Tess Harper

Known for: Acting

Born: 1950-08-15 (age 75)

From: Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, USA

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

Filmography (98)

MOVIE★ 3.7
Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story
2023
as Tess
MOVIE★ 4.5
American Outlaws
2023
as Loretta Hillhouse
MOVIE★ 5.0
Good Side of Bad
2023
as Mary Ellen
MOVIE★ 2.0
Rosebud Lane
2023
as Sugar
MOVIE★ 4.2
The Evening Hour
2021
as Dorothy Freeman
MOVIE
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page
2020
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.1
The Long Shadow
2020
as Mama Doris
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
as Mrs. Pinkman
MOVIE★ 6.1
Burden
2018
as Hazel
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Perfect Guy
2015
as Mrs. McCarthy
MOVIE★ 1.0
Boys On Film 13: Trick & Treat
2015
as Linda (segment "Surprise")
MOVIE★ 4.0
Surprise
2015
as Linda
TV★ 7.8
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Sheila Miller
MOVIE★ 6.8
Frank
2014
as Frank's Mom
MOVIE★ 5.2
Sunlight Jr.
2013
as Kathleen
MOVIE★ 5.2
Straight A's
2013
as Mother
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Christmas Heart
2012
as Elizabeth
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Christmas Wish
2011
as Trudy Willis
TV★ 7.6
Revenge
2011
as Carole Lyn Miller
MOVIE★ 3.8
Fatal Secrets
2009
as Naomi
TV★ 5.1
Crash
2008
as Wendy Olinville
TV★ 7.1
In Plain Sight
2008
as A.U.S.A. Rolly
TV★ 8.9
Breaking Bad
2008
as Mrs. Pinkman
MOVIE★ 8.0
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Loretta Bell
MOVIE★ 5.6
Broken
2007
as Clare
TV★ 7.5
Private Practice
2007
as Augusta King
MOVIE★ 5.2
Saving Sarah Cain
2007
as Miriam Esh
MOVIE★ 5.0
Kiss the Bride
2007
as Barbara Davis
MOVIE★ 1.0
Judy's Got a Gun
2007
as Susan Lemen
TV★ 7.1
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Beth Ridge
MOVIE★ 7.4
Broken Bridges
2006
as Dixie Rose Delton
MOVIE★ 4.8
Jam
2006
as Ruby
MOVIE★ 5.4
Karla
2006
as Molly Czehowicz
MOVIE★ 4.4
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006
as Liz O`Callahan
MOVIE★ 5.9
Loggerheads
2005
as Elizabeth
TV★ 8.1
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Ellen Wilkins
TV★ 8.3
Criminal Minds
2005
as Dinah Troy
TV★ 8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Pam Nelson
MOVIE★ 4.9
Angel in the Family
2004
as Mrs. Nelly Tomkins
MOVIE★ 10.0
Lonely Place
2004
TV★ 7.3
Jack & Bobby
2004
TV★ 7.8
Cold Case
2003
as Sharon Lertola (2009)
TV★ 7.8
One Tree Hill
2003
as May Scott
TV★ 7.2
Without a Trace
2002
as Patricia Spade
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Rising Place
2001
as Rebecca Hodge
TV★ 7.1
The Division
2001
as Polly Danko
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Julia Barrett
MOVIE★ 4.6
The In Crowd
2000
as Dr. Amanda Giles
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Mrs. Hallander
TV★ 7.5
Judging Amy
1999
as Barbara Nissman
MOVIE★ 7.0
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
1999
as Narrator / Older Laura Ingalls Wilder
MOVIE
Dirty Laundry
1998
as Beth Greene
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Jackal
1997
as The First Lady
TV★ 7.2
Cracker
1997
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Child's Wish
1997
as Joanna Chandler
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Killing Secret
1997
as Tina Decapprio
TV★ 7.4
Early Edition
1996
as Lois Hobson
MOVIE★ 5.7
A Stranger to Love
1996
as Linda Grant
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Road to Galveston
1996
as Julia Archer
MOVIE★ 6.5
Death in Small Doses
1995
as Jerri Sims
TV★ 7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Betsy Baxter
TV★ 8.3
Christy
1994
as Fairlight Spencer
TV★ 5.6
Grace Under Fire
1993
as Joan
MOVIE★ 8.2
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993
as Self (uncredited)
TV★ 7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Katie Malloy
MOVIE★ 6.7
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
1992
as Verna Heath
MOVIE★ 4.1
My New Gun
1992
as Kimmy Hayes
MOVIE★ 4.3
In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion
1992
as Vickie Singer
MOVIE★ 3.2
The Turning
1992
as Martha Harnish
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Man in the Moon
1991
as Abigail Trant
TV★ 6.0
The Hidden Room
1991
as Dede
MOVIE★ 6.3
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991
as Cheryl
MOVIE★ 5.8
Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1990
as Sara Lee
MOVIE★ 7.0
Incident at Dark River
1989
as Betty McFall
MOVIE★ 5.6
Criminal Law
1989
as Detective Stillwell
MOVIE★ 5.4
Her Alibi
1989
as Sally Blackwood
MOVIE★ 9.3
Unconquered
1989
as Mrs. Mary Flowers
MOVIE★ 6.5
Far North
1988
as Rita
MOVIE★ 8.0
Little Girl Lost
1988
as Clara Brady
TV★ 6.3
thirtysomething
1987
MOVIE★ 4.6
Ishtar
1987
as Willa
MOVIE★ 7.2
Daddy
1987
as Ann Burnette
MOVIE★ 6.1
Crimes of the Heart
1986
as Chick Boyle
TV★ 7.1
L.A. Law
1986
as Patricia Pittman
MOVIE★ 7.5
Promises to Keep
1985
as Gwen Palmer
TV★ 7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Quarantine")
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Summer to Remember
1985
as Jeannie Wyler
MOVIE★ 8.0
Reckless Disregard
1985
as Meredith Craig
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Irene Rutledge
MOVIE★ 6.2
Flashpoint
1984
as Ellen
TV★ 6.7
Celebrity
1984
as Susan French
MOVIE★ 6.9
Silkwood
1983
as Linda Dawson
MOVIE★ 4.6
Amityville 3-D
1983
as Nancy Baxter
TV★ 7.9
Chiefs
1983
as Carrie Lee
MOVIE★ 6.8
Tender Mercies
1983
as Rosa Lee
MOVIE★ 5.0
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
1983
as Janet Briggs
MOVIE★ 6.5
Kentucky Woman
1983