Julie Harris
Biography
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
All Movies (77)
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021 · as Self
- The Lightkeepers2009 · as Mrs. Deacon
- The Golden Boys2008 · as Melodeon Player
- THE BEATLES in HELP!2007 · as Self
- The Way Back Home2006 · as Julie Harris
- East of Eden: Art in Search of Life2005 · as Herself
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003 · as Self
- The First of May1999 · as Carlotta
- Love Is Strange1999 · as Sylvia McClain
- Bad Manners1998 · as Professor Harper
- Ellen Foster1997 · as Leonora Nelson
- Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough1997 · as Self
- The Christmas Tree1996 · as Sister Anthony
- Little Surprises1996
- Passage to Paradise1996 · as Martha
- Carried Away1996 · as Joseph's Mother
- Secrets1995 · as Caroline Phelan
- James Dean and Me1995 · as Self (uncredited)
- One Christmas1994 · as Sook
- When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn1993 · as Alice
- The Dark Half1993 · as Reggie DeLesseps
- Vanished Without a Trace1993 · as Odessa Ray
- Housesitter1992 · as Edna Davis
- Anthony Quinn: An Original1990 · as Self
- Single Women, Married Men1989 · as Lucille Frankel
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre1989 · as Self (voice)
- Isadora Duncan: Movement from the Soul1989 · as Isadora Duncan (voice)
- The Christmas Wife1988 · as Iris
- Too Good to Be True1988 · as Margaret Berent
- Gorillas in the Mist1988 · as Roz Carr
- The Woman He Loved1988 · as Alice
- Forever James Dean1988 · as Herself
- The Cat That Drank and Used Too Much1987 · as Narrator
- Nutcracker: The Motion Picture1986 · as Clara (Voice)
- Night of 100 Stars II1985 · as Self
- The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God1984 · as (voice)
- Brontë1983 · as Charlotte Brontë
- Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
- The Voyage of Odysseus1982 · as Narrator
- Brooklyn Bridge1981 · as Emily Roebling (voice)
- The Gift1979 · as Anne Devlin
- The Bell Jar1979 · as Mrs. Greenwood
- Stubby Pringle's Christmas1978 · as Georgia Henderson
- The Belle of Amherst1976 · as Emily Dickinson
- Voyage of the Damned1976 · as Alice Fienchild
- The Last of Mrs. Lincoln1976 · as Mary Todd Lincoln
- Long Way Home1975 · as Elizabeth Holvak
- The Hiding Place1975 · as Betsie ten Boom
- The Greatest Gift1974 · as Elizabeth Holvak
- Home for the Holidays1974 · as Elizabeth Hall Morgan
- Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones1971 · as Charity Jones
- How Awful About Allan1970 · as Katherine
- The People Next Door1970 · as Gerrie Mason
- House on Greenapple Road1970 · as Leona Miller
- The Split1968 · as Gladys
- Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army1968 · as Charity Jones
- Reflections in a Golden Eye1967 · as Alison Langdon
- You're a Big Boy Now1966 · as Miss Nora Thing
- Harper1966 · as Betty Fraley
- The Holy Terror1965 · as Florence Nightingale
- Hamlet1964 · as Ophelia
- Little Moon of Alban1964 · as Brigid Mary Mangan
- The Power and the Glory1963 · as Maria (Priest's Mistress)
- The Haunting1963 · as Eleanor Lance
- Pygmalion1963 · as Eliza Doolittle
- Requiem for a Heavyweight1962 · as Grace Miller
- Victoria Regina1961 · as Queen Victoria
- Sally's Irish Rogue1960 · as Sally Hamil
- A Doll's House1959 · as Nora
- Johnny Belinda1958 · as Belinda
- Little Moon of Alban1958 · as Brigid Mary Mangan
- The Truth About Women1957 · as Helen Cooper
- The Lark1957 · as Joan of Arc
- A Wind from the South1955 · as Shevawn
- I Am a Camera1955 · as Sally Bowles
- East of Eden1955 · as Abra Bacon
- The Member of the Wedding1952 · as Frances 'Frankie' Addams
All TV Shows (48)
- Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony1999 · as Susan B. Anthony (voice)
- The Outer Limits1995 · as Hera
- Scarlett1994 · as Eleanor Butler
- Baseball1994 · as Voice
- Baseball1994 · as (voice)
- The Civil War1990 · as Mary Chestnut (voice)
- Wordplay1986 · as Self - Celebrity Panelist
- Family Ties1982 · as Margaret
- Knots Landing1979 · as Lilimae Clements
- Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Mrs Bixby
- Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Mrs Foster
- Backstairs at the White House1979 · as Helen 'Nellie' Taft
- The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self
- Vega$1978
- The Family Holvak1975
- The Evil Touch1973
- Thicker than Water1973 · as Nellie Paine
- Hawkins1973 · as Janet Hubbard
- Columbo1971 · as Karen Fielding
- Medical Center1969
- Journey to the Unknown1968 · as Leona Gillings
- The Name of the Game1968 · as Verna Ward
- The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
- Garrison's Gorillas1967
- Tarzan1966
- Laredo1965
- The Big Valley1965 · as Jennie Hall
- Run for Your Life1965 · as Lucrece Lawrence
- Daniel Boone1964 · as Faith
- Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Lucy Bram
- The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
- Bonanza1959 · as Sarah Carter
- Rawhide1959 · as Emma Teall
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
- The United States Steel Hour1953
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Lu
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Georgia Henderson
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Grandmother Leonora
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Joan of Ark
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Belinda
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Nora Helmer
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Eliza Doolittle
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Queen Victoria
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Florence Nightingale
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Anastasia
- Actors Studio1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self