Lisa Jane Persky
32 movies · 17 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 5, 1955 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Lisa Persky
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.
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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.
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Known for
Lisa Jane Persky: movies and TV shows
Acting (49)
- 2006 Grilled
as Sally Wilson
- 2005
- 2005
- 2002 The Dogwalker
as Allison
- 2001 My First Mister
as Sheila
- 2001 An American Rhapsody
as Pattie
- 2001
- 2000 Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back
as Wilma Aday
- 1999 Tumbleweeds
as Diner Waitress
- 1999 Goosed
as The Psychic
- 1998 Perfect Assassins
as Janice Franklin
- 1998
- 1997
- 1997
- 1996 Female Perversions
as Margot
- 1995 Destiny Turns on the Radio
as Katrina
- 1994 Pontiac Moon
as Alicia Frank
- 1994
- 1994 Dead Funny
as Sarah
- 1993
- 1993 Coneheads
as Lisa Farber
- 1991
- 1990 Vital Signs
as Bobby
- 1990 The Last of the Finest
as Harriet Gross
- 1990
- 1989 When Harry Met Sally...
as Alice
- 1989 Great Balls of Fire!
as Babe
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986 The Big Easy
as McCabe
- 1986 Peggy Sue Got Married
as Delores Dodge
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986 Crime Story: Pilot
as Joanne Goldman
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 The Sure Thing
as Mary Ann Webster
- 1984 The Cotton Club
as Frances Flegenheimer
- 1984 Shattered Vows
as Cathy
- 1983 Desperate Intruder
as Linda
- 1983 Breathless
as Salesgirl
- 1981 American Pop
as Bella (voice)
- 1981 The Choice
as Emmy Soames
- 1979 The Great Santini
as Mary Anne Meechum
- 1978 KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
as Dirty Dee
- 1977
- 1976 Elaine: A Story of Lost Love
as Felicie
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2014
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode