---
name: "Rosemary Harris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rosemary-harris"
fi1m_id: "rosemary-harris"
imdb_id: "nm0365281"
tmdb_id: 18998
wikidata_id: "Q234195"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 September 1927"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T11:42:22.394505+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."
---

# Rosemary Harris

## Identity

Rosemary Harris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rosemary-harris
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rosemary-harris
- **IMDb ID:** nm0365281
- **TMDB ID:** 18998
- **Wikidata ID:** Q234195
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Harris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234195, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18998

Actor. Born 19 September 1927 in Suffolk, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 September 1927, Suffolk, England, UK
- **Active:** 1983–2007
- **Also known as:** Rosemary Ann Harris
- **Frequently works with:** [James Franco](https://film.one/person/james-franco.md), [Kirsten Dunst](https://film.one/person/kirsten-dunst.md), [Laura Ziskin](https://film.one/person/laura-ziskin.md), [Sam Raimi](https://film.one/person/sam-raimi.md), [Tobey Maguire](https://film.one/person/tobey-maguire.md), [Alvin Sargent](https://film.one/person/alvin-sargent.md), [Avi Arad](https://film.one/person/avi-arad.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 73 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 69 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 3, Science Fiction 3, Adventure 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,510m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Harris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234195, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18998

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Spider-Man 2*](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md) (85), [*Spider-Man*](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md) (78), [*Spider-Man 3*](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md) (55)

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## Biography

Rosemary Harris, also credited as Rosemary Ann Harris, is an English actress. She played May Parker in *Spider-Man* (2002), *Spider-Man 2* (2004) and *Spider-Man 3* (2007).

Harris began her stage career in 1948 and made her Broadway debut in 1952. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for *The Lion in Winter* (1966) and received a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2017. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for *Notorious Woman* (1976) and a Golden Globe Award for *Holocaust* (1978). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for *Tom & Viv* (1994).

She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Harris is the mother of actress Jennifer Ehle. She was married to John Ehle until his death in 2018.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Spider-Man 3* (2007), Fi1m 55, as May Parker — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md)
- *Spider-Man 2* (2004), Fi1m 85, as May Parker — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md)
- *Spider-Man* (2002), Fi1m 78, as May Parker — [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md)
- *Hamlet* (1996), Fi1m 81, as Player Queen — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

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

- *Oscar Wilde About America* (2025), Actor
- *The Undoing* (2020), series, as Janet Fraser — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-undoing.md)
- *Search Party* (2016), series, as Beatrice — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/tv/search-party-2016.md)
- *The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music* (2015), as Older Agathe von Trapp
- *This Means War* (2012), as Nana Foster
- *Radio Free Albemuth* (2010), as VALIS (voice)
- *The Fall* (2009), as a reporter
- *Is Anybody There?* (2009), as Elsie
- *The Monday Before Thanksgiving* (2008), as Lillian Cotlo
- *Before the Devil Knows You're Dead* (2007), as Nanette Hanson
- *Spider-Man 3* (2007), as May Parker — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-3.md)
- *Belonging* (2004), as May Copplestone
- *Being Julia* (2004), as Julia's Mother
- *Spider-Man 2* (2004), as May Parker — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md)
- *Spider-Man* (2002), as May Parker — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man.md)
- *Blow Dry* (2001), as Daisy
- *The Gift* (2000), as Annie's Granny
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Francine Brooks
- *Sunshine* (1999), as Valerie Sors
- *My Life So Far* (1999), as Gamma MacIntosh
- *Hamlet* (1996), as Player Queen — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet.md)
- *The Little Riders* (1996), as Grandma Roden
- *Death of a Salesman* (1996), as Linda
- *A Summer Day's Dream* (1994), Actor
- *Tom & Viv* (1994), as Rose Haigh-Wood
- *The Camomile Lawn* (1992), series, as Calypso (older)
- *The Bridge* (1992), as Aunt Jude
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Margaret Dawlish
- *Crossing Delancey* (1988), as Pauline Swift
- *Strange Interlude* (1988), series, as Mrs. Amos Evans
- *The Ploughman's Lunch* (1983), as Ann Barrington
- *To the Lighthouse* (1983), as Mrs. Ramsay
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Mrs. Amos Evans
- *The Chisholms* (1979), series, as Minerva Chisholm
- *The Boys from Brazil* (1978), as Mrs. Doring
- *Holocaust* (1978), series, as Berta Palitz Weiss
- *The Royal Family* (1977), as Julie Cavendish
- *Notorious Woman* (1974), series, as Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin / George Sand
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Hesione Hushabye, Adela Shannon
- *A Flea in Her Ear* (1968), as Gabrielle Chandebisse
- *CBS Playhouse* (1966), series, as Charlotte Marshall
- *Blithe Spirit* (1966), as Elvira Condomine
- *Profiles in Courage* (1964), series, as Mary S. McDowell
- *Uncle Vanya* (1963), as Yelena
- *Wuthering Heights* (1958), as Catherine Earnshaw
- *Twelfth Night* (1957), as Viola
- *Suspicion* (1957), series, as Sybil Merton
- *DuPont Show of the Month* (1957), series, as Lady Edith, Lucie Manette
- *The Shiralee* (1957), as Lily Parker
- *Othello* (1955), as Desdemona
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Louise Rogers, Louise Rogers / Countess Helen Mattoni, Dorothy Whitely
- *Beau Brummell* (1954), as Mrs. Fitzherbert
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Viola, Margot Wendice, Elvira
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Nora Marsh

