Julie Harris
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Julia Ann Harris (December 2, 1925 – August 24, 2013) was an American actress. Renowned for her classical and contemporary stage work, she received five Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play. Harris debuted on Broadway in 1945, against the wishes of her mother, who wanted her to be a society debutante. Harris was acclaimed for her performance as an isolated 12-year-old girl in the 1950 play The Member of the Wedding, a role she reprised in the 1952 film of the same name, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1951, her range was demonstrated as Sally Bowles in the original production of I Am a Camera, for which she won her first Tony award. She subsequently appeared in the 1955 film version. Harris gave acclaimed performances in films including The Haunting (1963), and Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), in which she played opposite Marlon Brando. A method actor, she won Tony awards for The Lark (1956), Forty Carats (1969), The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1973), and The Belle of Amherst (1977). She was also a Grammy Award winner and a three time Emmy Award winner. Harris was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1979, received the National Medal of Arts in 1994,[1] and the 2002 Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award Description above from the Wikipedia article Julie Harris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2009 · The Lightkeepers as Mrs. Deacon
- 2008 · The Golden Boys as Melodeon Player
- 2007 · The Beatles: Help! as Self
- 2005 · East of Eden: Art in Search of Life as Herself
- 2003 · Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 1999 · Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony as Susan B. Anthony (voice)
- 1999 · The First of May as Carlotta
- 1998 · Ellen Foster as Leonora Nelson
- 1998 · Bad Manners as Professor Harper
- 1997 · Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough as Self
- 1996 · The Christmas Tree as Sister Anthony
- 1996 · Little Surprises as
- 1996 · Carried Away as Joseph's Mother
- 1995 · Secrets as Caroline Phelan
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Hera
- 1995 · James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
- 1994 · One Christmas as Sook
- 1994 · Scarlett as Eleanor Butler
- 1994 · Baseball as Voice
- 1994 · Baseball as Various (voice)
- 1993 · When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn as Alice
- 1993 · The Dark Half as Reggie DeLesseps
- 1993 · Vanished Without a Trace as Odessa Ray
- 1992 · Housesitter as Edna Davis
- 1990 · The Civil War as Mary Chestnut
- 1990 · Anthony Quinn: An Original as Self
- 1989 · Single Women, Married Men as Lucille Frankel
- 1989 · Isadora Duncan: Movement from the Soul as Isadora Duncan (voice)
- 1988 · The Christmas Wife as Iris
- 1988 · Too Good to Be True as Margaret Berent
- 1988 · Gorillas in the Mist as Roz Carr
- 1988 · The Woman He Loved as Alice
- 1988 · Forever James Dean as Herself
- 1987 · The Cat That Drank and Used Too Much as Narrator
- 1986 · Nutcracker: The Motion Picture as Clara (Voice)
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984 · The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God as (voice)
- 1983 · Brontë as Charlotte Brontë
- 1982 · Family Ties as Margaret
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1982 · The Voyage of Odysseus as Narrator
- 1981 · Brooklyn Bridge as Emily Roebling (voice)
- 1979 · Knots Landing as Lilimae Clements
- 1979 · The Gift as Anne Devlin
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Mrs Bixby
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Mrs Foster
- 1979 · The Bell Jar as Mrs. Greenwood
- 1979 · Backstairs at the White House as Helen 'Nellie' Taft
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1978 · Stubby Pringle's Christmas as Georgia Henderson
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1976 · Voyage of the Damned as Alice Fienchild
- 1976 · The Last of Mrs. Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln
- 1976 · The Belle of Amherst as Emily Dickinson
- 1975 · The Family Holvak as
- 1975 · Long Way Home as Elizabeth Holvak
- 1975 · The Hiding Place as Betsie ten Boom
- 1974 · The Greatest Gift as Elizabeth Holvak
- 1974 · Home for the Holidays as Elizabeth Hall Morgan
- 1973 · The Evil Touch as
- 1973 · Thicker than Water as
- 1973 · Hawkins as Janet Hubbard
- 1971 · Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones as Charity Jones
- 1971 · Columbo as Karen Fielding
- 1970 · How Awful About Allan as Katherine
- 1970 · The People Next Door as Gerrie Mason
- 1970 · House on Greenapple Road as Leona Miller
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1968 · The Split as Gladys
- 1968 · Journey to the Unknown as
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Verna Ward
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army as Charity Jones
- 1967 · Reflections in a Golden Eye as Alison Langdon
- 1967 · Garrison's Gorillas as
- 1966 · You're a Big Boy Now as Miss Nora Thing
- 1966 · Tarzan as
- 1966 · Harper as Betty Fraley
- 1965 · Laredo as
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Jennie Hall
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Lucrece Lawrence
- 1965 · The Holy Terror as Florence Nightingale
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Faith
- 1964 · Little Moon of Alban as Brigid Mary Mangan
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Lucy Bram
- 1963 · The Haunting as Eleanor Lance
- 1963 · The Power and the Glory as Maria (Priest's Mistress)
- 1963 · Pygmalion as Eliza Doolittle
- 1962 · Requiem for a Heavyweight as Grace Miller
- 1961 · Victoria Regina as Queen Victoria
- 1960 · Sally's Irish Rogue as Sally Hamil
- 1959 · A Doll's House as Nora
- 1959 · Bonanza as Sarah Carter
- 1959 · Rawhide as Emma Teall
- 1958 · Johnny Belinda as Belinda
- 1958 · Little Moon of Alban as Brigid Mary Mangan
- 1957 · The Truth About Women as Helen Cooper
- 1957 · The Lark as Joan of Arc
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1955 · A Wind from the South as Shevawn
- 1955 · I Am a Camera as Sally Bowles
- 1955 · East of Eden as Abra Bacon
- 1953 · The United States Steel Hour as
- 1952 · The Member of the Wedding as Frances 'Frankie' Addams
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lu
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Georgia Henderson
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Grandmother Leonora
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Joan of Ark
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Nora Helmer
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Belinda
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Queen Victoria
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Eliza Doolittle
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Florence Nightingale
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Anastasia
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Guest