Harriet Sansom Harris
Acting
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
TV Shows(47)
Long Bright River
Mrs. Mahon
2025
The Agency: Central Intelligence
Dr Rachel Blake
2024
Clipped
'Justine'
2024
Frasier
Bebe Glazer
2023
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Rowena
2021
Hacks
Susan
2021
Atlantic Crossing
Eleanor Roosevelt
2020
Hollywood
Eleanor Roosevelt
2020
Stars in the House
Self - Special Guest
2020
Supergirl
Sinead
2015
Robot and Monster
Bea Holder (voice)
2012
American Horror Story
Madelyn
2011
Shake It Up
Dr. Pepper
2010
The Lost Room
Margaret Milne
2006
Help Me Help You
2006
Ghost Whisperer
Marilyn Mandeville
2005
American Dad!
Mrs. Reagan (voice)
2005
Desperate Housewives
Felicia Tilman
2004
Quintuplets
Ms. Hentschel
2004
It's All Relative
Audrey O'Neil
2003
Bram & Alice
2002
The Beast
2001
Six Feet Under
Catherine Collins
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Eva
2000
Strong Medicine
Governer Barbara Curtis
2000
God, the Devil and Bob
Martha Stewart (voice)
2000
Stark Raving Mad
Audrey Radford
1999
Family Law
Lois Nelson
1999
Union Square
Suzanne Barkley
1997
Ally McBeal
Cheryl Bonner
1997
The Practice
Ellen Blake
1997
Millennium
Maureen Murphy
1996
Space: Above and Beyond
Diane Hayden
1995
Caroline in the City
Miss McGowan
1995
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
Vivian Buchanan
1994
Chicago Hope
Mrs. Holgren
1994
Ellen
Claire
1994
Monty
Mrs. King
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
Marisa Parkhurst
1993
Frasier
Bebe Glazer
1993
The X-Files
Dr. Sally Kendrick / Eve 6
1993
Good Advice
Marilyn
1993
Golden Years
Francie Wil
1991
Sisters
1991
Law & Order
Sheila
1990
Doctor Doctor
1989
Murphy Brown
1988
Movies(32)
Americana
Tish
2025
Magazine Dreams
Patricia Waldron
2025
Jules
Sandy
2023
Director by Night
Self
2022
Werewolf by Night
Verussa Bloodstone
2022
Licorice Pizza
Mary Grady
2021
Baby
The Woman
2020
Eleanor
Eleanor Roosevelt
2020
Phantom Thread
Barbara Rose
2017
Her Last Will
Dina Cotton
2016
Show Boat
Parthy Ann Hawks
2015
Love Is Strange
Honey
2014
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
Rampart
Stacy Cranston
2011
Still on the Road
Self
2010
Moonlight Serenade
Angelica Webster
2009
Monster-in-Law
Therapist
2005
Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter
Bebe Glazer
2004
The One
Nurse Besson
2001
Memento
Mrs. Jankis
2000
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Maggie Cutler
2000
Nurse Betty
Ellen
2000
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Turtle/Rhesus (voice)
1998
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Millie Ogden
1997
Friends 'Til the End
Mrs. Boxer
1997
Romeo + Juliet
Susan Santandiago
1996
Quiz Show
Enright's Secretary
1994
Addams Family Values
Ellen Buckman
1993
Dottie Gets Spanked
Sharon's Mother
1993
Fool's Fire
Lady Clarice
1992
Golden Years
Francie Wil
1991
Borges and Me