Education
National Institute of Dramatic Artist University of New South Wales.
National Institute of Dramatic Artist University of New South Wales.
Born in Sydney, Australia, Harris was a student at the National Institute of Dramatic Artist She enrolled in 1961, aged 12, under the name Sandra Gleeson. She went on to perform in the successful Sydney stage production of Boeing Boeing (1964-1965).
She appeared in The Greek Tycoon (1978), Rough Cut (1980), and the James Bond film, Foreign Your Eyes Only (1981) as the Countess Lisl von Schlaf, the ill-fated mistress of Milos Colombo (played by Israeli actor Topol).
In 1987, Harris was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the same disease that claimed her own mother"s life. Harris battled the illness for four years until she died from it on 28 December 1991, aged 43.