Background
Harris, Rosalind Claire was born on December 22, 1946 in White Plains, New York, United States. Daughter of Paul Milton and Leah (Glasser) Harris.
Harris, Rosalind Claire was born on December 22, 1946 in White Plains, New York, United States. Daughter of Paul Milton and Leah (Glasser) Harris.
Student, Ithaca College, 1964-1965.
She also starred as Tzeitel on Broadway, having replaced Bette Midler. Nearly twenty years after the film, Harris played mother Golde in a touring stage revival of the same musical. Harris also had an extensive theatre career, having performed in leading roles in many musicals in Office Broadway, regional theater and stock.
In 1991, she was nominated for a Mac Award for her work in the cabaret show, “Hollywood Opera", at Don’t Tell Mamas, in New York City, written by and also starring Barry Keating.
She appeared as Fanny Brice in the 1984 film The Cotton Club, with Richard Gere and Diane Lane, and with Woody Allen in Zelig. After co-starring in 1996 opposite Angela Lansbury in the Hallmark Hall of Fame, made-for-television movie, Mistress
Santa Claus, Harris took time off to create her own vintage and estate jewelry business, “Rosalind’s - As You Liked lieutenant”. She garnered excellent reviews in a comeback performance in 2012 as Sadie, in the new musical “MisSpelled” at the Cherry Lane Theatre, and recently performed at Town Hall in New York City, as part of the 50th Anniversary Gala of “Fiddler on the Roof”, with Sheldon Harnick, Andrea Martin, Chita Rivera and Chaim Topol.
Member AEA, SAF, American Federation of television and Radio Artists.