Biography
Cynthia Harris was an American actress who worked in film, television and theatre. She was born in New York City on 9 August 1934 and died there on 3 October 2021. She graduated from Smith College with a degree in theatre and literature and made her Broadway debut in 1963.
Harris appeared as Mrs. Hathaway in the film 3 Men and a Baby (1987). On television she played Wallis Simpson in the miniseries Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978), for which she received a BAFTA nomination, and Sylvia Buchman in the sitcom Mad About You (1992–1999, revived 2019). Her other screen credits include The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) and Mannequin Two: On the Move (1991).
A New York stage veteran, she appeared in the original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company (1971) and co-founded The Actors Company Theatre in 1993, serving as its artistic director.