## Gallery

- ![Rosemary Harris](https://film.one/media/person/97728/gallery-4fd62517bad1.jpg) Rosemary Harris — David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Rosemary_Harris_by_David_Shankbone_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![A scene from "Dial M for Murder" from the television program Hallmark Hall of Fame. Pictured from left: John Williams, Maurice Evans, who reprised his Broadway ](https://film.one/media/person/97728/gallery-b138c8e93fe2.jpg) A scene from "Dial M for Murder" from the television program Hallmark Hall of Fame. Pictured from left: John Williams, Maurice Evans, who reprised his Broadway  — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Dial_M_for_Murder_Hallmark_Hall_of_Fame_1958.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rosemary Harris, actress, in July 1962, during her appearance in repertory at the Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex, UK, during the theatre's opening sea](https://film.one/media/person/97728/gallery-a57a3f0b69a9.jpg) Rosemary Harris, actress, in July 1962, during her appearance in repertory at the Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex, UK, during the theatre's opening sea — Tony in Devon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Rosemary_Harris_1962_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![At the 2007 premiere of Spider-Man 3.](https://film.one/media/person/97728/gallery-2c21aebd8ee1.jpg) At the 2007 premiere of Spider-Man 3. — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Rosemary_Harris_Spiderman_2007_Shankbone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rosemary Harris](https://film.one/media/person/97728/gallery-c02b8b0899a8.jpg) Rosemary Harris — Image via TMDB
- ![Rosemary Harris](https://film.one/media/person/97728/gallery-a5331ca0334a.jpg) Rosemary Harris — Image via TMDB
- ![Rosemary Harris](https://film.one/media/person/97728/gallery-b6cf87527ba2.jpg) Rosemary Harris — Image via TMDB
- ![Rosemary Harris, actress, in July 1962, during her appearance in repertory at the Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex, UK, during the theatre's opening sea](https://film.one/media/person/97728/gallery-92c1a1118d16.jpg) Rosemary Harris, actress, in July 1962, during her appearance in repertory at the Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex, UK, during the theatre's opening sea — Tony in Devon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Rosemary_Harris_actress_1962.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rosemary Harris](https://film.one/media/person/97728/gallery-160a81e01cf7.jpg) Rosemary Harris — David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Rosemary_Harris_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rosemary Harris](https://film.one/media/person/97728/gallery-b394134dc5bd.jpg) Rosemary Harris — Image via TMDB
- ![Rosemary Harris](https://film.one/media/person/97728/gallery-6f40a845ff18.jpg) Rosemary Harris — Image via TMDB
- ![Rosemary Harris](https://film.one/media/person/97728/gallery-5d7a56cb240c.jpg) Rosemary Harris — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1995: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Tom & Viv*

### Other awards — 2 won, 8 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 2010: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2000: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1996: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1986: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1985: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1984: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1976: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1972: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1966: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (won)
- Theatre World Award 1953: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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