Theresa Harris
Actor
Born December 31, 1906 in Houston, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography
The Gift of Love
Dora - Sam's Wife (uncredited)
How to Marry a Millionaire
Irene
Spoilers of the Forest
Nancy the Maid
Back from Eternity
Mamie (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Maid
The French Line
Clare (uncredited)
Letter to Loretta
Lulu
Small Town Girl
Backstage Maid
Angel Face
Nurse Theresa (uncredited)
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Terese
Grounds for Marriage
Stella, Ina's Maid
The Company She Keeps
Lilly Johnson (uncredited)
And Baby Makes Three
Maid
Tension
Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
The File on Thelma Jordon
Esther
Neptune's Daughter
Matilda (uncredited)
Alias Nick Beal
Opal
The Velvet Touch
Nancy
The Big Clock
Daisy (uncredited)
The Lady from Shanghai
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Out of the Past
Eunice Leonard (uncredited)
The Trespasser
Julia, the maid
Miracle on 34th Street
Cleo (uncredited)
Miss Susie Slagle's
Maid (uncredited)
Smooth as Silk
Louise (Maid)
Swingtime Jamboree
Herself
Strange Illusion
Maid (uncredited)
I Walked with a Zombie
Alma
Cat People
Minnie (uncredited)
The Outskirts of Town
Wife
Tough as They Come
Bessie Mae
Sing Your Worries Away
Hat Check Girl
Our Wife
Hattie
Blossoms in the Dust
Cleo
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Mother Listening to Hurdy-gurdy (uncredited)
The Flame of New Orleans
Clémentine
Love Thy Neighbor
Josephine
Santa Fe Trail
Maid (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
Josephine
City of Chance
Beulah - Powder Room Attendant
One Hour to Live
High Yaller girl
The Women
Olive (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
Ruby
The Toy Wife
'Pick'
Jezebel
Zette
Big Town Girl
Maid
Bargain with Bullets
Grace Foster
The Lady Escapes
Maid (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Athlete
The Green Pastures
Angel (uncredited)
Go Into Your Dance
Dressing Room Maid
Desirable
Ladies Room Maid at Party
Black Moon
Sacrificed Girl (uncredited)
Finishing School
Evelyn (uncredited)
Success at Any Price
Marie
The Worst Woman in Paris?
Lily - the Maid
Blood Money
Jessica (uncredited)
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Joan's Maid
Penthouse
Lili (uncredited)
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Andrews' Maid Alice (uncredited)
Baby Face
Chico
Hold Your Man
Lily Mae Crippen (uncredited)
Private Detective 62
Janet's Maid (Uncredited)
Professional Sweetheart
Vera (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933
Black Woman in "Pettin' in the Park" Number (uncredited)
42nd Street
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Grand Slam
Ladies' Room Attendant (uncredited)
The Half-Naked Truth
Emily (uncredited)
The Sport Parade
Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Night After Night
Ladies' Room Attendant (uncredited)
Faithless
Amanda
Free Wheeling
Maid (uncredited)
Horse Feathers
Laura (uncredited)
Week Ends Only
Chloe (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
Powder Room Attendant (uncredited)
Union Depot
Black Woman (uncredited)
Arrowsmith
Native Mother (uncredited)
The Road to Reno
Maid at Dude Ranch
Morocco
Camp Follower (uncredited)
Someday Sweetheart
Tessie Maize (Self)
Thunderbolt
Singer