Julie Harris
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 2, 1925
- Died
- August 24, 2013
- Birthplace
- Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Julia Ann Harris (December 2, 1925 – August 24, 2013) was an American actress. Renowned for her classical and contemporary stage work, she received five Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play. Harris debuted on Broadway in 1945, against the wishes of her mother, who wanted her to be a society debutante. Harris was acclaimed for her performance as an isolated 12-year-old girl in the 1950 play The Member of the Wedding, a role she reprised in the 1952 film of the same name, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1951, her range was demonstrated as Sally Bowles in the original production of I Am a Camera, for which she won her first Tony award. She subsequently appeared in the 1955 film version. Harris gave acclaimed performances in films including The Haunting (1963), and Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), in which she played opposite Marlon Brando. A method actor, she won Tony awards for The Lark (1956), Forty Carats (1969), The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1973), and The Belle of Amherst (1977). She was also a Grammy Award winner and a three time Emmy Award winner. Harris was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1979, received the National Medal of Arts in 1994,[1] and the 2002 Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award Description above from the Wikipedia article Julie Harris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 2021
as Self
The Lightkeepers 2009
as Mrs. Deacon
The Golden Boys 2008
as Melodeon Player
THE BEATLES in HELP! 2007
as Self
The Way Back Home 2006
as Julie Harris
- East of Eden: Art in Search of Life
East of Eden: Art in Search of Life 2005
as Self
James Dean: Forever Young 2005
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There 2003
as Self
The First of May 1999
as Carlotta
Love Is Strange 1999
as Sylvia McClain
Bad Manners 1998
as Professor Harper
Ellen Foster 1997
as Leonora Nelson
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough 1997
as Self
The Christmas Tree 1996
as Sister Anthony
Little Surprises 1996
Actor
Passage to Paradise 1996
as Martha
Carried Away 1996
as Joseph's Mother
Secrets 1995
as Caroline Phelan
James Dean and Me 1995
as Self (uncredited)
One Christmas 1994
as Sook
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn 1993
as Alice
The Dark Half 1993
as Reggie DeLesseps
Vanished Without a Trace 1993
as Odessa Ray
Housesitter 1992
as Edna Davis
Anthony Quinn: An Original 1990
as Self
Single Women, Married Men 1989
as Lucille Frankel
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre 1989
as Self (voice)
Isadora Duncan: Movement from the Soul 1989
as Isadora Duncan (voice)
The Christmas Wife 1988
as Iris
Too Good to Be True 1988
as Margaret Berent
Gorillas in the Mist 1988
as Roz Carr
The Woman He Loved 1988
as Alice
Forever James Dean 1988
as Self
The Cat That Drank and Used Too Much 1987
as Narrator
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture 1986
as Clara (Voice)
Night of 100 Stars II 1985
as Self
The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God 1984
as (voice)
Brontë 1983
as Charlotte Brontë
Night of 100 Stars 1982
as Self
The Voyage of Odysseus 1982
as Narrator
Brooklyn Bridge 1981
as Emily Roebling (voice)
The Gift 1979
as Anne Devlin
The Bell Jar 1979
as Mrs. Greenwood
Stubby Pringle's Christmas 1978
as Georgia Henderson
The Belle of Amherst 1976
as Emily Dickinson
Voyage of the Damned 1976
as Alice Fienchild
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln 1976
as Mary Todd Lincoln
Long Way Home 1975
as Elizabeth Holvak
The Hiding Place 1975
as Betsie ten Boom
The Greatest Gift 1974
as Elizabeth Holvak
Home for the Holidays 1974
as Elizabeth Hall Morgan
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones 1971
as Charity Jones
How Awful About Allan 1970
as Katherine
The People Next Door 1970
as Gerrie Mason
House on Greenapple Road 1970
as Leona Miller
The Split 1968
as Gladys
Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army 1968
as Charity Jones
Reflections in a Golden Eye 1967
as Alison Langdon
You're a Big Boy Now 1966
as Miss Nora Thing
Harper 1966
as Betty Fraley
The Holy Terror 1965
as Florence Nightingale
Hamlet 1964
as Ophelia
Little Moon of Alban 1964
as Brigid Mary Mangan
The Power and the Glory 1963
as Maria (Priest's Mistress)
The Haunting 1963
as Eleanor Lance
Pygmalion 1963
as Eliza Doolittle
The War Lover 1962
Costume Design
Requiem for a Heavyweight 1962
as Grace Miller
Victoria Regina 1961
as Queen Victoria
- The Heiress
The Heiress 1961
as Catherine Sloper
Sally's Irish Rogue 1960
as Sally Hamil
A Doll's House 1959
as Nora
- Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda 1958
as Belinda
Little Moon of Alban 1958
as Brigid Mary Mangan
The Truth About Women 1957
as Helen Cooper
The Lark 1957
as Joan of Arc
- THe Good Fairy
THe Good Fairy 1956
as Lu
A Wind from the South 1955
as Shevawn
I Am a Camera 1955
as Sally Bowles
East of Eden 1955
as Abra Bacon
The Member of the Wedding 1952
as Frances 'Frankie' Addams
Credits from TMDB.