Harriet Sansom Harris
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
80 acting credits
Acting · 80
Law & Order
1990
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Dutton Ranch
2026
American Dad!
2005
Desperate Housewives
2004
The X-Files
1993
American Horror Story
2011
Frasier
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Ghost Whisperer
2005
Supergirl
2015
The Practice
1997
Chicago Hope
1994
Hacks
2021
Strong Medicine
2000
Six Feet Under
2001
Millennium
1996
Ellen
1994
Caroline in the City
1995
Stars in the House
2020
Murphy Brown
1988
Ally McBeal
1997
Family Law
1999
Memento
2000
The Agency
2024
Shake It Up
2010
Robot and Monster
2012
Space: Above and Beyond
1995
Romeo + Juliet
1996
The Mysterious Benedict Society
2021
Hollywood
2020
Long Bright River
2025
Quintuplets
2004
Good Advice
1993
Frasier
2023
The One
2001
Addams Family Values
1993
Stark Raving Mad
1999
The Lost Room
2006
Werewolf by Night
2022
Phantom Thread
2017
Union Square
1997
God, the Devil and Bob
2000
Licorice Pizza
2021
Clipped
2024
Monster-in-Law
2005
Monty
1994
Help Me Help You
2006
Atlantic Crossing
2020
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
1994
Doctor Doctor
1989
Americana
2025
It's All Relative
2003
Bram & Alice
2002
Quiz Show
1994
Golden Years
1991
The Beast
2001
Jules
2023
Nurse Betty
2000
Rampart
2011
Magazine Dreams
2025
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
1998
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997
Golden Years
1991
Love Is Strange
2014
Director by Night
2022
Friends 'Til the End
1997
Baby
2020
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
2004
Sisters
1991
Borges and Me
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Moonlight Serenade
2009
Her Last Will
2016
Fool's Fire
1992
Dottie Gets Spanked
1993
The Man Who Came to Dinner
2000
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
Show Boat
2015
Still on the Road
2010
Eleanor
2020