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Rosemary Harris, born in 1927, is a towering figure in British theater and cinema, celebrated for her decades-long career marked by critical acclaim and versatile performances. A Tony Award winner for her portrayal of Eleanor of Aquitaine in "The Lion in Winter," Harris's accolades also include an Emmy and a Golden Globe, alongside an Academy Award nomination for "Tom & Viv." She is best known to contemporary audiences as Aunt May in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. Inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1986, Harris's impact on the performing arts is further solidified by her daughter Jennifer Ehle, a celebrated actress in her own right.
The roles that explain the career.
30 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oscar Wilde About America | Film | |
| 2012 | This Means War | Nana Foster | Film |
| 2010 | Radio Free Albemuth | VALIS (voice) | Film |
| 2009 | Is Anybody There? | Elsie | Film |
| 2009 | The Fall | a reporter | Film |
| 2008 | The Monday Before Thanksgiving | Lillian Cotlo | Film |
| 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Nanette Hanson | Film |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | May Parker | Film |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 2.1: Extended Cut | Aunt May | Film |
| 2004 | Being Julia | Julia's Mother | Film |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | May Parker | Film |
| 2004 | Belonging | May Copplestone | Film |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | Film |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | May Parker | Film |
| 2001 | Blow Dry | Daisy | Film |
| 2000 | The Gift | Annie's Granny | Film |
| 1999 | My Life So Far | Gamma MacIntosh | Film |
| 1999 | Sunshine | Valerie Sors | Film |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Self - Interviewee | Film |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Player Queen | Film |
| 1994 | Tom & Viv | Rose Haigh-Wood | Film |
| 1989 | The Delinquents | Isobel | Film |
| 1988 | Crossing Delancey | Pauline Swift | Film |
| 1983 | The Ploughman's Lunch | Ann Barrington | Film |
| 1983 | To the Lighthouse | Mrs. Ramsay | Film |
| 1978 | The Boys from Brazil | Mrs. Doring | Film |
| 1978 | Holocaust | Berta Palitz Weiss | TV |
| 1968 | A Flea in Her Ear | Gabrielle Chandebisse | Film |
| 1958 | Wuthering Heights | Catherine Earnshaw | Film |
| 1954 | Beau Brummell | Mrs. Fitzherbert | Film |
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