Actor
· Acting
Tess Harper
Born 1950-08-15
📍 Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, USA
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).
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Filmography 97
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
as Tess
2023
American Outlaws
as Loretta Hillhouse
2023
Good Side of Bad
as Mary Ellen
2023
Rosebud Lane
as Sugar
2023
The Evening Hour
as Dorothy Freeman
2021
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
as Self
2020
The Long Shadow
as Mama Doris
2020
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Self
2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Mrs. Pinkman
2019
Burden
as Hazel
2018
The Perfect Guy
as Mrs. McCarthy
2015
Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat
as Linda (segment "Surprise")
2015
Surprise
as Linda
2015
How to Get Away with Murder
as Sheila Miller
2014
Frank
as Frank's Mom
2014
Sunlight Jr.
as Kathleen
2013
Straight A's
as Mother
2013
The Christmas Heart
as Elizabeth
2012
A Christmas Wish
as Trudy Willis
2011
Revenge
as Carole Lyn Miller
2011
Fatal Secrets
as Naomi
2009
Crash
as Wendy Olinville
2008
In Plain Sight
as A.U.S.A. Rolly
2008
Breaking Bad
as Mrs. Pinkman
2008
No Country for Old Men
as Loretta Bell
2007
Broken
as Clare
2007
Private Practice
as Augusta King
2007
Saving Sarah Cain
as Miriam Esh
2007
Kiss the Bride
as Barbara Davis
2007
Brothers and Sisters
as Beth Ridge
2006
Broken Bridges
as Dixie Rose Delton
2006
Jam
as Ruby
2006
Karla
as Molly Czehowicz
2006
Jesus, Mary and Joey
as Liz O`Callahan
2006
Loggerheads
as Elizabeth
2005
Ghost Whisperer
as Ellen Wilkins
2005
Criminal Minds
as Dinah Troy
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Pam Nelson
2005
Angel in the Family
as Mrs. Nelly Tomkins
2004
Jack & Bobby
2004
Jack & Bobby
as Karen Carmichael
2004
Cold Case
as Sharon Lertola (2009)
2003
One Tree Hill
as May Scott
2003
Without a Trace
as Patricia Spade
2002
The Rising Place
as Rebecca Hodge
2001
The Division
as Polly Danko
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Julia Barrett
2000
The In Crowd
as Dr. Amanda Giles
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Mrs. Hallander
1999
Judging Amy
as Barbara Nissman
1999
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
as Narrator / Older Laura Ingalls Wilder
1999
The Jackal
as The First Lady
1997
Cracker
1997
A Child's Wish
as Joanna Chandler
1997
The Killing Secret
as Tina Decapprio
1997
Early Edition
as Lois Hobson
1996
A Stranger to Love
as Linda Grant
1996
The Road to Galveston
as Julia Archer
1996
Death in Small Doses
as Jerri Sims
1995
Touched by an Angel
as Betsy Baxter
1994
Christy
as Fairlight Spencer
1994
Grace Under Fire
as Joan
1993
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
as Self (uncredited)
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Katie Malloy
1993
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
as Verna Heath
1992
My New Gun
as Kimmy Hayes
1992
In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion
as Vickie Singer
1992
The Turning
as Martha Harnish
1992
Black or White
as Mother (uncredited)
1991
The Man in the Moon
as Abigail Trant
1991
The Hidden Room
as Dede
1991
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
as Cheryl
1991
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
as Sara Lee
1990
Incident at Dark River
as Betty McFall
1989
Criminal Law
as Detective Stillwell
1989
Her Alibi
as Sally Blackwood
1989
Unconquered
as Mrs. Mary Flowers
1989
Far North
as Rita
1988
Little Girl Lost
as Clara Brady
1988
thirtysomething
1987
Ishtar
as Willa
1987
Daddy
as Ann Burnette
1987
Crimes of the Heart
as Chick Boyle
1986
L.A. Law
as Patricia Pittman
1986
Promises to Keep
as Gwen Palmer
1985
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Quarantine")
1985
A Summer to Remember
as Jeannie Wyler
1985
Reckless Disregard
as Meredith Craig
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Irene Rutledge
1984
Flashpoint
as Ellen
1984
Celebrity
as Susan French
1984
Silkwood
as Linda Dawson
1983
Amityville 3-D
as Nancy Baxter
1983
Chiefs
as Carrie Lee
1983
Tender Mercies
as Rosa Lee
1983
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
as Janet Briggs
1983
Kentucky Woman
1983