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BIO

Any successful wedding requires something old and something new. The prospect of walking down the aisle with old friends in an original Broadway musical is irresistible to me. Perhaps, the something borrowed and something blue had best be sorted out in rehearsal. Recent Broadway: Encores: Mrs. Eggleston in Little Me, Madame, the tragically misunderstood stepmother in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella Broadway. I have appeared as other near perfect or deeply flawed women in, Present Laughter, Cry Baby: The Musical, Old Acquaintance, and The Man Who Came to Dinner. In 2002 I received the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Featured Actress in a Musical as Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie. This past year, much to the surprise of my former glee club members, I made my debut at the San Francisco Opera in Show Boat. Off Broadway: Standing on Ceremony, Yeast Nation, Jeffrey (Drama Desk nomination), Bella, Belle of Byelorussia (Drama Desk nomination), Christmas on Mars, and Rude Entertainment. Regional appearances include, Guthrie Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Kennedy Center. Film credits include: Love Is Strange, Memento, Nurse Betty, Addams Family Values. TV credits include: “Desperate Housewives” ( as Felicia Tillman), “Frasier” ( as agent Bebe Glazer). Member of the Acting Company, AEA.


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STAGE CREDITS

Once Upon a Mattress Once Upon a Mattress
[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Concert Revival Production, 2024
Queen Aggravain
Judgment Day Judgment Day
[Off-Broadway]
Park Avenue Armory Off-Broadway Production, 2019
Performer
The Rivals The Rivals
[Regional (US)]
World Premiere, 2018
Mrs. Malaprop
The Royal Family of Broadway The Royal Family of Broadway
[Regional (US)]
Regional World Premiere Production, 2018
Fanny
Me and My Girl Me and My Girl
[Off-Broadway]
Encores! New York City Center Production, 2018
Ensemble
The Low Road The Low Road
[Off-Broadway]
New York Premiere at the Public Theater, 2018
Mrs. Trewitt
Belinda
Margarita Low
Sister Comfort
Mrs. Trewitt
Margarita Low
Sister Comfort
Belinda
The Roads to Home The Roads to Home
[Off-Broadway]
Primary Stages Off-Broadway Revival, 2016
Performer [Replacement]
[Replacement]
Hollywood
[Regional (US)]
World Premiere Production, 2016
Charlotte Shelby
It Shoulda Been You It Shoulda Been You
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2015
Georgette Howard [Replacement]
[Replacement]
Little Me Little Me
[Off-Broadway]
Encores! Concert, 2014
Mrs. Eggleston
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2013
Madame
Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 2011
Performer
Present Laughter Present Laughter
[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2010
Monica Reed
Cry-Baby Cry-Baby
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2008
Mrs. Vernon-Williams
Old Acquaintance Old Acquaintance
[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2007
Mildred Watson Drake
Mame
[Washington, DC (Regional)]
Kennedy Center Revival, 2006
Vera Charles
On the Town
[Los Angeles]
Reprise! Concert, 2005
Madame Dilly
Thoroughly Modern Millie Thoroughly Modern Millie
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2002
Mrs. Meers [Replacement]
[Replacement]
Rude Entertainment
[Off-Broadway]
2001
Katinka/Eleanor
Thoroughly Modern Millie
[San Diego, CA (Regional)]
World Premiere, 2000
Mrs. Meers [Replacement]
[Replacement]
The Man Who Came to Dinner
[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2000
Maggie Cutler
London Suite
[Off-Broadway]
1995
Mrs. Semple/Diana/Mrs. Sitgood [Replacement]
[Replacement]
Jeffrey
[Off-Broadway]
1993
Woman in Bed/Showgirl/Ann Marwood Bartle/Debra Moorehouse/Sharon/Mom/Mrs. Marcangelo
Jeffrey
[Off-Broadway]
1992
Woman in bed/Showgirl/Ann Marwood Bartle/Debra Moorhouse/Sharon/Mom/Mrs. Marcangelo
Innocent's Crusade
[Off-Broadway]
1992
Ms. Connell/Waitress/Ms. Cabot/Wendy/Helen
Four Baboons Adoring the Sun
[Broadway]
1992
Penny McKenzie (Understudy)
(Unknown)
(Unknown)
(Unknown)
(Unknown)
(Unknown)
(Unknown)
What a Man Weighs
[Off-Broadway]
1990
Ruth
The Crucible
[Off-Broadway]
1990
Elizabeth Proctor
Macbeth
[Off-Broadway]
1989
Lady Macduff
Julius Caesar
[Off-Broadway]
1988
Calpurnia
Man and Superman
[Off-Broadway]
1987
Violet Robinson
Hamlet
[Off-Broadway]
1986
Ophelia
The White Devil
[Off-Broadway]
1980
Vittoria
Mother Courage and Her Children
[Off-Broadway]
1978
Performer
Chapeau
[Regional (US)]
World Premiere, 1977

