About
Lisa Jane Persky
Overview
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
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| 2013 | I Am Divine | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
| 2006 | Grilled | Actor | Sally Wilson | 57 Average |
| 2002 | The Dogwalker | Actor | Allison | 58 Average |
| 2001 | My First Mister | Actor | Sheila | 59 Average |
| 2001 | An American Rhapsody | Actor | Pattie | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back | Actor | Wilma Aday | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Tumbleweeds | Actor | Diner Waitress | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Goosed | Actor | The Psychic | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Perfect Assassins | Actor | Janice Franklin | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Where's Marlowe? | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1997 | Female Perversions | Actor | Margot | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Destiny Turns on the Radio | Actor | Katrina | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Pontiac Moon | Actor | Alicia Frank | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Dead Funny | Actor | Sarah | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Coneheads | Actor | Lisa Farber | 55 Average |
| 1991 | The Antagonists | Actor | Joanie Rutledge | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Vital Signs | Actor | Bobby | 58 Average |
| 1990 | The Last of the Finest | Actor | Harriet Gross | 59 Average |
| 1989 | When Harry Met Sally... | Actor | Alice | 72 Good |
| 1989 | Great Balls of Fire! | Actor | Babe | 60 Fair |
| 1988 | Sharing Richard | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1987 | Private Eye | Actor | 67 Fair |
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| 1986 | The Big Easy | Actor | McCabe | 59 Average |
| 1986 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Actor | Delores Dodge | 60 Fair |
| 1986 | Crime Story: Pilot | Actor | Joanne Goldman | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | The Sure Thing | Actor | Mary Ann Webster | 61 Fair |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Actor | Frances Flegenheimer | 61 Fair |
| 1984 | Shattered Vows | Actor | Cathy | 58 Average |
| 1983 | Desperate Intruder | Actor | Linda | 58 Average |
| 1983 | Breathless | Actor | Salesgirl | 58 Average |
| 1981 | American Pop | Actor | Bella (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 1981 | The Choice | Actor | Emmy Soames | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | The Great Santini | Actor | Mary Anne Meechum | 59 Average |
| 1978 | KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park | Actor | Dirty Dee | 58 Average |
| 1976 | Elaine: A Story of Lost Love | Actor | Felicie | N/A N/A |