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Barbara Harris

Date of birth: 1935-07-25

Place of birth: Evanston, Illinois, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Barbara Harris

Biography

Barbara Densmoor Harris (July 25, 1935 – August 21, 2018) was an American actress. She appeared in such movies as A Thousand Clowns, Plaza Suite, Nashville, Family Plot, Freaky Friday, Peggy Sue Got Married, and Grosse Pointe Blank. Harris won a Tony Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. She also received four Golden Globe Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Harris (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
3.5

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

1988-12-14

Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys t

Peggy Sue Got Married
3

Peggy Sue Got Married

1986-10-10

At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, befor

Nashville
3.6

Nashville

1975-06-11

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitr

Family Plot
3.4

Family Plot

1976-04-09

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while

Plaza Suite
3.1

Plaza Suite

1971-05-12

Film version of the Neil Simon play has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York'

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
2.4

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad

1967-02-15

A woman brings her son and husband to a tropical vacation spot for a little rest and relaxation. The

A Thousand Clowns
3.5

A Thousand Clowns

1965-12-13

Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps

Freaky Friday
3.1

Freaky Friday

1976-12-17

School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel

The North Avenue Irregulars
3.1

The North Avenue Irregulars

1979-02-09

When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are wil

The Seduction of Joe Tynan
2.9

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

1979-08-17

Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointmen

Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
2.3

Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

1971-06-15

Hugely successful but impossibly neurotic songwriter Georgie Soloway is sliding into a mid-life cris

Nice Girls Don't Explode
2.4

Nice Girls Don't Explode

1987-02-01

April has a problem. Whenever she gets anything like passionate with a guy all sorts of things seem

The War Between Men and Women
3.2

The War Between Men and Women

1972-06-01

A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for a single mother of three — the

Second-Hand Hearts
0

Second-Hand Hearts

1981-05-08

A boozy drifter tries to get to know the widow he married while on a bender.

Mixed Company
3

Mixed Company

1974-10-18

Kathy Morrison (Harris), mother of three, who helps run a "color-blind" adoption program, wants to h

Movie Movie
3

Movie Movie

1978-11-01

Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals,

Grosse Pointe Blank
3.5

Grosse Pointe Blank

1997-04-11

Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
2.6

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

1975-03-07

Film noir parody with a private eye trying to solve the murder of his milkman.

The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
0

The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner

1966-02-21

Hosted by Cyril Ritchard, with performances by Florence Henderson, Barbara Harris, Stanley Holloway,

Broadway's Lost Treasures
3

Broadway's Lost Treasures

2003-08-10

The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which

A Doonesbury Special
2.6

A Doonesbury Special

1977-11-27

Garry Trudeau's classic characters (Mike Doonesbury, Zonker, etc.) examine how their lifestyles, pri