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Rosemary Harris
Suffolk, England, UK
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…
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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.
Filmography
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- 2025
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2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2021
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2020
The Undoing
TV show Janet Fraser
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2019
How Holocaust came to Television
Movie Self
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2016
Search Party
TV show Beatrice
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2015
The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
Movie Older Agathe von Trapp
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2012
This Means War
Movie Nana Foster
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2010
Radio Free Albemuth
Movie VALIS (voice)
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2009
The Fall
Movie a reporter
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2009
Is Anybody There?
Movie Elsie
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2008
The Monday Before Thanksgiving
Movie Lillian Cotlo
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2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Movie Nanette Hanson
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2007
Spider-Man 3
Movie May Parker
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2007
On the Set: Spider-Man 3
Movie Self
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2004
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Movie Self
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2004
Hero in Crisis
Movie Self
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2004
Belonging
Movie May Copplestone
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2004
Being Julia
Movie Julia's Mother
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2004
Spider-Man 2
Movie May Parker
- 2003
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2002
Spider-Man
Movie May Parker
- 2002
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2001
Blow Dry
Movie Daisy
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2000
The Gift
Movie Annie's Granny
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1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV show Francine Brooks
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1999
Sunshine
Movie Valerie Sors
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1999
My Life So Far
Movie Gamma MacIntosh
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1996
Hamlet
Movie Player Queen
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1996
Looking for Richard
Movie Self - Interviewee
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1996
The Little Riders
Movie Grandma Roden
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1996
Death of a Salesman
Movie Linda
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1994
A Summer Day's Dream
Movie
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1994
Tom & Viv
Movie Rose Haigh-Wood
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1992
The Camomile Lawn
TV show Calypso (older)
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1992
The Bridge
Movie Aunt Jude
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1991
Performance
TV show Margaret Dawlish
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1988
Crossing Delancey
Movie Pauline Swift
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1988
Strange Interlude
TV show Mrs. Amos Evans
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1983
The Ploughman's Lunch
Movie Ann Barrington
