Barbara Harris

Acting

Barbara Harris

Born July 25, 1935 · Evanston, Illinois, USA

Died August 21, 2018 · aged 83

Barbara Densmoor Harris (July 25, 1935 – August 21, 2018) was an American actress. She appeared in such movies as A Thousand Clowns, Plaza Suite, Nashville, Family Plot, Freaky Friday, Peggy Sue Got Married, and Grosse Pointe Blank. Harris won a Tony Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. She also received four Golden Globe Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ba…

Known For

Grosse Pointe BlankGrosse Pointe Blank · 1997
Grosse Pointe Blank
★ 7.01997
MovieActionComedy
Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form a union. On the advice of his quirky assistant and neurotic psychiatrist, Martin begrudgingly heads out to Grosse Pointe, Michigan for his ten-year high school reunion, where he soon comes across the woman he jilted on prom night.
Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsDirty Rotten Scoundrels · 1988
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
★ 7.11988
MovieComedyCrime
Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.
Peggy Sue Got MarriedPeggy Sue Got Married · 1986
Peggy Sue Got Married
★ 6.11986
MovieComedyDrama
At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage and all her regrets. Given a second chance to relive her youth, she must decide whether to change the choices that shaped her life or embrace the past that made her who she is.
NashvilleNashville · 1975
Nashville
★ 7.31975
MovieDramaComedy
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—and their connection through the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
Freaky FridayFreaky Friday · 1976
Freaky Friday
★ 6.11976
MovieFantasyComedy
School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life. On a normal Friday morning, both complain about each other and wish they could have the easy life of their daughter/mother for just one day and their wishes come true as a bit of magic puts Annabel in Mrs. Andrews' body and vice versa. They both have a Freaky Friday.
Family PlotFamily Plot · 1976
Family Plot
★ 6.81976
MovieComedyCrime
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
The War Between Men and WomenThe War Between Men and Women · 1972
The War Between Men and Women
★ 6.41972
MovieComedyDrama
A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for a single mother of three — the only woman who can stand his strong anti-feminist opinions.
The North Avenue IrregularsThe North Avenue Irregulars · 1979
The North Avenue Irregulars
★ 6.61979
MovieFamilyAction
When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are willing to do anything, no matter how wacky, to get them out.

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