Tess Harper
Date of birth: 1950-08-15
Place of birth: Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Tesa Harper, Tessie Jean Harper
Biography
Tessie Jean "Tess" 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 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). From Wikipedia
Movie Credits
Rosebud Lane
2023-02-24
When a middle aged Hollywood filmmaker receives an unexpected card from his young son whom he has ne
The Jackal
1997-11-14
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1990-05-04
Bickering siblings are reunited at their Texas home as their father lies on his deathbed.
Broken
2007-10-05
A waitress confronts all the wrong turns she has made in her short life and ultimately ends up facin
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006-01-01
Twenty-something and aimless, Joey Vitello still lives at home with his colorful Italian-American fa
No Country for Old Men
2007-11-09
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but met
The Turning
1992-01-01
Gillian Anderson in her first ever screen role. Anderson's psycho boyfriend, Cliff, returns to his h
Amityville 3-D
1983-11-18
To debunk the Amityville house's infamous reputation and take advantage of a rock-bottom asking pric
Ishtar
1987-05-15
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in
Broken Bridges
2006-09-08
A fading country music star returns to his hometown, where he reunites with his childhood sweetheart
Tender Mercies
1983-03-04
Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friend
Criminal Law
1989-04-28
Ben Chase is an on-the-rise Boston attorney currently defending a wealthy client in a high-profile m
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
1983-02-27
Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of hour
Saving Sarah Cain
2007-08-19
When Sarah Cain, a self-involved big-city newspaper columnist, travels to Pennsylvania for the funer
Kentucky Woman
1983-01-11
A woman faces harassment and humiliation when she goes to work as a coal miner to support her small
The Man in the Moon
1991-09-30
Maureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster thr
Her Alibi
1989-02-03
A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautif
Fatal Secrets
2009-01-03
An attractive woman enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a charming man with a secre
Flashpoint
1984-04-19
Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box
Loggerheads
2005-10-14
A troubled woman seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a handsome
Angel in the Family
2004-11-24
Sisters separated by a lifetime of misunderstanding and their family desperately in need of healing
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019-10-28
Aaron Paul, Vince Gilligan and other cast members, producers and crew share stories and footage from
A Summer to Remember
1985-03-27
Silent since losing his hearing to meningitis, young Toby Wyler takes a bitter stance against the wo
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
2023-12-08
When a beautiful, tall, aging Hollywood star and a short, funny Jewish man try online dating, it's a
Far North
1988-11-09
After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope w
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991-03-01
H.D. Dalton is a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He returns
Judy's Got a Gun
2007-01-01
The Rising Place
2001-02-01
The close friendship of two young women, each of a different race, and their struggle to find purpos
A Stranger to Love
1996-03-24
In this Hallmark story, Allan is a normal middleaged man with a wife and two kids. When Alan is sudd
Straight A's
2013-01-16
Pressured by his late mother's ghost to return home to the family he abandoned, a former addict grab
The Christmas Heart
2012-12-02
The tight-knit neighbors on Arthur Avenue have proudly lit Christmas luminaries for 40 years, but th
Silkwood
1983-12-14
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highl
Sunlight Jr.
2013-04-20
Quickie-mart employee Melissa and paraplegic Richie are very much in love. Supported only by Melissa
The Road to Galveston
1996-01-24
Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she too
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993-09-28
Michael Jackson's Dangerous album once again rocketed the global superstar to mega-platinum success!
My New Gun
1992-10-26
Debbie Bender is a New Jersey housewife whose life is turned upside down when her husband gives her
Frank
2014-05-09
A young wannabe musician discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentri
Good Side of Bad
2023-06-22
Three adult siblings are brought back together after a shocking diagnosis forces them to confront ha
A Child's Wish
1997-01-21
A family discovers their youngest daughter has cancer. But the real struggle has yet to start.
Little Girl Lost
1988-04-25
This heart-wrenching story inspired by real events depicts the trials of the Brady family, who are t
Unconquered
1989-01-15
In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, State Attorney Richmond Flowers, Sr. is one of few willing to fight
The In Crowd
2000-07-19
A mentally disturbed young woman takes a job at a posh country club and falls in with a clique of we
Surprise
2015-04-28
A mother and son confess their secrets.
Lonely Place
2004-09-12
A menacing farmhand worms his way between a husband and wife on an old peach farm.
A Christmas Wish
2011-11-20
A broke single mother lands a job at a small town diner where the kindly patrons and staff help her
In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion
1992-02-10
Adam Swapp and his brother Jonathan are suspects in the bombing of Mormon Center in Utah. The brothe
Burden
2018-08-05
Ku Klux Klansman Mike Burden opens the Redneck Shop and KKK museum in historic Laurens, SC. He subse
The Perfect Guy
2015-09-11
With a fulfilling career and a loving relationship, lobbyist Leah Vaughn seems to have it all. Thing
Jam
2006-04-01
A traffic accident on a rural mountain road becomes a life changing experience for fifteen diverse t
Death in Small Doses
1995-01-16
One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immed
The Killing Secret
1997-01-06
A pregnant teen is murdered and a popular high-school senior is suspected. But will his girlfriend s
Incident at Dark River
1989-12-04
When Tim McFall's young daughter dies as the result of toxic waste dumped in the local river, he tri
Daddy
1987-04-14
Two high schoolers are unprepared for the reality of parenthood when the girl becomes pregnant.
Promises to Keep
1985-10-15
An aging cowboy returns to the family he abandoned 30 years ago with a terrifying secret.
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
1992-11-08
A homemaker is driven by jealousy to conspire against the mother of her daughter's rival.
American Outlaws
2023-09-15
Facing the possibility of prison - and in search of an idealized freedom - 3 siblings take matters i
Crimes of the Heart
1986-12-12
Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.
Reckless Disregard
1985-03-17
Meredith Craig is lawyer who has a small practice. She is then approached by a Dr. Lucas who is a do
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019-10-11
In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in
The Evening Hour
2021-07-30
Cole Freeman maintains an uneasy equilibrium in his rural Appalachian town, looking after the old an
Kiss the Bride
2007-07-23
In high school, Matt and Ryan were best friends. More than friends, actually. But in the ensuing ten
The Long Shadow
2020-04-20
A young female Sheriff's Deputy in rural Louisiana takes on her town's old money establishment when
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
2020-12-30
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page presents an unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose auto
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
1999-01-21
A version of the "Little House" stories that cover some of the events that take place in the last th
Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat
2015-07-13
Boys On Film surprises and delights with films exploring relationships, dark desires, and confrontin
Karla
2006-01-20
Based on real events, Canada's most notorious serial killers, Paul Bernardo and wife Karla Homolka k