- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 5, 1955
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Lisa Jane Persky
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 th…
Filmography
movieI Am Divine
2014 · Self
movieGrilled
2006 · Sally Wilson
tvInvasion
2005 · Disheveled Woman
tvTwins
2005 · Marcy
movieThe Dogwalker
2002 · Allison
movieMy First Mister
2001 · Sheila
movieAn American Rhapsody
2001 · Pattie
tvThe Division
2001 · Ann Fenwick
movieMeat Loaf: To Hell and Back
2000 · Wilma Aday
movieTumbleweeds
1999 · Diner Waitress
movieGoosed
1999 · The Psychic
moviePerfect Assassins
1998 · Janice Franklin
movieWhere's Marlowe?
1998
tvThe Practice
1997 · Karen Garvey
tvKing of the Hill
1997 · (voice)
movieFemale Perversions
1996 · Margot
movieDestiny Turns on the Radio
1995 · Katrina
moviePontiac Moon
1994 · Alicia Frank
tvTouched by an Angel
1994 · Stasi Reynolds, Alison Spears
movieDead Funny
1994 · Sarah
tvThe X-Files
1993 · Laura Weinsider
movieConeheads
1993 · Lisa Farber
tvThe Antagonists
1991 · Joanie Rutledge
movieVital Signs
1990 · Bobby
movieThe Last of the Finest
1990 · Harriet Gross
tvGrand
1990 · Jenny Seaton
movieWhen Harry Met Sally...
1989 · Alice
movieGreat Balls of Fire!
1989 · Babe
tvQuantum Leap
1989 · Marion Keisker
movieSharing Richard
1988
tvPrivate Eye
1987
movieThe Big Easy
1986 · McCabe
moviePeggy Sue Got Married
1986 · Delores Dodge
tvDesigning Women
1986
tvCrime Story
1986 · Joanne Goldman
movieCrime Story: Pilot
1986 · Joanne Goldman
tvAmazing Stories
1985 · Shirley Crater
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985 · (segment "The Once and Future King")
tvThe Golden Girls
1985 · Kate
movieThe Sure Thing
1985 · Mary Ann Webster
movieThe Cotton Club
1984 · Frances Flegenheimer
movieShattered Vows
1984 · Cathy
movieDesperate Intruder
1983 · Linda
movieBreathless
1983 · Salesgirl
movieAmerican Pop
1981 · Bella (voice)
movieThe Choice
1981 · Emmy Soames
movieThe Great Santini
1979 · Mary Anne Meechum
movieKISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
1978 · Dirty Dee
tvThe Fitzpatricks
1977
movieElaine: A Story of Lost Love
1976 · Felicie
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self