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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 19, 1927
Place of Birth
Suffolk, England, UK
Also Known As
- رزماری هریس
Rosemary Harris
3.0 Popularity
Biography
Rosemary Harris (born September 19, 1927) is a distinguished English actress with a career spanning over seven decades. Renowned for her work in theater, film, and television, she has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe. Harris is perhaps best known to modern audiences for her portrayal of Aunt May in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). Her illustrious stage career includes a Tony Award for Best Actress for her role as Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter (1966). She has also been nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Tom & Viv (1994). Harris was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1986 and received a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2017. Born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England, Harris trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She has been celebrated for her versatility and emotive performances, making her a beloved figure in the world of performing arts. Rosemary Harris is married to the late American novelist John Ehle, who passed away in 2018. Together, they have a daughter, Jennifer Ehle, who is a celebrated actress known for her roles in Pride and Prejudice (1995) and The King's Speech (2010). Harris's family has been deeply involved in the arts, with her husband contributing significantly to Appalachian literature and her daughter excelling in film, television, and theater.
Known For
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Oscar Wilde About America
2025
7.4
Janet Fraser
The Undoing
2020
0.0
Self
How Holocaust came to Television
2019
10.0
Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
6.8
Beatrice
Search Party
2016
5.9
Older Agathe von Trapp
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
2015
6.2
Nana Foster
This Means War
2012
5.4
VALIS (voice)
Radio Free Albemuth
2010
5.5
a reporter
The Fall
2009
6.3
Elsie
Is Anybody There?
2009
Credits
Oscar Wilde About America
2025
0.0
The Undoing
as Janet Fraser
2020
7.4
How Holocaust came to Television
as Self
2019
0.0
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2017
10.0
Search Party
as Beatrice
2016
6.8
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
as Older Agathe von Trapp
2015
5.9
This Means War
as Nana Foster
2012
6.2
Radio Free Albemuth
as VALIS (voice)
2010
5.4
The Fall
as a reporter
2009
5.5
Is Anybody There?
as Elsie
2009
6.3
The Monday Before Thanksgiving
as Lillian Cotlo
2008
4.0
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Nanette Hanson
2007
7.1
Spider-Man 3
as May Parker
2007
6.4
Belonging
as May Copplestone
2004
5.6
Being Julia
as Julia's Mother
2004
6.4
Spider-Man 2
as May Parker
2004
7.3
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
7.0
Spider-Man
as May Parker
2002
7.3
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
as Self
2002
5.6
Blow Dry
as Daisy
2001
5.9
The Gift
as Annie's Granny
2000
6.5
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Francine Brooks
1999
7.9
Sunshine
as Valerie Sors
1999
6.5
My Life So Far
as Gamma MacIntosh
1999
5.6
Hamlet
as Player Queen
1996
7.3
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
1996
6.8
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The Little Riders
as Grandma Roden
1996
0.0
Death of a Salesman
as Linda
1996
6.5
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A Summer Day's Dream
1994
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Tom & Viv
as Rose Haigh-Wood
1994
6.1
The Camomile Lawn
as Calypso (older)
1992
5.5
The Bridge
as Aunt Jude
1992
3.7
Performance
as Margaret Dawlish
1991
6.0
Crossing Delancey
as Pauline Swift
1988
5.8
Strange Interlude
as Mrs. Amos Evans
1988
5.0
The Ploughman's Lunch
as Ann Barrington
1983
4.8
To the Lighthouse
as Mrs. Ramsay
1983
4.8
The Chisholms
as Minerva Chisholm
1979
6.2
The Boys from Brazil
as Mrs. Doring
1978
6.7
Holocaust
as Berta Palitz Weiss
1978
7.3
The Royal Family
as Julie Cavendish
1977
8.0
Notorious Woman
as George Sand
1974
5.0
Great Performances
as Hesione Hushabye
1971
5.8
Great Performances
as Adela Shannon
1971
5.8
A Flea in Her Ear
as Gabrielle Chandebisse
1968
6.2
🎬
CBS Playhouse
1966
7.0
Blithe Spirit
as Elvira Condomine
1966
0.0
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Mary S. McDowell
1964
5.0
Uncle Vanya
as Yelena
1963
4.0
Wuthering Heights
as Catherine Earnshaw
1958
0.0
Twelfth Night
as Viola
1957
0.0
Suspicion
as Sybil Merton
1957
5.9
DuPont Show of the Month
as Lady Edith
1957
6.8
DuPont Show of the Month
as Lucie Manette
1957
6.8
The Shiralee
as Lily Parker
1957
4.8
Othello
as Desdemona
1955
8.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Louise Rogers
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Louise Rogers / Countess Helen Mattoni
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Dorothy Whitely
1955
7.8
Beau Brummell
as Mrs. Fitzherbert
1954
6.5
Omnibus
1952
6.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Viola
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Margot Wendice
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Elvira
1951
8.6
Studio One
as Nora Marsh
1948
5.0