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Jessica Harper

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Jessica Randolph Harper (born October 3, 1949) is an American actress and singer. Harper began her feature film career with a starring role in Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974), and subsequently featured in films including Love and Death (1975), Inserts (1975) and My Favorite Year (1982). She is best known for her portrayal of Suzy Bannion, the protagonist of Dario Argento's cult classic Suspiria (1977), and appeared in a supporting role in Luca Guadagnino's 2018 remake. Her other films include Stardust Memories (1980), Shock Treatment (1981) (the follow-up to The Rocky Horror Picture Show in which she replaced Susan Sarandon as Janet Weiss), Pennies from Heaven (1981), The Blue Iguana (1988), Safe (1995), Minority Report (2002), Bones and All (2022) and Nightbitch (2024). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jessica Harper is the 4,318th most popular actor (down from 4,204th in 2019), the 6,879th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,192nd in 2019) and the 1,988th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Jessica Harper ranks 4,318 out of 13,578. Before her are William Sanderson, Katharine Houghton, Josh Radnor, Jonah Hill, Matthew Goode, and Jang Hyuk. After her are Unshō Ishizuka, John Slattery, Caterina Murino, Emerald Fennell, Sofia Boutella, and Matthew Macfadyen.

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Among people born in 1949, Jessica Harper ranks 415. Before her are Bob Backlund, Chrisye, Randall Wallace, Volodymyr Onyshchenko, Tom Verlaine, and Peter Maffay. After her are Stan Hansen, Ebi, José Graziano da Silva, William Shepherd, Wendy O. Williams, and William Lane Craig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jessica Harper ranks 6,881 out of 20,380. Before her are John W. Foster (1836), Josh Radnor (1974), Kevin Durant (1988), Alan Wilson (1943), William Castle (1914), and Jonah Hill (1983). After her are Frank Schlesinger (1871), James Hansen (1941), Jared Isaacman (1983), John Slattery (1962), Max O. Lorenz (1876), and Bainbridge Colby (1869).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jessica Harper ranks 1,989. Before her are Mädchen Amick (1970), Alan Ruck (1956), William Sanderson (1944), Katharine Houghton (1945), Josh Radnor (1974), and Jonah Hill (1983). After her are John Slattery (1962), Michael Cudlitz (1964), Fred Gwynne (1926), Louis Calhern (1895), Chad Michael Murray (1981), and Seann William Scott (1976).

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