Person
Tess Harper
Born 15 August 1950 75 years old Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, USA Who else is 75? → TMDB ↗
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).
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32age in their first credit on record (1983)
40years on screen and counting
6credits in 2007, their busiest year
96dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 73 Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
2023as Tess
Age: 73 American Outlaws
2023as Loretta Hillhouse
Age: 72 Good Side of Bad
2023as Mary Ellen
Age: 72 Rosebud Lane
2023as Sugar
Age: 70 The Evening Hour
2021as Dorothy Freeman
Age: 69 The Long Shadow
2020as Mama Doris
Age: 69 El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019as Mrs. Pinkman
Age: 67 Burden
2018as Hazel
Age: 65 The Perfect Guy
2015as Mrs. McCarthy
Age: 64 Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat
2015as Linda (segment "Surprise")
Age: 64 Surprise
2015as Linda
Age: 63 Frank
2014as Frank's Mom
Age: 62 Sunlight Jr.
2013as Kathleen
Age: 62 Straight A's
2013as Mother
Age: 62 The Christmas Heart
2012as Elizabeth
Age: 61 A Christmas Wish
2011as Trudy Willis
Age: 58 Fatal Secrets
2009as Naomi
Age: 57 No Country for Old Men
2007as Loretta Bell
Age: 57 Broken
2007as Clare
Age: 57 Saving Sarah Cain
2007as Miriam Esh
Age: 56 Kiss the Bride
2007as Barbara Davis
Age: 56 Judy's Got a Gun
2007as Susan Lemen
Age: 56 Broken Bridges
2006as Dixie Rose Delton
Age: 55 Jam
2006as Ruby
Age: 55 Karla
2006as Molly Czehowicz
Age: 55 Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006as Liz O`Callahan
Age: 55 Loggerheads
2005as Elizabeth
Age: 54 Angel in the Family
2004as Mrs. Nelly Tomkins
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Age: 54 Lonely Place
2004
Age: 50 The Rising Place
2001as Rebecca Hodge
Age: 49 The In Crowd
2000as Dr. Amanda Giles
Age: 48 Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
1999as Narrator / Older Laura Ingalls Wilder
Age: 48 Dirty Laundry
1998as Beth Greene
Age: 47 The Jackal
1997as The First Lady
Age: 46 A Child's Wish
1997as Joanna Chandler
Age: 46 The Killing Secret
1997as Tina Decapprio
Age: 45 A Stranger to Love
1996as Linda Grant
Age: 45 The Road to Galveston
1996as Julia Archer
Age: 44 Death in Small Doses
1995as Jerri Sims
Age: 42 Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
1992as Verna Heath
Age: 42 My New Gun
1992as Kimmy Hayes
Age: 41 In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion
1992as Vickie Singer
Age: 41 The Turning
1992as Martha Harnish
Age: 41 The Man in the Moon
1991as Abigail Trant
Age: 40 My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991as Cheryl
Age: 39 Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1990as Sara Lee
Age: 39 Incident at Dark River
1989as Betty McFall
Age: 38 Criminal Law
1989as Detective Stillwell
Age: 38 Her Alibi
1989as Sally Blackwood
Age: 38 Unconquered
1989as Mrs. Mary Flowers
Age: 38 Far North
1988as Rita
Age: 37 Little Girl Lost
1988as Clara Brady
Age: 36 Ishtar
1987as Willa
Age: 36 Daddy
1987as Ann Burnette
Age: 36 Crimes of the Heart
1986as Chick Boyle
Age: 35 Promises to Keep
1985as Gwen Palmer
Age: 34 A Summer to Remember
1985as Jeannie Wyler
Age: 34 Reckless Disregard
1985as Meredith Craig
Age: 33 Flashpoint
1984as Ellen
Age: 33 Silkwood
1983as Linda Dawson
Age: 33 Amityville 3-D
1983as Nancy Baxter
Age: 32 Tender Mercies
1983as Rosa Lee
Age: 32 Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
1983as Janet Briggs
Age: 32 Kentucky Woman
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TV credits
Age: 64 How to Get Away with Murder
2014as Sheila Miller
Age: 61 Revenge
2011as Carole Lyn Miller
Age: 58 Crash
2008as Wendy Olinville
Age: 57 In Plain Sight
2008as A.U.S.A. Rolly
Age: 57 Breaking Bad
2008as Mrs. Pinkman
Age: 57 Private Practice
2007as Augusta King
Age: 56 Brothers and Sisters
2006as Beth Ridge
Age: 55 Ghost Whisperer
2005as Ellen Wilkins
Age: 55 Criminal Minds
2005as Dinah Troy
Age: 54 Grey's Anatomy
2005as Pam Nelson
Age: 54 Jack & Bobby
2004 Age: 54 Jack & Bobby
2004as Karen Carmichael
Age: 53 Cold Case
2003as Sharon Lertola (2009)
Age: 53 One Tree Hill
2003as May Scott
Age: 52 Without a Trace
2002as Patricia Spade
Age: 50 The Division
2001as Polly Danko
Age: 50 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000as Julia Barrett
Age: 49 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999as Mrs. Hallander
Age: 49 Judging Amy
1999as Barbara Nissman
Age: 47 Cracker
1997
Age: 46 Early Edition
1996as Lois Hobson
Age: 44 Touched by an Angel
1994as Betsy Baxter
Age: 43 Christy
1994as Fairlight Spencer
Age: 43 Grace Under Fire
1993as Joan
Age: 42 Walker, Texas Ranger
1993as Katie Malloy
Age: 40 The Hidden Room
1991as Dede
Age: 37 thirtysomething
1987
Age: 36 L.A. Law
1986as Patricia Pittman
Age: 35 The Twilight Zone
1985as (segment "Quarantine")
Age: 34 Murder, She Wrote
1984as Irene Rutledge
Age: 33 Celebrity
1984as Susan French
Age: 33 Chiefs
1983as Carrie Lee