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

Filmography

• 2023American Outlaws — Loretta Hillhouse
• 2023Good Side of Bad — Mary Ellen
• 2023Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story — Tess
• 2023Rosebud Lane — Sugar
• 2021The Evening Hour — Dorothy Freeman
• 2020The Long Shadow — Mama Doris
• 2019El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie — Mrs. Pinkman
• 2018Burden — Hazel
• 2015Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat — Linda (segment "Surprise")
• 2015Surprise — Linda
• 2015The Perfect Guy — Mrs. McCarthy
• 2014Frank — Frank's Mom
• How to Get Away with Murder — Sheila Miller
• 2013Straight A's — Mother
• 2013Sunlight Jr. — Kathleen
• 2012The Christmas Heart — Elizabeth
• 2011A Christmas Wish — Trudy Willis
• Revenge — Carole Lyn Miller
• 2009Fatal Secrets — Naomi
• Breaking Bad — Mrs. Pinkman
• Crash — Wendy Olinville
• In Plain Sight — A.U.S.A. Rolly
• 2007Broken — Clare
• 2007Judy's Got a Gun — Susan Lemen
• 2007Kiss the Bride — Barbara Davis
• 2007No Country for Old Men — Loretta Bell
• Private Practice — Augusta King
• 2007Saving Sarah Cain — Miriam Esh
• 2006Broken Bridges — Dixie Rose Delton
• Brothers and Sisters — Beth Ridge
• 2006Jam — Ruby
• 2006Jesus, Mary and Joey — Liz O`Callahan
• 2006Karla — Molly Czehowicz
• Criminal Minds — Dinah Troy
• Ghost Whisperer — Ellen Wilkins
• Grey's Anatomy — Pam Nelson
• 2005Loggerheads — Elizabeth
• 2004Angel in the Family — Mrs. Nelly Tomkins
• Jack & Bobby — Karen Carmichael
• 2004Lonely Place
• Cold Case — Sharon Lertola (2009)
• One Tree Hill — May Scott
• Without a Trace — Patricia Spade
• The Division — Polly Danko
• 2001The Rising Place — Rebecca Hodge
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Julia Barrett
• 2000The In Crowd — Dr. Amanda Giles
• 1999Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder — Narrator / Older Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Judging Amy — Barbara Nissman
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Mrs. Hallander
• 1998Dirty Laundry — Beth Greene
• 1997A Child's Wish — Joanna Chandler
• Cracker
• Gun — Virginia
• 1997The Jackal — The First Lady
• 1997The Killing Secret — Tina Decapprio
• 1996A Stranger to Love — Linda Grant
• Early Edition — Lois Hobson
• 1996The Road to Galveston — Julia Archer
• 1995Death in Small Doses — Jerri Sims
• Christy — Fairlight Spencer
• Touched by an Angel — Betsy Baxter
• Grace Under Fire — Joan
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Katie Malloy
• 1992In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion — Vickie Singer
• 1992My New Gun — Kimmy Hayes
• 1992The Turning — Martha Harnish
• 1992Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story — Verna Heath
• 1991My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys — Cheryl
• The Hidden Room — Dede
• 1991The Man in the Moon — Abigail Trant
• 1990Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? — Sara Lee
• 1989Criminal Law — Detective Stillwell
• 1989Her Alibi — Sally Blackwood
• 1989Incident at Dark River — Betty McFall
• 1989Unconquered — Mrs. Mary Flowers
• 1988Far North — Rita
• 1988Little Girl Lost — Clara Brady
• 1987Daddy — Ann Burnette
• 1987Ishtar — Willa
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• 1986Crimes of the Heart — Chick Boyle
• L.A. Law — Patricia Pittman
• 1985A Summer to Remember — Jeannie Wyler
• 1985Promises to Keep — Gwen Palmer
• 1985Reckless Disregard — Meredith Craig
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Quarantine")
• Celebrity — Susan French
• 1984Flashpoint — Ellen
• Murder, She Wrote — Irene Rutledge
• 1983Amityville 3-D — Nancy Baxter
• Chiefs — Carrie Lee
• 1983Kentucky Woman
• 1983Silkwood — Linda Dawson
• 1983Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land — Janet Briggs
• 1983Tender Mercies — Rosa Lee

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2020Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page — Self
• 2019The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie — Self
• 1993Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films — Self (uncredited)