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Mel Harris

Highest Rated: 88% King of Knives (2020)

Lowest Rated: 0% Hangman's Curse (2003)

Birthday: Jul 12, 1956

Birthplace: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

A dark, striking leading lady of TV, Mel Harris is a former model who, after a few false starts in feature films ("Wanted: Dead or Alive" 1986, "Cameron's Closet" 1988) and TV ("Harry's Hong Kong" 1987), lent an understated sincerity and authority to the role of Hope, a woman attempting to juggle marriage, children and a career, in ABC's acclaimed, not-for-yuppies-only serial "thirtysomething." Harris tried a change of pace with her next series, the sitcom "Something So Right" (NBC, 1996-97; ABC, 1997-1998), in which she played a thrice-married woman coping with her new husband and their respective children.

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Highest rated movies

88% 60% King of Knives Watchlist
71% 70% Suture
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71% 91% Queen of Knives
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63% 40% Raising Cain
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33% 49% Wanted: Dead or Alive
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30% 44% K-9
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21% 30% The Lodger
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19% 49% The Pagemaster
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0% 75% Hangman's Curse
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0% Out of Time
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Mel Harris

Mel Harris Mel Harris at arrivals for SHUT EYE Series Premiere on Hulu, Arclight Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA December 1, 2016. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection SUTURE, Mel Harris, Dennis Haysbert, 1993, (c)Samuel Goldwyn Films THE PAGEMASTER, Mel Harris, Macaulay Culkin, Ed Begley, Jr., 1994. © 20th Century Fox Film Corp.. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Raul Esparza (L), Mel Harris (R), 'Rapist Anonymous', Season 15, Ep. #9, 11/20/2013, ©NBC DYNAMITE, (aka FAMILY UNDER SIEGE), Michelle Jackson, Mel Harris, Derek Hamilton, 2002. ©PorchLight Entertainment K-9, Mel Harris, Jim Belushi, 1989 © Unversal Pictures/ DYNAMITE, (aka FAMILY UNDER SIEGE), Cameron Bowen, Mel Harris, Michelle Jackson, 2002. ©PorchLight Entertainment DYNAMITE, (aka FAMILY UNDER SIEGE), Mel Harris, 2002. ©PorchLight Entertainment SUTURE, Mel Harris, 1993, (c) Samuel Goldwyn View more photos

Filmography

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71% 91% Queen of Knives Kathy (Character) - 2024
88% 60% King of Knives Kathy (Character) - 2020
21% 30% The Lodger Margaret (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 50% Arc Charlie (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Purple Heart Dr. Harrison (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 27% Out of the Woods Beth Fleming (Character) - 2005
0% 75% Hangman's Curse Sarah Springfield (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dynamite Faye Baxter (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Another Pretty Face Diana Downs (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 54% The Retrievers Karen Lowry (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 0% Out of Time Annie Epson (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 12% Firetrap Cordelia Calloway (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 21% Sonic Impact Co-Pilot Jennifer Blake (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest Sarah McLeish (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet What Kind of Mother Are You? Mrs. Laura Hyler (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Case for Life Liz (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Welcome to Paradise Claire (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 50% Wind Dancer Susan Allen (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 22% Sharon's Secret Laurel O'Connor (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 59% The Secretary Ellen Bradford (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 12% Broken Lullaby Jordan Kirkland (Character) - 1994
19% 49% The Pagemaster Claire Tyler (Character) $12.0M 1994
No Score Yet 80% Ultimate Betrayal Adult Susan Rodgers (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Spider and the Fly Dianna Taylor (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet La Araña y la Mosca Unknown (Character) - 1994
71% 70% Suture Dr. Renee Descartes (Character) $98.3K 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Distant Cousins Katherine June Sullivan (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story Allison Wilcox (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet With Hostile Intent Kathy Arnold (Character) - 1993
63% 40% Raising Cain Sarah (Character) $20.5M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Burden of Proof Sonia Klonsky (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grass Roots Kate Rule (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 39% Child of Rage Jill Tyler (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 69% Cross of Fire Madge Oberholtzer (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Brother's Wife Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher (Character) - 1989
30% 44% K-9 Tracy (Character) $38.9M 1989
No Score Yet 18% Cameron's Closet Nora Haley (Character) $10.8K 1987
33% 49% Wanted: Dead or Alive Terry (Character) $6.5M 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry's Hong Kong Fay Salerno (Character) - 1987

TV

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93% 91% Imposters Margaret Jonson (Guest Star) 2017-2018
98% 84% Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Eileen Switzer (Guest Star) 2013-2014
55% No Score Yet Cane Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
65% No Score Yet Close to Home Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 82% CSI: New York Julie Rollins (Guest Star) 2006
90% 95% House Barbara Bardach (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 95% Cold Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet JAG Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jake in Progress Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
81% 95% The West Wing Ricky Rafferty (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet North Shore Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
45% No Score Yet Madigan Men Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet 77% Dawson's Creek Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Something So Right Carly Davis (Character) 1996-1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Dr. Christina Markham (Guest Star) 1996
83% No Score Yet thirtysomething Hope Murdoch Steadman (Character) 1987-1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown (Character) 1986
No Score Yet 87% M*A*S*H Driver (Guest Star) 1980