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Julia Ann Harris was an American actress. Renowned for her classical and contemporary stage work, she received five Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play.
Birth Name
Julia Anne Harris
Born
Wednesday, 02 December 1925
Died
Saturday, 24 August 2013
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Chuck | Grace Miller in Requiem for a Heavyweight | 2017 |
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Eleanor 'Nell' Lance | 2010 |
| The Lightkeepers | Mrs. Deacon | 2009 |
| The Golden Boys | Melodeon Player | 2008 |
| The Way Back Home | Jo McMillen | 2006 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Honoree | 2005 |
| James Dean: Forever Young | Self | 2005 |
| Character Studies | Self | 2005 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Chuck | Grace Miller in Requiem for a Heavyweight | 2017 |
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Eleanor 'Nell' Lance | 2010 |
| The Lightkeepers | Mrs. Deacon | 2009 |
| The Golden Boys | Melodeon Player | 2008 |
| The Way Back Home | Jo McMillen | 2006 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Honoree | 2005 |
| James Dean: Forever Young | Self | 2005 |
| Character Studies | Self | 2005 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 |
| The 56th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient | 2002 |
| Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony | Susan B. Anthony | 1999 |
| Independent Lens | Self | 1999 |
| The First of May | Carlotta | 1999 |
| Love Is Strange | Sylvia McClain | 1999 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | (voice) | 1998 |
| Bad Manners | Professor Harper | 1998 |
| Passage to Paradise | Martha McGraw | 1998 |
| James Dean: A Portrait | Self | 1998 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| Ellen Foster | Leonora Nelson | 1997 |
| Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough | Self | 1997 |
| The Christmas Tree | Sister Anthony | 1996 |
| Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life | Narrator | 1996 |
| Little Surprises | Ethel | 1996 |
| The West | Self | 1996 |
| Carried Away | Joseph's Mother | 1996 |
| Secrets | Caroline Phelan | 1995 |
| The Outer Limits | Hera | 1995 |
| James Dean and Me | Herself | 1995 |
| One Christmas | Sook | 1994 |
| Scarlett | Eleanor Butler | 1994 |
| Baseball | Various | 1994 |
| The 47th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1993 |
| The Dark Half | 1993 | |
| They've Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping | Odessa Ray | 1993 |
| HouseSitter | Edna Davis | 1992 |
| The 45th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1991 |
| The Civil War | Mary Chestnut | 1990 |
| Anthony Quinn: An Original | Self | 1990 |
| Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | (archive footage) | 1990 |
| The Congress | (voice) | 1989 |
| Isadora Duncan: Movement from the Soul | Isadora Duncan | 1989 |
| The Christmas Wife | Iris | 1988 |
| Too Good to Be True | Margaret Berent | 1988 |
| Gorillas in the Mist | Roz Carr | 1988 |
| The Woman He Loved | Alice | 1988 |
| Forever James Dean | Herself / Self | 1988 |
| The Voyage of Odysseus | 1987 | |
| Nutcracker | Clara's Voice | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 1986 |
| Annihilator | Girl | 1986 |
| Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985 |
| Family Ties | Margaret | 1982 |
| Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982 |
| Brooklyn Bridge | Emily Roebling / Emily Roebling (voice) | 1981 |
| The 35th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1981 |
| Knots Landing | Lilimae Clements | 1979 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Bixby | 1979 |
| The Bell Jar | Mrs. Greenwood | 1979 |
| Backstairs at the White House | Mrs. Helen 'Nellie' Taft / Helen 'Nellie' Taft | 1979 |
| The 32nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1978 |
| The Love Boat | Irene Culver | 1977 |
| Voyage of the Damned | Alice Fienchild | 1976 |
| America at the Movies | Self | 1976 |
| The Last of Mrs. Lincoln | Mary Todd Lincoln | 1976 |
| The Belle of Amherst | Emily Dickinson | 1976 |
| Match Game PM | Self - Panelist | 1975 |
| The Family Holvak | Elizabeth Holvak | 1975 |
| The Hiding Place | Betsie ten Boom | 1975 |
| The Evil Touch | Aunt Carrie, Jenny | 1973 |
| Match Game 73 | Herself - Panelist | 1973 |
| Thicker Than Water | Nellie Paine | 1973 |
| Hawkins | Janet Hubbard | 1973 |
| Home for the Holidays | Elizabeth Hall Morgan | 1972 |
| Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones | Charity Jones | 1971 |
| Columbo | Karen Fielding | 1971 |
| How Awful About Allan | Katherine | 1970 |
| The People Next Door | Gerrie Mason | 1970 |
| House on Greenapple Road | Leona Miller | 1970 |
| The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Helen | 1969 |
| The Split | Gladys | 1968 |
| Journey to the Unknown | Leona Gillings | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Ruth 'Doc' Harmon, Verna Ward | 1968 |
| Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army | Charity Jones | 1968 |
| Reflections in a Golden Eye | Alison Langdon | 1967 |
| Garrison's Gorillas | Therese Donet | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self - Guest | 1967 |
| You're a Big Boy Now | Miss Thing / Miss Nora Thing | 1966 |
| Tarzan | Charity Jones | 1966 |
| Harper | Betty Fraley | 1966 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Laredo | Annamay | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Jennie Hall | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Lucrece Lawrence | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Faith | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Lucy Bram | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Isobel Cain / Vicky Cain | 1963 |
| The Haunting | Eleanor Lance / Eleanor 'Nell' Lance | 1963 |
| Requiem for a Heavyweight | Grace Miller | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Jenny | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress | 1961 |
| The Power and the Glory | Maria (Priest's Mistress) | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| A Doll's House | Nora Helmer / Nora | 1959 |
| Sunday Showcase | Francesca | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Sarah Carter | 1959 |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Hostess | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Emma Teall | 1959 |
| The Poacher's Daughter | Sally Hamil | 1958 |
| The Kraft Music Hall | Self | 1958 |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | Mattie Silver, Julia / Mattie Silver | 1957 |
| The Truth About Women | Helen Cooper | 1957 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| I Am a Camera | Sally Bowles | 1955 |
| East of Eden | Abra / Abra Bacon | 1955 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Shevawn | 1953 |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| The Member of the Wedding | Frankie Addams / Frances 'Frankie' Addams | 1952 |
| Goodyear Playhouse | 1951 | |
| Starlight Theatre | Bernice | 1950 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Guest, Herself - Guest, Herself - in audience, Self | 1948 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Voice-Over Performance | Won |
| 1998 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 1988 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
| 1982 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1977 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special | Nominated |
| 1960 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress (Lead or Support) | Nominated |
| 1956 | Emmy | Best Actress - Single Performance | Nominated |
| 1953 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
