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Mel Harris (Mary Ellen Harris) (born July 12, 1956) is an American actress. Harris was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the daughter to Mary Michael "Mike", a high school science teacher, and Warren Harris, a university football coach. Harris graduated from New Brunswick High School in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1974. Harris has been married five times: to David Silbergeld (1978–79), Brian Kilcommons (1980–82), photographer David Hume Kennerly (1983–88) (with whom she had son Byron in 1984), actor Cotter Smith (1988–96) (with whom she had daughter Madeline in April 1990) and... MORE

Mel Harris (Mary Ellen Harris) (born July 12, 1956) is an American actress. Harris was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the daughter to Mary Michael "Mike", a high school science teacher, and Warren Harris, a university football coach. Harris graduated from New Brunswick High School in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1974. Harris has been married five times: to David Silbergeld (1978–79), Brian Kilcommons (1980–82), photographer David Hume Kennerly (1983–88) (with whom she had son Byron in 1984), actor Cotter Smith (1988–96) (with whom she had daughter Madeline in April 1990) and investment banker Michael Toomey. Harris and Toomey were married May 26, 2001, but he filed for divorce on October 3, 2006. Harris is perhaps best known for her role as Hope Murdoch Steadman on the popular 1980s television show thirtysomething (1987–1991). In 1989, Harper's Bazaar named her one of "America's 10 Most Beautiful Women". She also had a starring role in the 1988 horror film Cameron's Closet. From 1996 to 1998, she starred with Jere Burns on the NBC sitcom Something So Right. In addition, Harris has appeared in a number of other television programs including The West Wing, Murder, She Wrote: South LESS