Mel Harris
Age: N/A | From: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Movie Involvements: 29
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
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
Most Famous Work
Criminal Minds
(2005) Congressman Steyer
House
(2004) Barbara Bardach
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Eileen Switzer
The West Wing
(1999) Ricky Rafferty
CSI: NY
(2004) Julie Rollins
The Outer Limits
(1995) Dr. Christina Markham
thirtysomething
(1987) Hope Steadman
Stargate SG-1
(1997) Oma DesalaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dr. Deborah Wingard | |
| 2020 | Kathy | |
| 2017 | Margaret Jonson | |
| 2015 | Shawna | |
| 2009 | Margaret | |
| 2007 | N/A | |
| 2005 | Mel Harris | |
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| Congressman Steyer | ||
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| Beth Fleming | ||
| Dr. Harrison | ||
| 2004 | Faye Baxter | |
| Barbara Bardach | ||
| Julie Rollins | ||
| 2003 | Grace Anderson | |
| Sarah Springfield | ||
| 2002 | N/A | |
| 2001 | Karen Lowry | |
| Cordella Calloway | ||
| 2000 | Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake | |
| Dolly Bird | ||
| N/A | ||
| Annie Epson | ||
| 1999 | Ricky Rafferty | |
| Eileen Switzer | ||
| 1998 | Helen Lindley | |
| 1997 | Sarah McLeish | |
| Oma Desala | ||
| 1996 | Laura Hyler | |
| N/A | ||
| LIz Hemmitt | ||
| 1995 | Laurel O'Connor | |
| Ellen Bradford | ||
| Dr. Christina Markham | ||
| Claire | ||
| 1994 | Claire Tyler | |
| Jordan Kirkland | ||
| Susan Rodgers | ||
| Dianna Taylor | ||
| 1993 | Allison Wilcox | |
| Dr. Renee Descartes | ||
| Katherine June Sullivan | ||
| Kathy Arnold | ||
| Susan Allen | ||
| 1992 | Jill Tyler | |
| Sarah | ||
| Kate Rule | ||
| Sonia Klonsky | ||
| 1989 | Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher | |
| Madge Oberholtzer | ||
| Tracy | ||
| 1988 | Dr. Nora Haley | |
| 1987 | Hope Steadman | |
| Fay Salerno | ||
| Terry | ||
| 1986 | N/A | |
| 1972 | N/A | |
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Directing
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| 1987 | Director | |
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Creator
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