Jessica Harper

Acting · Born 1949-10-03 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Jessica Randolph Harper (born October 3, 1949) is an American actress and singer. Harper began her feature film career with a starring role in Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974), and subsequently featured in films including Love and Death (1975), Inserts (1975), and My Favorite Year (1982). She is best known for her portrayal of Suzy Bannion, the protagonist of Dario Argento's cult classic Suspiria (1977), and appeared in a supporting role in Luca Guadagnino's 2018 remake. Her other films include Stardust Memories (1980), Shock Treatment (1981) (the followup to The Rocky Horror Picture Show in which she replaced Susan Sarandon as Janet Weiss), Pennies from Heaven (1981), The Blue Iguana (1988), Safe (1995), Minority Report (2002), Bones and All (2022) and Nightbitch (2024).…

Filmography

• Phantom of the Paradise as Phoenix
• Love and Death as Natasha
• Safe as Joyce
• Minority Report as Anne Lively
• Suspiria as Suzy Bannion
• Bones and All as Barbara Kerns
• Stardust Memories as Daisy
• My Favorite Year as K.C. Downing
• Inserts as Cathy Cake
• Shock Treatment as Janet Majors

TV

• Tales from the Crypt as Marie
• See as Cora
• Tales from the Darkside as Prudence
• Ally McBeal as Sister Helen
• Hawaii Five-O as Sunny Mandell
• Crossing Jordan as Dorris Meisner
• Moonlighting as Janine Dalton
• Dalziel & Pascoe
• The Equalizer as Kate Parnell
• 7th Heaven as Norma Moon