Tess Harper

Known for: Acting
Born: August 15, 1950, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, USA
Movies: 67

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

Best-Known Movies

8.0

No Country for Old Men

2007

7.1

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

2019

6.4

The Jackal

1997

6.8

Frank

2014

7.4

The Man in the Moon

1991

6.9

Silkwood

1983

5.7

The Perfect Guy

2015

4.6

Amityville 3-D

1983

4.6

Ishtar

1987

6.8

Tender Mercies

1983

Filmography

2023	Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story	Tess
2023	American Outlaws	Loretta Hillhouse
2023	Good Side of Bad	Mary Ellen
2023	Rosebud Lane	Sugar
2021	The Evening Hour	Dorothy Freeman
2020	Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page	Self
2020	The Long Shadow	Mama Doris
2019	The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie	Self
2019	El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie	Mrs. Pinkman
2018	Burden	Hazel
2015	The Perfect Guy	Mrs. McCarthy
2015	Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat	Linda (segment "Surprise")
2015	Surprise	Linda
2014	Frank	Frank's Mom
2013	Sunlight Jr.	Kathleen
2013	Straight A's	Mother
2012	The Christmas Heart	Elizabeth
2011	A Christmas Wish	Trudy Willis
2009	Fatal Secrets	Naomi
2007	No Country for Old Men	Loretta Bell
2007	Broken	Clare
2007	Saving Sarah Cain	Miriam Esh
2007	Kiss the Bride	Barbara Davis
2007	Judy's Got a Gun	Susan Lemen
2006	Broken Bridges	Dixie Rose Delton
2006	Jam	Ruby
2006	Karla	Molly Czehowicz
2006	Jesus, Mary and Joey	Liz O`Callahan
2005	Loggerheads	Elizabeth
2004	Angel in the Family	Mrs. Nelly Tomkins
2004	Lonely Place
2001	The Rising Place	Rebecca Hodge
2000	The In Crowd	Dr. Amanda Giles
1999	Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder	Narrator / Older Laura Ingalls Wilder
1998	Dirty Laundry	Beth Greene
1997	The Jackal	The First Lady
1997	A Child's Wish	Joanna Chandler
1997	The Killing Secret	Tina Decapprio
1996	A Stranger to Love	Linda Grant
1996	The Road to Galveston	Julia Archer
1995	Death in Small Doses	Jerri Sims
1993	Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films	Self (uncredited)
1992	Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story	Verna Heath
1992	My New Gun	Kimmy Hayes
1992	In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion	Vickie Singer
1992	The Turning	Martha Harnish
1991	The Man in the Moon	Abigail Trant
1991	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys	Cheryl
1990	Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?	Sara Lee
1989	Incident at Dark River	Betty McFall
1989	Criminal Law	Detective Stillwell
1989	Her Alibi	Sally Blackwood
1989	Unconquered	Mrs. Mary Flowers
1988	Far North	Rita
1988	Little Girl Lost	Clara Brady
1987	Ishtar	Willa
1987	Daddy	Ann Burnette
1986	Crimes of the Heart	Chick Boyle
1985	Promises to Keep	Gwen Palmer
1985	A Summer to Remember	Jeannie Wyler
1985	Reckless Disregard	Meredith Craig
1984	Flashpoint	Ellen
1983	Silkwood	Linda Dawson
1983	Amityville 3-D	Nancy Baxter
1983	Tender Mercies	Rosa Lee
1983	Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land	Janet Briggs
1983	Kentucky Woman

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