
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
Born: January 8, 1955 · Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Filmography (68)

Americana
2025

Magazine Dreams
2025

Long Bright River
2025

The Agency: Central Intelligence
2024

Clipped
2024

Frasier
2023

Jules
2023

Director by Night
2022

Werewolf by Night
2022

Licorice Pizza
2021

The Mysterious Benedict Society
2021

Hacks
2021

Baby
2020

Atlantic Crossing
2020

Hollywood
2020

Stars in the House
2020

Phantom Thread
2017

Her Last Will
2016

Supergirl
2015

Love Is Strange
2014

Robot and Monster
2012

Rampart
2011

American Horror Story
2011

Shake It Up
2010

Moonlight Serenade
2009

The Lost Room
2006

Help Me Help You
2006

Ghost Whisperer
2005

Monster-in-Law
2005

American Dad!
2005

Desperate Housewives
2004

Quintuplets
2004

It's All Relative
2003

The One
2001

Six Feet Under
2001

Memento
2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

Nurse Betty
2000

Strong Medicine
2000

God, the Devil and Bob
2000

Stark Raving Mad
1999

Family Law
1999

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
1998

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997

Union Square
1997

Ally McBeal
1997

The Practice
1997

Friends 'Til The End
1997

Romeo + Juliet
1996

Millennium
1996

Space: Above and Beyond
1995

Caroline in the City
1995

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
1994

Chicago Hope
1994

Quiz Show
1994

Ellen
1994

Monty
1994

Addams Family Values
1993

Diagnosis: Murder
1993

Dottie Gets Spanked
1993

Frasier
1993

The X-Files
1993

Good Advice
1993

Golden Years
1991

Golden Years
1991

Sisters
1991

Law & Order
1990

Murphy Brown
1988
