The Pagemaster
Claire Tyler
1994Movie
Broken Lullaby
Jordan Kirkland
1994Movie
The Spider and the Fly
Dianna Taylor
1994Movie
Ultimate Betrayal
Susan Rodgers
1994Movie
Touched by an Angel
Kelly Rockhill
1994TV
Suture
Dr. Renee Descartes
1993Movie
Distant Cousins
Katherine June Sullivan
1993Movie
Wind Dancer
Susan Allen
1993Movie
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
Allison Wilcox
1993Movie
With Hostile Intent
Kathy Arnold
1993Movie
Child of Rage
Jill Tyler
1992Movie
Grass Roots
Kate Rule
1992Movie
Raising Cain
Sarah
1992Movie
The Burden of Proof
Sonia Klonsky
1992TV
K-9
Tracy
1989Movie
My Brother's Wife
Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher
1989Movie
Cross of Fire
Madge Oberholtzer
1989TV
Cameron's Closet
Dr. Nora Haley
1988Movie
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Terry
1987Movie
Harry's Hong Kong
Fay Salerno
1987Movie
thirtysomething
Hope Steadman
1987TV
thirtysomething
Director
1987TV
Heart of the City
Anne
1986TV
M*A*S*H
1972TV
Bitches in Britches
Creator
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