Biography
Theresa Harris was an American actress, singer and dancer. Born in Houston, Texas, she studied at the USC Conservatory of Music and Zoellner's Conservatory of Music before joining the Lafayette Players, an African American musical comedy theatre troupe. She made her film debut in 1929 in Thunderbolt, singing 'Daddy Won't You Please Come Home'.
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s Harris appeared in numerous films, frequently in uncredited or supporting roles as maids, singers and other characters. She played Zette, Bette Davis's maid, in Jezebel (1938) and had roles in films including Baby Face (1933), Professional Sweetheart (1933), Cat People (1942), I Walked with a Zombie (1943) and Out of the Past (1947). Her career continued into television in the 1950s.
