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Tess Harper

Highest Rated: 93% No Country for Old Men (2007)

Lowest Rated: 0% Karla (2006)

Birthday: Aug 15, 1950

Birthplace: Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, USA

A strawberry blonde player, held in high regard for her abilities by Hollywood, Tess Harper made a big impression in her very first feature film role as Robert Duvall's much younger wife in "Tender Mercies" (1982). She earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her work as Chickie, the cousin and nosy neighbor, in "Crimes of the Heart" (1986).

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Highest rated movies

93% 86% No Country for Old Men
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91% 85% The Man in the Moon
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82% 64% Crimes of the Heart
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81% 81% Tender Mercies
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73% 65% Loggerheads
Watchlist 70% 67% The Evening Hour Watchlist
63% 32% Sunlight Jr.
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57% 44% Flashpoint
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50% 67% Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
Watchlist 49% 97% Burden Watchlist
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Tess Harper

Tess Harper TENDER MERCIES, Tess Harper, 1983, (c)Universal KISS THE BRIDE, Tess Harper (right), 2007. ©Regent Releasing KISS THE BRIDE, Tess Harper (foreground), 2007. ©Regent Releasing KISS THE BRIDE, Tess Harper, Robert Foxworth, 2007. ©Regent Releasing KISS THE BRIDE, Tess Harper, Robert Foxworth, 2007. ©Regent Releasing TENDER MERCIES, from left, Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, 1983, ©Universal FLASHPOINT, Kris Kristofferson, Tess Harper, 1984, (c) TriStar AMITYVILLE 3-D, Tess Harper, 1983, (c) Orion FLASHPOINT, Jean Smart, Tess Harper, Kris Kristofferson, 1984, (c) TriStar View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 82% American Outlaws Loretta Hillhouse (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 71% Rosebud Lane Sugar (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Good Side of Bad Mary Ellen (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 87% Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story Tess (Character) - 2022
70% 67% The Evening Hour Dorothy Freeman (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 38% The Long Shadow Mama Doris (Character) - 2020
49% 97% Burden Hazel (Character) $134.1K 2018
19% 51% The Perfect Guy Mrs. McCarthy (Character) $57.0M 2015
No Score Yet 78% Hello, My Name Is Frank Aunt Flossie (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Surprise Linda (Character) - 2014
63% 32% Sunlight Jr. Kathleen (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Christmas Heart Elizabeth (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 60% A Christmas Wish Trudy Willis (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 21% Balancing the Books Naomi (Character) - 2009
38% 45% Kiss the Bride Barbara (Character) $31.9K 2007
No Score Yet 73% Saving Sarah Cain Miriam Esh (Character) - 2007
93% 86% No Country for Old Men Loretta Bell (Character) $74.3M 2007
No Score Yet 38% Jesus, Mary and Joey Liz O'Callahan (Character) - 2006
0% 37% Karla Molly (Character) - 2006
5% 87% Broken Bridges Dixie Rose Delton (Character) $251.8K 2006
73% 65% Loggerheads Elizabeth Austin (Character) $115.2K 2005
13% 80% The Rising Place Rebecca Hodge (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Narrator/Older Laura Ingalls Wilder (Character) - 2000
2% 38% The In Crowd Dr. Amanda Giles (Character) $5.3M 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beyond the Prairie Unknown (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Killing Secret Tina DeCapprio (Character) - 1997
24% 51% The Jackal The First Lady (Character) $54.9M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger: Sons of Thunder Katie Malloy (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Child's Wish Joanna Chandler (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dirty Laundry Beth Greene (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Stranger to Love Linda Grant (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Road to Galveston Julia Archer (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 30% Death in Small Doses Asst. D.A. Jerri Sims (Character) - 1994
44% 40% My New Gun Kimmy Hayes (Character) $10.0K 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story Verna Heath (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion Vickie Singer (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 0% The Turning Martha Harnish (Character) - 1992
33% 79% My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys Cheryl (Character) $3.6M 1991
91% 85% The Man in the Moon Abigail Trant (Character) $2.2M 1991
50% 67% Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? Sara Lee (Character) $1.2M 1990
17% 44% Her Alibi Sally Blackwood (Character) $17.2M 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Unconquered Mrs. Mary Flowers (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Incident at Dark River Betty McFall (Character) - 1989
13% 48% Far North Rita (Character) $23.7K 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Girl Lost Clara Brady (Character) - 1988
33% 27% Criminal Law Det. Stillwell (Character) $9.1M 1988
No Score Yet 71% Daddy Ann Burnette (Character) - 1987
40% 39% Ishtar Willa (Character) $12.7M 1987
82% 64% Crimes of the Heart Chick Boyle (Character) $19.3M 1986
No Score Yet 89% A Summer to Remember Jeannie Wyler (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Promises to Keep Gwen Palmer (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Reckless Disregard Meredith Craig (Character) - 1985
57% 44% Flashpoint Ellen (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 17% Starflight One Janet Briggs (Character) - 1983
81% 81% Tender Mercies Rosa Lee (Character) - 1983
18% 18% Amityville: The Demon Nancy Baxter (Character) - 1983

TV

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No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
79% 59% True Detective Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
69% 78% Revenge Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 80% Private Practice Augusta King (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Plain Sight A.U.S.A. Rolly (Guest Star) 2010
96% 97% Breaking Bad Mrs. Pinkman (Guest Star) 2008-2010
84% 72% Grey's Anatomy Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet 95% Cold Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mrs. Hallender (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 87% Ghost Whisperer Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
79% 84% Brothers & Sisters Beth Ridge (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 75% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Judging Amy Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet 68% One Tree Hill Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 80% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Julia Barrett (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Character) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Early Edition Unknown (Guest Star) 1998-2000
60% No Score Yet Cracker Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
57% No Score Yet Gun Unknown (Character) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grace Under Fire Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
82% No Score Yet Christy Fairlight Spencer (Character) 1994-1995
83% No Score Yet thirtysomething Nancy's Sister Deborah (Guest Star) 1990
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Irene Rutledge (Guest Star) 1987