- Recent Role:
- Dorris on Crossing Jordan
- Gender:
- Female
- Born:
- 10-10-1949
- Birthplace:
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Harper was born in Chicago, Illinois to Eleanor (née Emery), a writer, and Paul C. Harper, Jr., a painter and the former chairman of the Needham Harper Worldwide advertising agency in New York. She attended the North Shore Country Day School and Sarah Lawrence College. Harper has a sister, Lindsay Harper duPont.Harper is married to Thomas Edgar Rothman. She is mother of two, Elizabeth and Nora, who are featured on her children's albums and books.