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name: "Theresa Harris"
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roles: []
born: "31 December 1906"
died: "8 October 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-20T01:36:40.086464+00:00"
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# Theresa Harris

Actor. Born 31 December 1906 in Houston, Texas, USA. Died 8 October 1985.

## Details

- **Born:** 31 December 1906, Houston, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 8 October 1985
- **Active:** 1938–1941
- **Also known as:** Teresa Harris, Theresa Robinson, The Beautiful Maid
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 2 acting, 4 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 74 (2), 1940s 77 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 84 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 3, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Harris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3523796, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365382/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97042

## 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.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (2)

- *Blossoms in the Dust* (1941), Fi1m 58, as Cleo — [page](https://film.one/film/blossoms-in-the-dust.md)
- *Jezebel* (1938), Fi1m 78, as Zette — [page](https://film.one/film/jezebel.md)

### Also credited (4) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), Fi1m 85, as Cleo (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md)
- *Out of the Past* (1947), Fi1m 89, as Eunice Leonard (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-the-past.md)
- *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), Fi1m 77, as Mother Listening to Hurdy-gurdy (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md)
- *Arrowsmith* (1931), Fi1m 70, as Native Mother (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md)

## Complete filmography (81)

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

- *The Gift of Love* (1958), as Dora - Sam's Wife (uncredited)
- *How to Marry a Millionaire* (1957), series, as Irene
- *Spoilers of the Forest* (1957), as Nancy the Maid
- *Back from Eternity* (1956), as Mamie (uncredited)
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Maid
- *The French Line* (1954), as Clare (uncredited)
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Lulu
- *Small Town Girl* (1953), as Backstage Maid
- *Angel Face* (1953), as Nurse Theresa (uncredited)
- *Al Jennings of Oklahoma* (1951), as Terese
- *Grounds for Marriage* (1951), as Stella, Ina's Maid
- *The Company She Keeps* (1951), as Lilly Johnson (uncredited)
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Young Woman
- *And Baby Makes Three* (1949), as Maid
- *Tension* (1949), as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
- *The File on Thelma Jordon* (1949), as Esther
- *Neptune's Daughter* (1949), as Matilda (uncredited)
- *Alias Nick Beal* (1949), as Opal
- *The Velvet Touch* (1948), as Nancy
- *The Big Clock* (1948), as Daisy  (uncredited)
- *The Lady from Shanghai* (1947), as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- *Out of the Past* (1947), as Eunice Leonard (uncredited) — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-the-past.md)
- *The Trespasser* (1947), as Julia, the maid
- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), as Cleo (uncredited) — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md)
- *Miss Susie Slagle's* (1946), as Maid (uncredited)
- *Smooth as Silk* (1946), as Louise (Maid)
- *Strange Illusion* (1945), as Maid (uncredited)
- *I Walked with a Zombie* (1943), as Alma
- *Cat People* (1942), as Minnie (uncredited)
- *The Outskirts of Town* (1942), as Wife
- *Tough as They Come* (1942), as Bessie Mae
- *Sing Your Worries Away* (1942), as Hat Check Girl
- *Our Wife* (1941), as Hattie
- *Blossoms in the Dust* (1941), as Cleo — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/blossoms-in-the-dust.md)
- *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), as Mother Listening to Hurdy-gurdy (uncredited) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md)
- *The Flame of New Orleans* (1941), as Clémentine
- *Love Thy Neighbor* (1940), as Josephine
- *Santa Fe Trail* (1940), as Maid (uncredited)
- *Buck Benny Rides Again* (1940), as Josephine
- *City of Chance* (1940), as Beulah - Powder Room Attendant
- *One Hour to Live* (1939), as High Yaller girl
- *The Women* (1939), as Olive (uncredited)
- *Tell No Tales* (1939), as Ruby
- *The Toy Wife* (1938), as 'Pick'
- *Jezebel* (1938), as Zette — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/jezebel.md)
- *Big Town Girl* (1937), as Maid
- *Bargain with Bullets* (1937), as Grace Foster
- *The Lady Escapes* (1937), as Maid (uncredited)
- *Charlie Chan at the Olympics* (1937), as Athlete
- *The Green Pastures* (1936), as Angel (uncredited)
- *Go Into Your Dance* (1935), as Dressing Room Maid, Luana's Maid
- *Desirable* (1934), as Ladies Room Maid at Party
- *Black Moon* (1934), as Sacrificed Girl (uncredited)
- *Finishing School* (1934), as Evelyn (uncredited)
- *Success at Any Price* (1934), as Marie
- *The Worst Woman in Paris?* (1933), as Lily - the Maid
- *Blood Money* (1933), as Jessica (uncredited)
- *Broadway Thru a Keyhole* (1933), as Joan's Maid
- *Penthouse* (1933), as Lili (uncredited)
- *Mary Stevens, M.D.* (1933), as Andrews' Maid Alice (uncredited)
- *Baby Face* (1933), as Chico
- *Hold Your Man* (1933), as Lily Mae Crippen (uncredited)
- *Private Detective 62* (1933), as Janet's Maid (Uncredited)
- *Professional Sweetheart* (1933), as Vera (uncredited)
- *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933), as Black Woman in "Pettin' in the Park" Number (uncredited)
- *42nd Street* (1933), as Chorus Girl (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)
- *Grand Slam* (1933), as Ladies' Room Attendant (uncredited)
- *The Half-Naked Truth* (1932), as Emily (uncredited)
- *The Sport Parade* (1932), as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
- *Night After Night* (1932), as Ladies' Room Attendant (uncredited)
- *Faithless* (1932), as Amanda
- *Free Wheeling* (1932), as Maid (uncredited)
- *Horse Feathers* (1932), as Laura (uncredited)
- *Week Ends Only* (1932), as Chloe (uncredited)
- *Merrily We Go to Hell* (1932), as Powder Room Attendant (uncredited)
- *Union Depot* (1932), as Black Woman (uncredited)
- *Arrowsmith* (1931), as Native Mother (uncredited) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/arrowsmith.md)
- *The Road to Reno* (1931), as Maid at Dude Ranch
- *Morocco* (1930), as Camp Follower (uncredited)
- *Someday Sweetheart* (1930), as Tessie Maize (Self)
- *Thunderbolt* (1929), as Singer

## Gallery

- ![Theresa Harris](https://film.one/media/person/460345/gallery-a1184d87d839.jpg) Theresa Harris — trailer screenshot (RKO), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Theresa_Harris_in_I_Walked_with_a_Zombie_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jet magazine](https://film.one/media/person/460345/gallery-6b40a7497c1e.jpg) Jet magazine — Various - Published by Johnson Publishing Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Jet_11_Sep_1952_pg_PA62.jpg/1280px-Jet_11_Sep_1952_pg_PA62.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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