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Tess Harper

1950 - Today

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Tessie Jean Harper (née Washam; born August 15, 1950) is an American actress. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her first film role in 1983's Tender Mercies, and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film Crimes of the Heart. Her other film appearances include Amityville 3-D (1983), Flashpoint (1984), Ishtar (1987), Far North (1988), and No Country for Old Men (2007). She also had a recurring role on the first three seasons of Breaking Bad (2008–2010), as well as a guest appearance in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Tess Harper is the 4,966th most popular actor (up from 5,368th in 2024), the 7,788th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,811th in 2019) and the 2,262nd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tess Harper ranks 4,966 out of 13,578. Before her are Alice Drummond, Go Hyun-jung, Gheorghe Mureșan, Semyon Farada, Chandra Wilson, and Corinne Griffith. After her are Pierre Coffin, Kim Hee-sun, Michael McElhatton, Amanda Bearse, Molly Ringwald, and Rosalind Chao.

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Among people born in 1950, Tess Harper ranks 426. Before her are Alvaro Vitali, Gary Locke, Ian McNeice, Julia Alvarez, Katie Eder, and Bob Daisley. After her are Savio Hon, Renato Zero, Lepo Sumera, Arianna Huffington, Larry Drake, and Chris Stein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tess Harper ranks 7,790 out of 20,380. Before her are Michael Marsh (1967), Corinne Griffith (1894), Holcombe Ward (1878), Ben Bova (1932), Kathleen Battle (1948), and John E. Blaha (1942). After her are John Jeffries (1745), Amanda Bearse (1958), Molly Ringwald (1968), Rosalind Chao (1957), Joseph Williams (1960), and Carl Benjamin Boyer (1906).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tess Harper ranks 2,263. Before her are Andrew McCarthy (1962), Val Avery (1924), Camille Keaton (1947), Alice Drummond (1928), Chandra Wilson (1969), and Corinne Griffith (1894). After her are Amanda Bearse (1958), Molly Ringwald (1968), Rosalind Chao (1957), Alexa PenaVega (1988), Bernadette Peters (1948), and Edward Platt (1916).

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