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 followup 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). In addition to acting, Harper is also an author of children's music and books. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Harper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Carousel — Rebecca's Mother
• 2026Fantasy Life — Toby
• 2026Kill Me
• Love Story — Ethel Skakel Kennedy
• 2024Nightbitch — Norma
• Fatal Attraction — Sophie
• 2023Memory — Samantha
• 2022Bones and All — Barbara Kerns
• 2022The Lady of the Dunes — The Narrator
• The Old Man — Cheryl Harper
• See — Cora
• 2018Suspiria — Anke
• 2016No Peas for the Weary — Story
• 2009House Broken — DWP Clerk
• 2002Minority Report — Anne Lively
• Crossing Jordan — Dorris Meisner
• Ally McBeal — Sister Helen
• 1997On the Edge of Innocence — Alice Walker
• 7th Heaven — Norma Moon
• 1996Boys — Mrs. John Baker
• 1995Safe — Joyce
• Chicago Hope — Phyllis Church
• 1993Mr. Wonderful — Funny Face
• 1989Big Man on Campus — Dr. Fisk
• 1989Eat a Bowl of Tea — American Prostitute (uncredited)
• Tales from the Crypt — Marie
• 1988The Blue Iguana — Cora
• 1987Once Again — Carrie
• Wiseguy
• It's Garry Shandling's Show — Phoebe Bass
• 1986The Imagemaker — Cynthia
• Moonlighting — Janine Dalton
• The Equalizer — Kate Parnell
• 1985When Dreams Come True — Annie
• Tales from the Darkside — Prudence
• 1982My Favorite Year — K.C. Downing
• 1981Pennies from Heaven — Joan
• 1981Shock Treatment — Janet Majors
• 1980Stardust Memories — Daisy
• Studs Lonigan — Loretta Lonigan
• 1979The Evictors — Ruth Watkins
• Aspen — Kit Kendrick
• 1977Suspiria — Suzy Bannion
• 1975Inserts — Cathy Cake, Music Consultant
• 1975Love and Death — Natasha
• 1974Phantom of the Paradise — Phoenix
• 1974‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
• 1973The Garden Party — Peggy
• 1971Taking Off — Jessica Harper (uncredited)
• Hawaii Five-O — Sunny Mandell

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2021Rocky Horror 45: The Movie — Self
• 2006Paradise Regained: Brian de Palma's 'Phantom of the Paradise' — Herself
• 2001Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror — Self
• 2001Suspiria 25th Anniversary — Self
• 1980To Woody Allen from Europe with Love — Herself