Debbie Harry filmography

Debbie Harry is an American singer and actress who first came to prominence as the lead vocalist of the rock band Blondie in the late 1970s. She subsequently began appearing in art films for Amos Poe, like The Foreigner, before having her first leading role in the neo-noir film Union City (1980). She next starred opposite James Woods in David Cronenberg's body horror film Videodrome (1983), and had a supporting role in Forever, Lulu (1987). She garnered further notice for her role as Velma Von Tussle in John Waters's satirical dance film Hairspray (1988).

Harry in 1977

In the 1990s, Harry occasionally starred in independent films, including two films directed by James Mangold, Heavy (1995) and Cop Land (1997). In the 2000s, Harry continued to appear in supporting roles in independent features, with roles in Deuces Wild, Spun (both 2002), and My Life Without Me (2003). In 2008, she appeared in a minor part in Elegy.

In addition to film, Harry has appeared in several television series, including Tales from the Darkside (1987), The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1992), the animated series Phantom 2040 (1994–1995), and Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996).

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1975	Deadly Hero	Singer	Uncredited; appears alongside Chris Stein	[1]
1976	Unmade Beds	Blondie		[1]
1978	The Foreigner	Dee Trik		[1]
1980	Union City	Lillian		[1]
	Roadie	Herself		[1]
1981	Downtown 81	Fairy godmother		[1]
1982	Wild Style	Herself	Segment: "The Party"
1983	Videodrome	Nicki Brand		[1]
1984	Rock & Rule	Angel (singing voice)		[1]
	Terror in the Aisles	Nicki Brand	Archival footage	[1]
1987	Forever, Lulu	Lulu		[1]
1988	Satisfaction	Tina		[1]
	Hairspray	Velma Von Tussle		[1]
1989	New York Stories	Girl at Blind Alley	Segment: "Life Lessons"	[1]
1990	Tales from the Darkside: The Movie	Betty	Segment: "The Wraparound Story"	[1]
	Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme	Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe	Television film	[1]
1991	The Real Story of O Christmas Tree	Anneka (voice)	Short film
	Intimate Stranger	Cory Wheeler	Television film	[1]
1993	Body Bags	The Nurse	Television film; segment: "Hair"	[1]
1994	Rakthavira	Narrator	Short film
	Dead Beat	Mrs. Kurtz		[1]
1995	Heavy	Delores		[1]
	Sandman	—N/a	Short film
1996	Drop Dead Rock	Thor Sturmundrang		[1]
1997	Cop Land	Delores the bartender
	Six Ways to Sunday	Kate Odum		[1]
	L.A. Johns	Madam "Jacq" Jacqueline	Television film	[1]
1998	Joe's Day	—N/a
1999	Zoo	Dorothy, the waitress
2000	Red Lipstick	Ezmeralda
2001	The Fluffer	Marcella		[1]
2002	Deuces Wild	Wendy		[1]
	Spun	Neighbor		[1]
	All I Want	Ma Mabley		[1]
2003	My Life Without Me	Ann's mother		[1]
	A Good Night to Die	Madison		[1]
	The Tulse Luper Suitcases Part 1: The Moab Story	Fastidieux		[1]
2005	Honey Trap	The Lawyer	Short film
	Patch	Belinda	Short film
	I Remember You Now...	Margaret	Short film	[2]
2006	Full Grown Men	Beauty		[1]
2007	Anamorph	Neighbor		[1]
2008	Elegy	Amy O'Hearn		[3]
2009	The Mystery of Claywoman	Simone	Short film
2011	Pipe Dreams	Norah	Short film
2012	Believe the Magic	Herself	Short film
2014	River of Fundament	Singing wake guest		[1]
2018	Bad Reputation	Herself	Documentary film
2019	Deborah Harry Does Not Like Interviews	Herself	Documentary film	[4]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1980	The Muppet Show	Herself	Episode: "Debbie Harry"
1981	Saturday Night Live	Host	Season 6, Episode 10
1987	Saturday Night Live	Musical Guest	Season 12, Episode 9
	Andy Warhol's 15 Minutes	Herself	Episode 4
	Crime Story	Bambi	Episode: "Top of the World"	[5]
	Tales from the Darkside	Sybil	Episode: "The Moth"
1989	Wiseguy	Diana Price	3 episodes
1991	Monsters	Dr. Moss	Episode: "Desirable Alien"
1992	The Adventures of Pete & Pete	Neighbor	Episode: "New Year's Pete"
1993	TriBeCa	Cat	Episode: "The Loft"
1994–1995	Phantom 2040	Vaingloria (voice)	10 episodes	[5]
1996	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Cassandra	Episode: "Pilot"
2002	Absolutely Fabulous	Herself	Episode: "Gay"
2015–2016	Difficult People	Kiki	2 episodes
2016	RuPaul's Drag Race	Herself (guest judge)	Episode: "New Wave Queens"	[5]
2020	High Fidelity	Herself	Episode: "What Fucking Lily Girl?"	[6]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1993	Double Switch	Elizabeth	Live action
2002	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Doris	Voice