Movies

Addams Family Values
[ 1993 ] Ellen Buckman
Quiz Show
[ 1994 ] Enright's Secretary
Romeo + Juliet
[ 1996 ] Susan Santandiago TV Gossip Harriet Harris
Show & Tell
[ 1998 ] Frances
Nurse Betty
[ 2000 ] Ellen
Memento
[ 2000 ] Mrs. Jankis
The One
[ 2001 ] Nurse Besson
Monster-in-Law
[ 2005 ] Therapist Harriet Harris
Rampart
[ 2011 ] Stacy Cranston Harriet Harris
Love Is Strange
[ 2014 ] Honey Harriet Harris
Her Last Will
[ 2016 ] Dina Cotton Harriet Harris
Phantom Thread
[ 2017 ] Barbara Rose
Baby
[ 2020 ] Emakumea
Licorice Pizza
[ 2021 ] Mary Grady

TV Shows

Desperate Housewives
Felicia Tilman
Frasier
Bebe Glazer
It's All Relative
Audrey O'Neil
Law & Order
Ms. Kenny, Sheila
Space: Above and Beyond
Ambassador Diane Hayden
Stark Raving Mad
Audrey Radford, Audrey
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
Vivian Buchanan
Union Square
Suzanne Barkley
The Agency: Central Intelligence
[ 2024-2025 ] Dr. Blake
Long Bright River
[ 2025-2025 ] Mrs. Mahon

Awards and Nominations

Drama League Awards - 2018 - Distinguished Performance Award

Harriet Harris, The Low Road

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Harriet Harris, The Low Road

Drama League Awards - 2017 - Distinguished Performance Award

Harriet Harris, The Roads to Home

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2008 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical

Harriet Harris, Cry-Baby The Musical


winner
Tony Awards - 2002 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Harriet Harris, Thoroughly Modern Millie

Drama Desk Awards - 1992 - Outstanding Featured Actress - Play

Harriet Harris, Jeffrey

Drama Desk Awards - 1992 - Outstanding Featured Actress - Play

Harriet HarrisBella, Belle of Byelorussia

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Santino Fontana, Tony Shalhoub, and More Will Lead LIGHT UP THE SKY Reading at Symphony Space
by Stephi Wild - Nov 10, 2025

​​​​​​​A staged reading of Moss Hart’s Light Up the Sky is coming to Symphony Space next month. The one-night-only reading is set for December 16. Learn more about the production here!
GREAT EXPECTATIONS and More Set for The Acting Company 2025-26 Season Photo
GREAT EXPECTATIONS and More Set for The Acting Company 2025-26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 28, 2025

The Acting Company has revealed its 2025-26 Season of programming. The season features Dickens' Great Expectations in a World Premiere Adaptation by Nikki Massoud, and more.
RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA Begins at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre Photo
RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA Begins at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2025

As The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre will continue its 2025 Season, this summer, the theatre will present a new staging of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella – The Broadway Musical.
Rachel Brosnahan & David Corenswet To Star In HOLIDAY One-Night-Only Benefit Reading
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 5, 2024

Rachel Brosnahan and David Corenswet will perform in a one-night-only benefit reading of HOLIDAY for The Acting Company on October 6.
Interview: Francis Jue of TIGER STYLE! at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Hits His Stride Photo
Interview: Francis Jue of TIGER STYLE! at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Hits His Stride by Being True to Himself
by Jim Munson - Apr 2, 2024

BroadwayWorld talks to Obie Award-winning actor Francis Jue about returning to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, where he has appeared so often in the last 35 years, in Mike Lew's trenchant comedy, 'Tiger Style!'
John Douglas Thompson & Nicole Ari Parker to Lead Red Bull Theater's ANTONY & CLEOPAT Photo
John Douglas Thompson & Nicole Ari Parker to Lead Red Bull Theater's ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2024

RED BULL THEATER has revealed updated casting for the next offering of a new season of OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings: Antony & Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. See who is starring!
Review Roundup: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Opens at New York City Center Encores! Photo
Review Roundup: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Opens at New York City Center Encores!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 25, 2024

Read the reviews for Once Upon a Mattress, now playing at New York City Center Encores!
Photos: First Look at Sutton Foster, J. Harrison Ghee & More in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Photo
Photos: First Look at Sutton Foster, J. Harrison Ghee & More in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 24, 2024

Up next at New York City Center, the Encores! season kicks off with Once Upon a Mattress, running January 24 through February 4, 2024. Check out a first look at the cast in action here!
Video: See Sutton Foster & More in Highlights From Encores! ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Photo
Video: See Sutton Foster & More in Highlights From Encores! ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 24, 2024

Check out vide footage from the Encores! production of Once Upon a Mattress.
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Kara Young, Reynaldo Piniella & More to Star in HAMLET Reading at Photo
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Kara Young, Reynaldo Piniella & More to Star in HAMLET Reading at The Acting Company 
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 19, 2024

The Acting Company has revealed the cast for their reading of Hamlet. See the full cast and learn how to purchase tickets!
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Harriet Harris been in?

Harriet Harris has appeared on Broadway in 8 shows.

How many West End shows has Harriet Harris been in?

Harriet Harris has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Harriet Harris been nominated for?

Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for The Low Road, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Low Road, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for The Roads to Home, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Cry-Baby The Musical, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for Thoroughly Modern Millie, Outstanding Featured Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Jeffrey and Outstanding Featured Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Bella, Belle of Byelorussia.

What awards has Harriet Harris won?

Harriet Harris won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for her work in Thoroughly Modern Millie.

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