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Home/People/Lisa Jane Persky
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Born
May 5, 1955
Age 70
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

33
Movies
19
TV Shows
Also Known As
Lisa Persky
IMDb Profile

Lisa Jane Persky

Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lisa Jane Persky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
I Am Divine poster

I Am Divine

as Self
2014
Grilled poster

Grilled

as Sally Wilson
2006
The Dogwalker poster

The Dogwalker

as Allison
2002
My First Mister poster

My First Mister

as Sheila
2001
An American Rhapsody poster

An American Rhapsody

as Pattie
2001
Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back poster

Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back

as Wilma Aday
2000
Tumbleweeds poster

Tumbleweeds

as Diner Waitress
1999
Goosed poster

Goosed

as The Psychic
1999
Perfect Assassins poster

Perfect Assassins

as Janice Franklin
1998
Where's Marlowe? poster

Where's Marlowe?

Cast
1998
Female Perversions poster

Female Perversions

as Margot
1996
Destiny Turns on the Radio poster

Destiny Turns on the Radio

as Katrina
1995
Pontiac Moon poster

Pontiac Moon

as Alicia Frank
1994
Dead Funny poster

Dead Funny

as Sarah
1994
Coneheads poster

Coneheads

as Lisa Farber
1993
Vital Signs poster

Vital Signs

as Bobby
1990
The Last of the Finest poster

The Last of the Finest

as Harriet Gross
1990
When Harry Met Sally... poster

When Harry Met Sally...

as Alice
1989
Great Balls of Fire! poster

Great Balls of Fire!

as Babe
1989
Sharing Richard poster

Sharing Richard

Cast
1988