About
Theresa Harris (December 31, 1906 [some sources indicate 1909] – October 8, 1985) was an American film and television actress, singer and dancer. In 1929 Harris traveled to Hollywood, where she embarked on an acting career. She made her film debut in Thunderbolt, singing the song "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home". As she entered the 1930s she found herself playing maids to fictitious Southern belles, socialites and female molls. These parts were sometimes uncredited. She also floated around studios doing bit parts, usually at Warner Bros. or MGM. Aside from maids, she specialized in playing blues singers, waitresses, tribal women, prostitutes, and hatcheck girls. Harris had a featured role as a friend of Jean Harlow in MGM's Hold Your Man (1932). In 1933 she appeared as Chico in the Warner Bros. pre-Code production of Baby Face, starring Barbara Stanwyck. That same year Harris...
Known for
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
Miracle on 34th StreetMovie • 1947
Out of the PastMovie • 1947
Cat PeopleMovie • 1942
The Lady from ShanghaiMovie • 1947
JezebelMovie • 1938
MoroccoMovie • 1930
42nd StreetMovie • 1933
Gold Diggers of 1933Movie • 1933
Angel FaceMovie • 1953
Santa Fe TrailMovie • 1940
Neptune's DaughterMovie • 1949
The WomenMovie • 1939
The File on Thelma JordonMovie • 1949
Here Comes Mr. JordanMovie • 1941
Baby FaceMovie • 1933
TensionMovie • 1949
I Walked with a ZombieMovie • 1943
Charlie Chan at the OlympicsMovie • 1937
Blossoms in the DustMovie • 1941
The Big ClockMovie • 1948
The Velvet TouchMovie • 1948
Horse FeathersMovie • 1932