Portrait of Mel Harris

Acting

Mel Harris

Career

Active from 1987 to 2023, with a break from 2006 to 2019, busiest in 1993 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
33
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score51/100
Highest rated
Poster for Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mel Harris Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Wonder
    2.3, average 3.4
  • Coming of Age
    2.3, average 3.0
  • Showbiz
    0.5, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Psychological Depth 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Legal Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

64
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 62
Arthur's Whisky
Arthur's Whisky (2024)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dr. Deborah Wingard

Queen of Knives
Queen of Knives (2023)

as Kathy

King of Knives
King of Knives (2020)

as Kathy

2010s

3 titles ยท average score 73
Imposters
Imposters (2017)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Margaret Jonson

Shut Eye
Shut Eye (2016)
GoodWatch score 56

TV show ยท as Nadine Davies

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Shawna

2000s

23 titles ยท average score 52
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Congressman Steyer

Out of the Woods
Out of the Woods (2005)
GoodWatch score 48

as Beth Fleming

Purple Heart
Purple Heart (2005)

as Dr. Harrison

House
House (2004)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Barbara Bardach

Dynamite
Dynamite (2004)
GoodWatch score 40

as Faye Baxter

CSI: NY
CSI: NY (2004)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Julie Rollins

Hangman's Curse
Hangman's Curse (2003)
GoodWatch score 29

as Sarah Springfield

Cold Case
Cold Case (2003)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Grace Anderson

Firetrap
Firetrap (2001)
GoodWatch score 37

as Cordella Calloway

The Retrievers
The Retrievers (2001)
GoodWatch score 52

as Karen Lowry

Out of Time
Out of Time (2000)
GoodWatch score 49

as Annie Epson

Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine (2000)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Biddy Hightower

1990s

26 titles ยท average score 59
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Eileen Switzer

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997)
GoodWatch score 71

as Sarah McLeish

Something So Right
Something So Right (1996)

TV show ยท as Carly Davis

What Kind of Mother Are You?
What Kind of Mother Are You? (1996)
GoodWatch score 51

as Laura Hyler

The Secretary
The Secretary (1995)
GoodWatch score 54

as Ellen Bradford

Broken Lullaby
Broken Lullaby (1994)
GoodWatch score 35

as Jordan Kirkland

Suture
Suture (1993)
GoodWatch score 68

as Dr. Renee Descartes

Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story
Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story (1993)

as Allison Wilcox

Distant Cousins
Distant Cousins (1993)
GoodWatch score 57

as Katherine June Sullivan

The Burden of Proof
The Burden of Proof (1992)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Sonia Klonsky

Raising Cain
Raising Cain (1992)
GoodWatch score 54

as Sarah

Child of Rage
Child of Rage (1992)
GoodWatch score 54

as Jill Tyler

1980s

8 titles ยท average score 52
K-9
K-9 (1989)
GoodWatch score 48

as Tracy

Cross of Fire
Cross of Fire (1989)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Madge Oberholtzer

My Brother's Wife
My Brother's Wife (1989)

as Eleanor Goldberg-Rusher

Cameron's Closet
Cameron's Closet (1988)
GoodWatch score 38

as Dr. Nora Haley

thirtysomething
thirtysomething (1987)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Hope Steadman

Wanted: Dead or Alive
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987)
GoodWatch score 44

as Terry

Harry's Hong Kong
Harry's Hong Kong (1987)

as Fay Salerno

Heart of the City
Heart of the City (1986)

TV show ยท as Anne

1970s

1 title ยท average score 78
M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H (1972)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show