Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.ROSEMARY HARRIS has worked in marketing for Crown Publishers and American Express Travel Related Services and as a producer for Disney/ABC and WNET. She lives in New York City and Connecticut.Series:* Dirty Business Mystery
Nominated for Tony Award (Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play) for Waiting in the Wings. The award was won by her daughter Jennifer Ehle.
Her real-life daughter, Jennifer Ehle , played the younger version of her character Valerie in the film Sunshine . She also played the part of young Calypso in "The Camomile Lawn" , with her mother taking the role of the older Calypso.
Lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Graduated from RADA.
An Associate Member of RADA.
Won Broadways 1966 Tony Award as Best Actress for originating the part of Eleanor of Aquitaine in "The Lion in Winter." Subsequently, she has been nominated for eight other Tony Awards: as Best Actress in 1972 for Harold Pinter s "Old Times" and as Best Actress (Play) in 1976 for a revival of "The Royal Family of Broadway, in 1984 for George Bernard Shaw s "Heartbreak House," in 1985 for "Pack of Lies," in 1986 for a revival of Nol Coward s "Hay Fever," in 1996 for a revival of Edward Albee s "A Delicate Balance," in 2000 for "Waiting in the Wings," and in 2010 for "The Royal Family." Her Tony nominations three years in a row (1984-1986) are an accomplishment no other actor or actress can claim.
Has been nominated for 2 Drama Desk Awards: 1984 Outstanding Actress (Play) for Heartbreak House; and 1996 Outstanding Actress (Play) for A Delicate Balance.
Has won 4 Drama Desk Awards: 1972 Outstanding Performance for Old Times; 1973 Outstanding Performance for A Streetcar Named Desire and The Merchant of Venice; 1976 Outstanding Actress (Play) for The Royal Family; and 1985 Outstanding Actress (Play) for Pack of Lies.
Although she originated the role of Eleanor in "The Lion in Winter" on Broadway, and won a Tony Award for her performance, the Hollywood producers thought her not famous enough, and cast Katharine Hepburn in the role for the film version. Hepburn went on to win an Oscar for her performance.
Shares two roles with Sally Field , They have both played MLynn in Steel Magnolias and Aunt May Parker in a Spider-Man film.
Both she and her Before the Devil Knows Youre Dead co-star Marisa Tomei have played May Parker, the aunt of Peter Parker / Spider-Man, in films based on Marvel Comics: Harris in Spider-Man , Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 and Tomei in Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming .
