Lisa Jane Persky

Biography

Lisa Jane Persky (born May 5, 1955) is an American actress. Persky was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Jane Holley (née Wilson) and Mort Persky. She grew up in New York's Greenwich Village and attended the High School of Art and Design. She debuted as Robert Duvall's daughter in The Great Santini and went on to act in such movies as American Pop, The Big Easy, When Harry Met Sally..., Coneheads, KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park, and Peggy Sue Got Married. She wrote for New York Rocker magazine in the 1970s and dated former Blondie bass player Gary Valentine Lachman. On January 19, 2008, she married music historian and former co-star of the Comedy Central game show Beat the Geeks Andy Zax. In 2009 and 2010, Persky began making appearances on The Best Show on WFMU radio program, as both as a regular caller and as an in-studio special guest. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lisa Jane Persky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The X-Files

King of the Hill

The Practice

Quantum Leap

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

The Golden Girls

All Movies (33)

• I Am Divine2014 · as Self
• Grilled2006 · as Sally Wilson
• The Dogwalker2002 · as Allison
• My First Mister2001 · as Sheila
• An American Rhapsody2001 · as Pattie
• Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back2000 · as Wilma Aday
• Tumbleweeds1999 · as Diner Waitress
• Goosed1999 · as The Psychic
• Perfect Assassins1998 · as Janice Franklin
• Where's Marlowe?1998
• Female Perversions1996 · as Margot
• Destiny Turns on the Radio1995 · as Katrina
• Pontiac Moon1994 · as Alicia Frank
• Dead Funny1994 · as Sarah
• Coneheads1993 · as Lisa Farber
• Vital Signs1990 · as Bobby
• The Last of the Finest1990 · as Harriet Gross
• When Harry Met Sally...1989 · as Alice
• Great Balls of Fire!1989 · as Babe
• Sharing Richard1988
• The Big Easy1986 · as McCabe
• Peggy Sue Got Married1986 · as Delores Dodge
• Crime Story: Pilot1986 · as Joanne Goldman
• The Sure Thing1985 · as Mary Ann Webster
• The Cotton Club1984 · as Frances Flegenheimer
• Shattered Vows1984 · as Cathy
• Desperate Intruder1983 · as Linda
• Breathless1983 · as Salesgirl
• American Pop1981 · as Bella (voice)
• The Choice1981 · as Emmy Soames
• The Great Santini1979 · as Mary Anne Meechum
• KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park1978 · as Dirty Dee
• Elaine: A Story of Lost Love1976 · as Felicie

All TV Shows (19)

• Invasion2005 · as Disheveled Woman
• Twins2005 · as Marcy
• The Division2001 · as Ann Fenwick
• The Practice1997 · as Karen Garvey
• King of the Hill1997 · as (voice)
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Stasi Reynolds
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Alison Spears
• The X-Files1993 · as Laura Weinsider
• The Antagonists1991 · as Joanie Rutledge
• Grand1990 · as Jenny Seaton
• Quantum Leap1989 · as Marion Keisker
• Private Eye1987
• Designing Women1986
• Crime Story1986 · as Joanne Goldman
• Amazing Stories1985 · as Shirley Crater
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as (segment "The Once and Future King")
• The Golden Girls1985 · as Kate
• The Fitzpatricks1977
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self