Mel Harris
Date of birth: 1956-07-12
Place of birth: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Mel Harris is an American actress, writer and director, best known for her portrayal of Hope Steadman on the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning series Thirtysomething (1987), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as best Actress in a Drama Series. She starred in the NBC comedy Something So Right (1996) and the My Network drama series Saints and Sinners (2014). Her most recent role has been as Nadine Davies on Hulu's new series Shut Eye (2016) Mary Ellen Harris was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and raised in New Jersey. Her mother was a high school science teacher and her father a football coach at Princeton University. She spent 12 years in the modeling world living in New York and Europe before stumbling into the acting business. She starred in numerous miniseries and telefilms including Cross Fire (1989), The Burden of Proof (1992) and Grass Roots (1992), as well as appearances on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), and as Senator Rafferty on The West Wing (1999). Among her feature film credits are Brian De Palma's Raising Cain (1992) , K-9 (1989) (opposite Jim Belushi), Suture (1993), The Pagemaster (1994), and Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986). She made her New York stage debut at the Circle Repertory Company in the world premiere of John Bishop's Empty Hearts, for which she received a 1992 Theater World Award. In addition to her acting, in the last few years, she has focused on writing with her partner and husband, Emmy Award winning writer/producer, Bob Brush, under their shingle Topanga Moon Productions. - IMDb mini biography by: mel harris
Movie Credits
Firetrap
2001-03-16
Master burglar Max Hopper is released early after three years and soon gets an exceptional job: stea
K-9
1989-04-28
The extravagant cop Michael Dooley needs some help to fight a drug dealer who has tried to kill him.
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1987-01-16
Nick Randall is a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter and an ex-CIA operative who is asked by a former c
The Pagemaster
1994-11-23
Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, l
The Lodger
2009-01-14
Follows a seasoned detective on the trail of a ruthless killer intent on slaughtering prostitutes al
Hangman's Curse
2003-09-12
Bullying students are becoming deathly ill after screaming the name of a legendary ghost. What's to
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000-10-24
A cynical young American, Thomas Doubting, stumbles upon a magical amulet which takes him on a myste
Out of the Woods
2005-04-02
Matt, a self-absorbed young attorney, goes to visit his grandfather - an eccentric recluse who lives
The Retrievers
2001-07-27
The Lowrys are starting a new life, moving to the quiet Northern California town of Placerville. But
Purple Heart
2005-01-01
PURPLE HEART tells of a clean-up effort after a covert mission gone wrong. It is the story of Colone
Cameron's Closet
1988-12-02
A father who experiments with his son's psychokinetic powers is unaware that these experiments have
Child of Rage
1992-09-24
A priest and his wife adopt a brother and sister, but the girl has terrible outbursts of rage. They
Suture
1993-09-14
A man named Clay flies into Phoenix for a reunion with his long-lost half-brother Vincent.
Sonic Impact
2000-11-14
A dangerous criminal hijacks a plane with his fellow prisoners and threatens to crash it into a popu
The Secretary
1995-04-12
After being passed over for a promotion, secretary Deidre turns to murder and blackmail.
Broken Lullaby
1994-10-15
Rich Hungarian-born orphan Katya Davidov commissions Jordan Kirkland to research her past starting f
Harry's Hong Kong
1987-05-08
A private eye becomes the target of both a Chinese syndicate and the police during an investigation
The Spider and the Fly
1994-01-18
A wager between two novelists about committing the perfect crime becomes real when a murder occurs u
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997-11-02
Jessica Fletcher searches for a woman who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious f
Distant Cousins
1993-05-16
Kate's husband Richard hasn't seen his cousin Harry for 20 years. So when he comes to stay with his
Dynamite
2004-11-30
A woman's life is turned upside down when three armed robbers invade her home.
Arthur's Whisky
2024-09-19
When Joan’s husband dies, she is shocked to discover he had invented an elixir which makes the drink
Grass Roots
1992-02-24
This sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will Lee, an
Sharon's Secret
1995-09-27
A sixteen-year-old girl is accused of killing her parents.
Ultimate Betrayal
1994-03-20
Based on a true story about two sisters who sue their father for incest and child abuse. As the stor
Queen of Knives
2023-09-16
The Benetto family is scattered to the winds in Brooklyn, NY, and there's no predicting where they w
Another pretty face
2002-06-20
Raising Cain
1992-08-07
Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a da
Out of Time
2000-05-17
A man awakwens after sleeping for 20 years to find that his small local town has changed for the wor
Wind Dancer
1993-01-01
When a young girl is injured by a riding accident, she overcomes her injury with the help of her fam
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
1993-12-05
Three people, including a pregnant woman, embark on a yachting excursion during a hurricane.
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
2005-10-23
After making it to the top of the charts, members of the Silver Boulders, a popular tween rock band,
A Case for Life
1996-02-18
To save her unborn child, she had to fight for the right to die. A True Story
My Brother's Wife
1989-12-17
Barney is a guy who comes home for his father's funeral. Eleanor, his brother's wife who is Barney f
Welcome to Paradise
1995-01-10
Anne is feeling trapped by her life as housewife. She convinces Denise and Claire to take off for sp
What Kind of Mother Are You?
1996-11-18
Kelly keeps getting into trouble with the police. Her mother agrees to her going into a juvenile det
King of Knives
2020-12-01
A New York family implodes over three days as they careen through mid-life and quarter-life crises.
With Hostile Intent
1993-05-11
After police officer Miranda Berkley dumps her boyfriend, who's also her superior, she and her colle
Imagine That
2009-06-19
A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary