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Lisa Jane Persky

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Lisa Jane Persky

Born May 5, 1955 in New York City, New York, USA32 films

Lisa Jane Persky (born May 5, 1955) is an American actress.

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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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Peggy Sue Got Married poster6.1Peggy Sue Got Married1986The Cotton Club poster6.5The Cotton Club1984Coneheads poster5.5Coneheads1993The Sure Thing poster6.5The Sure Thing1985Great Balls of Fire! poster6.3Great Balls of Fire!1989American Pop poster6.9American Pop1981The Big Easy poster6.2The Big Easy1986Breathless poster5.9Breathless1983

Filmography

32 films as actor
  1. 2006GrilledSally Wilson
  2. 2002The DogwalkerAllison
  3. 2001My First MisterSheila
  4. 2001An American RhapsodyPattie
  5. 2000Meat Loaf: To Hell and BackWilma Aday
  6. 1999TumbleweedsDiner Waitress
  7. 1999GoosedThe Psychic
  8. 1998Perfect AssassinsJanice Franklin
  9. 1998Where's Marlowe?
  10. 1996Female PerversionsMargot
  11. 1995Destiny Turns on the RadioKatrina
  12. 1994Pontiac MoonAlicia Frank
  13. 1994Dead FunnySarah
  14. 1993ConeheadsLisa Farber
  15. 1990Vital SignsBobby
  16. 1990The Last of the FinestHarriet Gross
  17. 1989When Harry Met Sally...Alice
  18. 1989Great Balls of Fire!Babe
  19. 1988Sharing Richard
  20. 1986The Big EasyMcCabe
  21. 1986Peggy Sue Got MarriedDelores Dodge
  22. 1986Crime Story: PilotJoanne Goldman
  23. 1985The Sure ThingMary Ann Webster
  24. 1984The Cotton ClubFrances Flegenheimer
  25. 1984Shattered VowsCathy
  26. 1983Desperate IntruderLinda
  27. 1983BreathlessSalesgirl
  28. 1981American PopBella (voice)
  29. 1981The ChoiceEmmy Soames
  30. 1979The Great SantiniMary Anne Meechum
  31. 1978KISS Meets the Phantom of the ParkDirty Dee
  32. 1976Elaine: A Story of Lost LoveFelicie