Harriet Sansom Harris

Infobox actor
name = Harriet Sansom Harris

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birthdate = birth date and age|1955|1|8
birthplace = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
birthname = Harriet Harris
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tonyawards = Best Featured Actress in a Musical
2002 "Thoroughly Modern Millie"

Harriet Sansom Harris (born January 8, 1955) is an American actress Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Harris started acting as a youngster and attended New York's famed Juilliard School. After graduation from Juilliard's Drama Division, she joined John Houseman's touring repertory company The Acting Company, where she stayed for three years. During this time, she performed in productions of Shakespeare's "King Lear" and "Romeo and Juliet", the classic "Antigone", and alongside Frances Conroy in Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and Her Children".

Harris went on to do extensive work on and off-broadway including a 1989 performance at Second Stage Theatre in "What a Man Weighs" . One of Harris's breakthrough stage performance came in the original cast of Paul Rudnick's "Jeffrey", where she was the sole female cast member. Her work in "Jeffrey" led to numerous television guest appearances, including a recurring role on the TV series "Frasier" as Frasier's conniving agent Bebe Glazer.

Harris had a recurring role on the hit comedy-drama "Desperate Housewives" as Felicia Tilman. Her own series (including "The Five Mrs. Buchanans", "Union Square", and "It's All Relative") were unsuccessful, but her guest roles on hit series, including "Ghost Whisperer", "Murphy Brown", "Ally McBeal", "Six Feet Under", and "Ellen" were memorable. Among them was her performance on "The X-Files" as Dr. Sally Kendrick and her "Eve" clones, from which the band "Eve 6" derived its name. She has more recently starred on the new Sci Fi Channel television miniseries "The Lost Room" as Margaret Milne.

Harris received a Tony Award in 2002 as a Featured Actress in a Musical for playing the evil white slaver Mrs. Meers in "Thoroughly Modern Millie".

In 2006 she appeared as "Vera Charles" in the Kennedy Center's summer production of "Mame" opposite Christine Baranski in the title role. In early 2007, Harriet appeared as Amanda Wingfield in the production of "The Glass Menagerie" at the Guthrie Theater. In the summer of 2007, Harriet appeared on Broadway in the revival of the John Van Druten comedy "Old Acquaintance" as "Mildred Watson Drake" with Margaret Colin at the American Airlines Theatre.

In 2007, Harris joined the cast of the new musical "Cry-Baby", based on the John Waters film of the same name. The show previewed at Broadway's Marquis Theatre on March 15, 2008, opened on April 24, and closed following the matinée performance on June 22.

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title=Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
years=2001-2002
for "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
before=Cady Huffman
for "The Producers"
after=Jane Krakowski
for "Nine"