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Jessica Harper is a singer, television actor and film actor, born on October 10, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Jessica Harper is 77 years old as of 2026. Education on record includes Sarah Lawrence College.
My Take
Jessica Harper is one of those actresses who burned herself into cinema history with a single performance and somehow never got the mainstream credit she deserved. Her turn as Suzy Bannion in Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977) is the stuff of legend — wide-eyed, fragile, and utterly mesmerizing against that insane color palette and Goblin score. But she was already showing real range before that, starring in Brian De Palma's deliriously weird Phantom of the Paradise in 1974, where she got to actually sing and proved she had genuine chops. Woody Allen cast her in Love and Death, and she held her own in My Favorite Year alongside Peter O'Toole. She's a Sarah Lawrence grad who clearly picked projects with taste rather than just chasing fame, and that curatorial instinct is exactly why her filmography still holds up decades later.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jessica Harper
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェシカ・ハーパー
- Reading
- じぇしか・はーぱー
- Born
- October 10, 1949 (age 77)
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Occupation
- actor / singer / television actor / film actor / writer
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Ox
2. Background
- University
- Sarah Lawrence College
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.jessicaharper.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jessicaharperama/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica%20Harper
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B7%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469866
4. About this entry
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- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Jessica Harper born?
Jessica Harper was born on October 10, 1949 and is 77 years old.
Where is Jessica Harper from?
Jessica Harper is from Chicago, Illinois, United States.
What does Jessica Harper do?
Jessica Harper works as actor, singer, television actor, film actor, writer.
Where did Jessica Harper study?
Jessica Harper attended Sarah Lawrence College.
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