Birthday: August 15, 1950
Born in Arkansas and schooled in Missouri, actress Tess Harper worked hard to shed her Southern accent. Nevertheless, some of her best movies have been set in the American South. Her film breakthrough came in 1983 opposite Robert Duvall in Bruce Beresford's Tender Mercies. As compassionate Rosa Lee, she earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. After a few TV ...more- 1986
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Supporting Actress
- Crimes of the Heart
- nom
- 1983
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion P
- Tender Mercies
- nom
- 2007
- No Country for Old Men
- Loretta Bell
- 2007
- Saving Sarah Cain
- Miriam
- 2007
- Kiss the Bride
- Barbara
- 2005
- Loggerheads
- Elizabeth
- 2005
- Karla
- Molly Czehowicz















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