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Acting

Tess Harper

Career: Active from 1983 to 2023, busiest in 2007 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 26
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: No Country for Old Men
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 72 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Tess Harper Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.1, average 2.4
Pop Culture
1.0, average 2.2
Wonder
2.2, average 3.4
Adrenaline
3.8, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Social Commentary 4
Character Study 4
Southern Gothic 3
Family Reunion 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Bleak Realism 3
Period Piece 2
Community Spirit 2
Redemption Story 2
Social Issues 2
Contemporary Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

93

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 52

Good Side of Bad

51

as Mary Ellen

Rosebud Lane

as Sugar

American Outlaws

56

as Loretta Hillhouse

Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story

64

as Tess

The Evening Hour

49

as Dorothy Freeman

The Long Shadow

41

as Mama Doris

2010s

11 titles · average score 62

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

78

as Mrs. Pinkman

Burden

60

as Hazel

Surprise

as Linda

The Perfect Guy

38

as Mrs. McCarthy

Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat

as Linda (segment "Surprise")

Frank

76

as Frank's Mom

How to Get Away with Murder

79

TV show · as Sheila Miller

Sunlight Jr.

56

as Kathleen

Straight A's

49

as Mother

The Christmas Heart

59

as Elizabeth

A Christmas Wish

61

as Trudy Willis

2000s

28 titles · average score 56

Breaking Bad

92

TV show · as Mrs. Pinkman

No Country for Old Men

88

as Loretta Bell

Saving Sarah Cain

62

as Miriam Esh

Kiss the Bride

40

as Barbara Davis

Karla

23

as Molly Czehowicz

Loggerheads

60

as Elizabeth

Criminal Minds

63

TV show · as Dinah Troy

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Pam Nelson

Ghost Whisperer

50

TV show · as Ellen Wilkins

One Tree Hill

60

TV show · as May Scott

The In Crowd

28

as Dr. Amanda Giles

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

68

TV show · as Julia Barrett

1990s

25 titles · average score 57

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Mrs. Hallander

Dirty Laundry

as Beth Greene

A Child's Wish

65

as Joanna Chandler

A Stranger to Love

61

as Linda Grant

The Road to Galveston

as Julia Archer

Death in Small Doses

50

as Jerri Sims

Christy

63

TV show · as Fairlight Spencer

My New Gun

44

as Kimmy Hayes

In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion

50

as Vickie Singer

Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

63

as Verna Heath

The Man in the Moon

77

as Abigail Trant

Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?

55

as Sara Lee

1980s

23 titles · average score 59

Criminal Law

38

as Detective Stillwell

Unconquered

as Mrs. Mary Flowers

Her Alibi

31

as Sally Blackwood

Far North

33

as Rita

Little Girl Lost

73

as Clara Brady

Daddy

64

as Ann Burnette

Ishtar

46

as Willa

A Summer to Remember

74

as Jeannie Wyler

Celebrity

71

TV show · as Susan French

Amityville 3-D

31

as Nancy Baxter

Tender Mercies

77

as Rosa Lee

Chiefs

80

TV show · as Carrie Lee