Rosemary Harris
Date of birth: 1927-09-19
Place of birth: Suffolk, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: رزماری هریس
Biography
Rosemary Harris (born September 19, 1927) is a distinguished English actress with a career spanning over seven decades. Renowned for her work in theater, film, and television, she has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe. Harris is perhaps best known to modern audiences for her portrayal of Aunt May in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). Her illustrious stage career includes a Tony Award for Best Actress for her role as Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter (1966). She has also been nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Tom & Viv (1994). Harris was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1986 and received a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2017. Born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England, Harris trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She has been celebrated for her versatility and emotive performances, making her a beloved figure in the world of performing arts. Rosemary Harris is married to the late American novelist John Ehle, who passed away in 2018. Together, they have a daughter, Jennifer Ehle, who is a celebrated actress known for her roles in Pride and Prejudice (1995) and The King's Speech (2010). Harris's family has been deeply involved in the arts, with her husband contributing significantly to Appalachian literature and her daughter excelling in film, television, and theater.
Movie Credits
Spider-Man
2002-05-01
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school studen
Spider-Man 3
2007-05-01
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-
Spider-Man 2
2004-06-25
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides
The Gift
2000-12-22
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007-09-26
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong,
Belonging
2004-09-12
After giving up her job as a librarian to care for her husband’s elderly family, Jess’ world falls a
Beau Brummell
1954-11-16
Captain George Bryan Brummell is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dres
The Boys from Brazil
1978-10-05
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele,
Blow Dry
2001-03-01
The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run
My Life So Far
1999-08-25
A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a str
Sunshine
1999-09-13
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
This Means War
2012-02-14
Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating t
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003-04-03
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame
A Flea in Her Ear
1968-11-27
Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act.
The Monday Before Thanksgiving
2008-10-14
On the Monday before Thanksgiving, the anniversary of her mother's death, Theresa reflects on the ch
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983-05-30
As the UK begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb u
The Bridge
1992-01-10
When Isobel Hetherington and her three young daughters take up their seaside residence in the hot su
To the Lighthouse
1983-03-22
A faithful dramatization of Virginia Woolf's novel. A lecturer, his family, the spinster Aunt Lily,
A Summer Day's Dream
1994-11-26
Adaptation of the play by J B Priestley. After a nuclear war, the nations have combined to set up a
Death of a Salesman
1996-01-01
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the
Looking for Richard
1996-10-11
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world t
Hamlet
1996-12-25
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the
Is Anybody There?
2009-04-17
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
Twelfth Night
1957-12-15
Twins Viola and Sebastian are separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises
Blithe Spirit
1966-12-07
The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and
How Holocaust came to Television
2019-01-14
At the beginning of 1979, after more than 30 years of collective repression, a dramatized and emotio
The Fall
2009-10-30
Two brothers are forced to confront a terrible crime that was hidden in their past.
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017-11-16
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
The Royal Family
1977-11-09
George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber collaborated on this 1927 hit comedy about an eminent and slightly
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
2015-11-12
Agathe von Trapp, the eldest daughter of a well-known musical family, overcomes many obstacles to pu
Tom & Viv
1994-04-15
The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cop
Oscar Wilde About America
2025-01-15
This big-hearted romp from New York City to Hollywood, CA leads Oscar to the queer joy, love, and li
The Shiralee
1957-07-11
An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him.
Othello
1955-12-15
The earliest British televised production in existence of the play Othello, with black American acto
Being Julia
2004-09-03
Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a
Radio Free Albemuth
2010-02-25
Record store clerk Nick Brady begins to experience strange visions from an entity he calls VALIS tha
The Little Riders
1996-03-23
Young American Joanne Hunter is stranded in the German-occupied Holland with her Dutch grandparents.
Crossing Delancey
1988-08-17
Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that
Uncle Vanya
1963-11-20
Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.
Wuthering Heights
1958-05-09
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthe
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002-04-20
Documentary on the making of 'Spider-Man.'
Strange Interlude
1988-07-13
Adaptation of an experimental play in nine acts by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Strange Inter