---
name: "Jessica Harper"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jessica-harper"
fi1m_id: "jessica-harper"
imdb_id: "nm0363888"
tmdb_id: 69055
wikidata_id: "Q469866"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 October 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T00:17:10.824026+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jessica Harper

## Identity

Jessica Harper

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jessica-harper
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jessica-harper
- **IMDb ID:** nm0363888
- **TMDB ID:** 69055
- **Wikidata ID:** Q469866
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Harper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469866, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363888/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69055

Actor. Born 3 October 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 October 1949, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1974–present
- **Also known as:** 제시카 하퍼, جسیکا هارپر
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (1), 2000s 81 (1), 2020s 56 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Horror 2, Action 1, Drama 1, Music 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $359m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Harper, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469866, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363888/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69055

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Nightbitch*](https://film.one/film/nightbitch.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jessica Harper is an American actress, singer and author. She began her film career with a starring role in Brian De Palma's *Phantom of the Paradise* (1974) and appeared in Woody Allen's *Love and Death* (1975).

She is best known for her lead performance as Suzy Bannion in Dario Argento's *Suspiria* (1977), and later appeared in the 2018 remake. Other notable films include *Stardust Memories* (1980), *Shock Treatment* (1981), *Minority Report* (2002), *Bones and All* (2022) and *Nightbitch* (2024), in which she played Norma. Harper trained at Sarah Lawrence College and has written children's books and music albums. She is married to film executive Tom Rothman.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Nightbitch* (2024), Fi1m 56, as Norma — [page](https://film.one/film/nightbitch.md)
- *Minority Report* (2002), Fi1m 81, as Anne Lively — [page](https://film.one/film/minority-report.md)
- *Phantom of the Paradise* (1974), Fi1m 82, as Phoenix — [page](https://film.one/film/phantom-of-the-paradise.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fantasy Life* (2026), as Toby
- *Kill Me* (2026), Actor
- *Love Story* (2026), series, as Ethel Skakel Kennedy
- *Carousel* (2026), as Rebecca's Mother
- *Nightbitch* (2024), as Norma — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/nightbitch.md)
- *Memory* (2023), as Samantha
- *Fatal Attraction* (2023), series, as Sophie
- *Bones and All* (2022), as Barbara Kerns
- *The Old Man* (2022), series, as Cheryl Harper
- *The Lady of the Dunes* (2022), as The Narrator
- *See* (2019), series, as Cora
- *Suspiria* (2018), as Anke
- *No Peas for the Weary* (2016), Story
- *House Broken* (2009), as DWP Clerk
- *Minority Report* (2002), as Anne Lively — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/minority-report.md)
- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, as Dorris Meisner
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Sister Helen — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *On the Edge of Innocence* (1997), as Alice Walker
- *7th Heaven* (1996), series, as Norma Moon
- *Boys* (1996), as Mrs. John Baker
- *Safe* (1995), as Joyce
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Phyllis Church
- *Mr. Wonderful* (1993), as Funny Face
- *Big Man on Campus* (1989), as Dr. Fisk
- *Eat a Bowl of Tea* (1989), as American Prostitute (uncredited)
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Marie
- *The Blue Iguana* (1988), as Cora
- *Once Again* (1987), as Carrie
- *Wiseguy* (1987), series, Actor
- *It's Garry Shandling's Show* (1986), series, as Phoebe Bass
- *The Imagemaker* (1986), as Cynthia
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Kate Parnell
- *When Dreams Come True* (1985), as Annie
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Janine Dalton — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Tales from the Darkside* (1984), series, as Prudence
- *My Favorite Year* (1982), as K.C. Downing
- *Pennies from Heaven* (1981), as Joan
- *Shock Treatment* (1981), as Janet Majors
- *Stardust Memories* (1980), as Daisy
- *The Evictors* (1979), as Ruth Watkins
- *Studs Lonigan* (1979), series, as Loretta Lonigan
- *Aspen* (1977), series, as Kit Kendrick
- *Suspiria* (1977), as Suzy Bannion
- *Love and Death* (1975), as Natasha
- *Inserts* (1975), as Cathy Cake · Music Consultant
- *‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen* (1974), Actor
- *Phantom of the Paradise* (1974), as Phoenix — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/phantom-of-the-paradise.md)
- *The Garden Party* (1973), as Peggy
- *Taking Off* (1971), as Jessica Harper (uncredited)
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Sunny Mandell

## Gallery

- ![Jessica Harper](https://film.one/media/person/10329/gallery-7246c58d89f4.jpg) Jessica Harper — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Jessica_Harper_%22Little_Women%22_%281979_NBC_press_photo%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jessica Harper on the red carpet at the 62nd Annual Academy Awards, 3/26/90 - Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post but please credit "photo by (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/10329/gallery-8ecc8c7adfbe.jpg) Jessica Harper on the red carpet at the 62nd Annual Academy Awards, 3/26/90 - Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post but please credit "photo by (2006) — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Jessica_Harper_on_the_red_carpet_at_the_62nd_Annual_Academy_Awards.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jessica Harper](https://film.one/media/person/10329/gallery-75ad8afb4273.jpg) Jessica Harper — Image via TMDB
- ![Jessica Harper](https://film.one/media/person/10329/gallery-f7a274c4c8ed.jpg) Jessica Harper — Image via TMDB
- ![Jessica Harper](https://film.one/media/person/10329/gallery-55cb6f72222b.jpg) Jessica Harper — Image via TMDB
- ![Jessica Harper](https://film.one/media/person/10329/gallery-89497cad3ad1.jpg) Jessica Harper — Image via TMDB
- ![Jessica Harper](https://film.one/media/person/10329/gallery-92c3bbe7896a.jpg) Jessica Harper — Image via TMDB

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