Lisa Jane Persky
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1955-05-05 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Lisa Jane Persky
Biography
Lisa Jane Persky (born May 5, 1955) is an American actress.
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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Known For
Acting
(2013)
I Am Divine
as Self
(2006)
Grilled
as Sally Wilson
(2002)
The Dogwalker
as Allison
(2001)
My First Mister
as Sheila
(2001)
An American Rhapsody
as Pattie
(2000)
Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back
as Wilma Aday
(1999)
Goosed
as The Psychic
(1999)
Tumbleweeds
as Diner Waitress
(1998)
(1998)
Perfect Assassins
as Janice Franklin
(1997)
Female Perversions
as Margot
(1995)
Destiny Turns on the Radio
as Katrina
(1994)
Pontiac Moon
as Alicia Frank
(1994)
Dead Funny
as Sarah
(1993)
Coneheads
as Lisa Farber
(1990)
The Last of the Finest
as Harriet Gross
(1990)
Vital Signs
as Bobby
(1989)
When Harry Met Sally...
as Alice
(1989)
Great Balls of Fire!
as Babe
(1988)
(1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Delores Dodge
(1986)
The Big Easy
as McCabe
(1986)
Crime Story: Pilot
as Joanne Goldman
(1985)
The Sure Thing
as Mary Ann Webster
(1984)
The Cotton Club
as Frances Flegenheimer
(1984)
Shattered Vows
as Cathy
(1983)
Breathless
as Salesgirl
(1983)
Desperate Intruder
as Linda
(1981)
American Pop
as Bella (voice)
(1981)
The Choice
as Emmy Soames
(1979)
The Great Santini
as Mary Anne Meechum
(1978)
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
as Dirty Dee
(1976)
Elaine: A Story of Lost Love
as Felicie