Tess Harper
Tessie Jean "Tess" Harper 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
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- Born:
- Aug 15, 1950 In Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 92
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Kentucky Woman 1983-01-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie Our Almost Completely True Story 2023-12-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Rosebud Lane | Sugar | 2023-02-24 |
| Movie | Good Side of Bad | Mary Ellen | 2023-06-22 |
| Movie | American Outlaws | Loretta Hillhouse | 2023-09-15 |
| Movie | Our Almost Completely True Story | Tess | 2023-12-08 |
| Movie | The Evening Hour | Dorothy Freeman | 2021-07-30 |
| Movie | Burden | Hazel | 2020-02-28 |
| Movie | The Long Shadow | Mama Doris | 2020-04-20 |
| Movie | Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page | Self | 2020-12-30 |
| Movie | The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Self | 2019-10-28 |
| Movie | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Mrs. Pinkman | 2019-10-11 |
| Movie | The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Herself - Mrs. Pinkman | 2019-10-28 |
| Movie | Surprise | Linda | 2015-04-28 |
| Movie | The Perfect Guy | Mrs. McCarthy | 2015-09-11 |
| Movie | Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat | Linda (segment "Surprise") | 2015-07-13 |
| Movie | Frank | Frank's Mom | 2014-05-09 |
| Series | How to Get Away with Murder | Sheila Miller | 2014-09-25 |
| Movie | Straight A's | Mother | 2013-01-16 |
| Movie | Sunlight Jr. | Kathleen | 2013-04-20 |
| Movie | The Christmas Heart | Elizabeth | 2012-12-02 |
| Series | Revenge | Carole Lyn Miller | 2011-09-21 |
| Movie | A Christmas Wish | Trudy Willis | 2011-11-20 |
| Movie | Fatal Secrets | Naomi | 2009-01-03 |
| Movie | Diary of a Country Sheriff | Herself | 2008-03-11 |
| Series | Breaking Bad | Mrs. Pinkman | 2008-01-20 |
| Movie | Judy's Got a Gun | Susan Lemen | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | No Country for Old Men | Loretta Bell | 2007-06-13 |
| Movie | Saving Sarah Cain | Miriam Esh | 2007-08-19 |
| Movie | Kiss the Bride | Barbara Davis | 2007-07-23 |
| Movie | Broken | Clare | 2007-10-05 |
| Movie | Jam | Ruby | 2006-04-01 |
| Movie | Jesus, Mary and Joey | Liz O`Callahan | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Broken Bridges | Dixie Rose Delton | 2006-09-08 |
| Series | Brothers and Sisters | Beth Ridge | 2006-09-24 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Dinah Troy | 2005-09-22 |
| Movie | Loggerheads | Elizabeth | 2005-10-14 |
| Series | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown | 2005-09-23 |
| Movie | Lonely Place | 2004-09-12 | |
| Series | Jack & Bobby | Karen Carmichael | 2004-09-12 |
| Movie | Angel in the Family | Mrs. Nelly Tomkins | 2004-11-24 |
| Series | One Tree Hill | May Scott | 2003-09-23 |
| Series | Cold Case | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
| Series | Without a Trace | Patricia Spade | 2002-09-26 |
| Series | The Division | Unknown | 2001-01-07 |
| Movie | The Rising Place | Rebecca Hodge | 2001-02-01 |
| Movie | The In Crowd | Dr. Amanda Giles | 2000-07-19 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Julia Barrett | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder | Narrator / Older Laura Ingalls Wilder | 1999-01-21 |
| Series | Judging Amy | Unknown | 1999-09-19 |
| Movie | The Killing Secret | Tina Decapprio | 1997-01-06 |
| Movie | A Child's Wish | Joanna Chandler | 1997-01-21 |
| Series | Cracker | Unknown | 1997-09-18 |
| Movie | The Jackal | The First Lady | 1997-11-14 |
| Movie | The Road to Galveston | Julia Archer | 1996-01-24 |
| Movie | A Stranger to Love | Linda Grant | 1996-03-24 |
| Series | Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
| Movie | Death in Small Doses | Jerri Sims | 1995-01-16 |
| Movie | Michael Jackson - Video Greatest Hits - HIStory | Mother (segment "Black or White") | 1995-06-16 |
| Series | Christy | Fairlight Spencer | 1994-04-03 |
| Series | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown | 1993-04-21 |
| Movie | Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films | Mother ["Black or White"] | 1993-09-28 |
| Series | Grace Under Fire | Joan | 1993-09-29 |
| Movie | The Turning | Martha Harnish | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion | Vickie Singer | 1992-02-10 |
| Movie | Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story | Verna Heath | 1992-11-08 |
| Movie | My New Gun | Kimmy Hayes | 1992-10-26 |
| Movie | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | Cheryl | 1991-03-01 |
| Movie | The Man in the Moon | Abigail Trant | 1991-09-30 |
| Movie | Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? | Sara Lee | 1990-05-04 |
| Movie | Unconquered | Mrs. Mary Flowers | 1989-01-15 |
| Movie | Her Alibi | Sally Blackwood | 1989-02-03 |
| Movie | Incident at Dark River | Betty McFall | 1989-12-04 |
| Movie | Criminal Law | Detective Stillwell | 1989-04-28 |
| Movie | Little Girl Lost | Clara Brady | 1988-04-25 |
| Movie | Far North | Rita | 1988-11-09 |
| Movie | Daddy | Ann Burnette | 1987-04-14 |
| Movie | Ishtar | Willa | 1987-05-15 |
| Series | thirtysomething | Unknown | 1987-09-29 |
| Series | L.A. Law | Unknown | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Crimes of the Heart | Chick Boyle | 1986-12-12 |
| Movie | Reckless Disregard | Meredith Craig | 1985-03-17 |
| Movie | A Summer to Remember | Jeannie Wyler | 1985-03-27 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
| Movie | Promises to Keep | Gwen Palmer | 1985-10-15 |
| Series | Celebrity | Susan French | 1984-02-12 |
| Movie | Flashpoint | Ellen | 1984-04-19 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Irene Rutledge | 1984-09-30 |
| Movie | Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land | Janet Briggs | 1983-02-27 |
| Movie | Kentucky Woman | 1983-01-11 | |
| Movie | Tender Mercies | Rosa Lee | 1983-03-04 |
| Movie | Silkwood | Linda Dawson | 1983-12-14 |
| Movie | Amityville 3-D | Nancy Baxter | 1983-11-18 |
| Series | Chiefs | Carrie Lee | 1983-11-13 |
