Actor
Jessica Harper
Biography

Jessica Harper (born October 10, 1949) is an American actress and singer. Harper began her feature film career with a starring role in Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974), and subsequently featured in films including Love and Death (1975), Inserts (1975), and My Favorite Year (1982). She is best known for her portrayal of Suzy Bannion, the protagonist of Dario Argento's cult classic Suspiria (1977), and appeared in a supporting role in Luca Guadagnino's 2018 remake. Her other films ...

Known For
Acting
2025 -- Fantasy Life |
2024 -- Nightbitch | Norma
2023 -- Memory | Samantha
2023 -- Lynch/Oz | Suzy Bannion (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022 -- Bones and All | Barbara Kerns
2022 -- The Lady of the Dunes | The Narrator
2021 -- Rocky Horror 45: The Movie | Self
2018 -- Suspiria | Anke
2009 -- House Broken | DWP Clerk
2006 -- Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' | Herself
2002 -- Minority Report | Anne Lively
2001 -- Suspiria 25th Anniversary | Self
2001 -- Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror | Self
1997 -- On the Edge of Innocence | Alice Walker
1996 -- Boys | Mrs. John Baker
1995 -- Safe | Joyce
1993 -- Mr. Wonderful | Funny Face
1989 -- Big Man on Campus | Dr. Fisk
1989 -- Eat a Bowl of Tea | American Prostitute (uncredited)
1988 -- The Blue Iguana | Cora
1986 -- The Imagemaker | Cynthia
1985 -- When Dreams Come True | Annie
1985 -- The Tear Collector | Prudence
1982 -- My Favorite Year | K.C. Downing
1981 -- Pennies from Heaven | Joan
1981 -- Shock Treatment | Janet Majors
1980 -- Stardust Memories | Daisy
1980 -- To Woody Allen from Europe with Love | Herself
1979 -- The Evictors | Ruth Watkins
1977 -- Suspiria | Suzy Bannion
1975 -- Love and Death | Natasha
1975 -- Inserts | Cathy Cake
1974 -- ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen |
1974 -- Phantom of the Paradise | Phoenix
1973 -- The Garden Party | Peggy
1971 -- Taking Off | Self (uncredited)
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