Lisa Jane Persky

Lisa Jane Persky

Known for
Acting
Born
May 5, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Lisa Jane Persky (born May 5, 1955) is an American actress. Persky was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Jane Holley (née Wilson) and Mort Persky. She grew up in New York's Greenwich Village and attended the High School of Art and Design. She debuted as Robert Duvall's daughter in The Great Santini and went on to act in such movies as American Pop, The Big Easy, When Harry Met Sally..., Coneheads, KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park, and Peggy Sue Got Married. She wrote for New York Rocker magazine in the 1970s and dated former Blondie bass player Gary Valentine Lachman. On January 19, 2008, she married music historian and former co-star of the Comedy Central game show Beat the Geeks Andy Zax. In 2009 and 2010, Persky began making appearances on The Best Show on WFMU radio program, as both as a regular caller and as an in-studio special guest. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lisa Jane Persky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

2014
I Am Divine poster

I Am Divine

Movie · as Self

2006
Grilled poster

Grilled

Movie · as Sally Wilson

2005
Invasion poster

Invasion

TV · as Disheveled Woman · 1 ep

2005
Twins poster

Twins

TV · as Marcy · 1 ep

2002
The Dogwalker poster

The Dogwalker

Movie · as Allison

2001
An American Rhapsody poster

An American Rhapsody

Movie · as Pattie

2001
My First Mister poster

My First Mister

Movie · as Sheila

2001
The Division poster

The Division

TV · as Ann Fenwick · 1 ep

2000
Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back poster

Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back

Movie · as Wilma Aday

1999
Goosed poster

Goosed

Movie · as The Psychic

1999
Tumbleweeds poster

Tumbleweeds

Movie · as Diner Waitress

1998
Perfect Assassins poster

Perfect Assassins

Movie · as Janice Franklin

1998
Where's Marlowe? poster

Where's Marlowe?

Movie

1997
King of the Hill poster

King of the Hill

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Karen Garvey · 1 ep

1996
Female Perversions poster

Female Perversions

Movie · as Margot

1995
Destiny Turns on the Radio poster

Destiny Turns on the Radio

Movie · as Katrina

1994
Dead Funny poster

Dead Funny

Movie · as Sarah

1994
Pontiac Moon poster

Pontiac Moon

Movie · as Alicia Frank

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Stasi Reynolds, Alison Spears · 1 ep

1993
Coneheads poster

Coneheads

Movie · as Lisa Farber

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Laura Weinsider · 1 ep

1991
The Antagonists poster

The Antagonists

TV · as Joanie Rutledge · 9 eps

1990
Vital Signs poster

Vital Signs

Movie · as Bobby

1990
The Last of the Finest poster

The Last of the Finest

Movie · as Harriet Gross

1990
Grand poster

Grand

TV · as Jenny Seaton · 1 ep

1989
When Harry Met Sally... poster

When Harry Met Sally...

Movie · as Alice

1989
Great Balls of Fire! poster

Great Balls of Fire!

Movie · as Babe

1989
Quantum Leap poster

Quantum Leap

TV · as Marion Keisker · 1 ep

1988
Sharing Richard poster

Sharing Richard

Movie

1987
Private Eye poster

Private Eye

TV · 12 eps

1986
The Big Easy poster

The Big Easy

Movie · as McCabe

1986
Peggy Sue Got Married poster

Peggy Sue Got Married

Movie · as Delores Dodge

1986
Crime Story: Pilot poster

Crime Story: Pilot

Movie · as Joanne Goldman

1986
Crime Story poster

Crime Story

TV · as Joanne Goldman · 2 eps

1986
Designing Women poster

Designing Women

TV · 1 ep

1985
The Sure Thing poster

The Sure Thing

Movie · as Mary Ann Webster

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as (segment "The Once and Future King") · 1 ep

1985
Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories

TV · as Shirley Crater · 1 ep

1985
The Golden Girls poster

The Golden Girls

TV · as Kate · 1 ep

1984
Shattered Vows poster

Shattered Vows

Movie · as Cathy

1984
The Cotton Club poster

The Cotton Club

Movie · as Frances Flegenheimer

1983
Breathless poster

Breathless

Movie · as Salesgirl

1983
Desperate Intruder poster

Desperate Intruder

Movie · as Linda

1981
American Pop poster

American Pop

Movie · as Bella (voice)

1981
The Choice poster

The Choice

Movie · as Emmy Soames

1979
The Great Santini poster

The Great Santini

Movie · as Mary Anne Meechum

1978
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park poster

KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park

Movie · as Dirty Dee

1977
The Fitzpatricks poster

The Fitzpatricks

TV · 1 ep

1976
Elaine: A Story of Lost Love poster

Elaine: A Story of Lost Love

Movie · as Felicie

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep