Danielle Harris Biography

Danielle Harris is an American actress, voice actress and film director. She is known as a “scream queen” for her roles in multiple horror films.

They include; four entries in the Halloween franchise: Halloween 4 and 5, as Jamie Lloyd of 1988–1989; and the Halloween remake and its sequel, as Annie Brackett of 2007–2009. Other such roles include Tosh in Urban Legend of 1998, Belle in Stake Land of 2010 and Marybeth Dunston in the Hatchet series of 2010–2017. She was inducted into the Fangoria Hall of Fame in 2012.

Her career began as a child actress, with various appearances on television and prominent roles in films such as Marked for Death of 1990, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead of 1991, The Last Boy Scout of 1991, Free Willy of 1993 and Daylight of 1996. She is also known for her voice work, which includes playing Debbie Thornberry for the entire run of the Nickelodeon series The Wild Thornberrys of 1998–2004, and in the related films The Wild Thornberrys Movie of 2002 and Rugrats Go Wild of 2003.

In 2013, Harris made her feature directorial debut with the horror film Among Friends, after previously directing a segment from the anthology film Prank of 2008 and a Stake Land companion short film of 2010.

Danielle Harris Age

Harris was born on June 1, 1977. She is aged 41 years as of 2018.

Danielle Harris Net Worth

The American actor and director has a net worth of $10 million.

Danielle Harris David Gross | Husband

Harris became engaged to David Gross in 2013. The couple married in a private ceremony in Holualoa, Hawaii on January 4, 2014 and had a son in 2017. Their second son was born in late 2018.

Danielle Harris Career

1985–89: Early roles and Halloween debut
At the age of seven in 1985, Harris was cast in the role of Samantha “Sammi” Garretson in the ABC soap opera One Life to Live and she stayed on the program for three years. The part she played was considered a “miracle child”, extracted as an embryo from the womb of her deceased mother and implanted in a family friend, whom her father later married.

Harris made an appearance in the series Spenser: For Hire, portraying a girl named Tara in 1987. Following her early television work, successfully auditioned for the role of Jamie Lloyd from the fourth edition of the Halloween franchise, beating out several other young actresses, Melissa Joan Hart among them. Harris celebrated her eleventh birthday on set.

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers was released in October 1988 to critical and commercial success. It grossed over $17 million worldwide, $6,831,250 in its opening weekend alone. Harris stated:

“It was fun for me. I knew we were making a movie and I knew that it was make believe. I was more worried about being a good, little actress and being able to cry and scream really good. I think everybody made such an amazing effort to make sure that I knew that it wasn’t real. In between takes we would joke around and it was just fun. It didn’t really bother me until I got to be older.”

Harris returned the following year for the sequel, titled Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, which was not as successful as its predecessor. Harris portrayed Jamie Lloyd once again, but her character was mute for the first half of Halloween 5 owing to events in the previous film.

1990s: Film, television and voice work
In 1990, Harris appeared in her third film, Marked for Death, as protagonist John Hatcher (Steven Seagal)’s niece Tracey. The action film had a $12 million budget and earned $43 million domestically and $57 million worldwide. It has a 22% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes and Entertainment Weekly gave it a letter grade of “C”. 1991 saw Harris partake in several film and television projects, including the made-for-television films Don’t Touch My Daughter, as a young girl who is kidnapped and molested and The Killing Mind, where she portrayed main character Isobel as a child.

Harris made an appearance on the sketch-oriented show In Living Color later that year. In the 1991, came her next major role was comedy film Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, as Melissa Crandell, with the story revolving around five siblings whose mother goes to Australia for two months, only to have her children’s babysitter die. She choose not to tell their mother and attempt to live on their own.

The film has a 31% approval rate on Rotten Tomatoes. In 1991, Harris had a guest role series Eerie, Indiana, portraying a character who receives a heart transplant then begins to act like the heart’s original owner. Later guest starred in an episode of Growing Pains, as Susie Maxwell. She played role of Darian Hallenbeck in the 1991 action film The Last Boy Scout, alongside Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans.

It grossed $7,923,669 in its opening weekend and the total gross was $59,509,925. Reviews were mixed, and some critics cited the Christmastime release for such a violent film as a reason for its somewhat underwhelming box office. 1992 saw Harris participate in the pilot for the potential CBS series 1775, although it was not picked up. From 1992 to 1993, Harris had the recurring role of Molly Tilden on the sitcom Roseanne, then joined Roseanne Barr again in 1993 for the television film The Woman Who Loved Elvis, this time as daughter Priscilla.

She was cast in an episode of Jack’s Place the same year, portraying a teenage runaway. Also in 1993, Harris portrayed Gwenie in the film Free Willy, which had a US gross of $7,868,829 in its opening weekend and went on to make $77,698,625 in the US and $153,698,625 worldwide. She appeared on the drama series The Commish in 1994 playing the role of Sheri Fisher for one episode.

Harris portrayed the main character’s daughter Jessica the same year in the television film Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography, based upon her former co-star Roseanne Barr. Again guest starred in the sitcom Boy Meets World, as Theresa “T.K.” Keiner.

2010–present: Further horror films and directorial debut
Harris continued to develop her “scream queen” identity with growing genre credits. Alongside Lance Henriksen, Bill Moseley, AFI’s Davey Havok and Battlestar Galactica’s Nicki Clyne she starred a in the illustrated film series Godkiller. Starting with 2010’s Hatchet II, Harris has taken over the leading role of Marybeth in the Hatchet series, after Tamara Feldman declined to reprise her character.

Further genre credits include Jim Mickle’s second feature film, the vampire/post-apocalyptic epic Stake Land, Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer, ChromeSkull, Havenhurst and Michael Biehn’s The Victim, with lead roles in Shiver, See No Evil 2, Inoperable, Camp Cold Brook and others. Additionally, she provided the voice and basis for an animated Barbara in Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn, director Zebediah de Soto’s prequel/re-telling of George A. Romero’s 1968 original.

Her directorial debut is the horror comedy Among Friends, in which she also makes an appearance. The film, which was picked up for distribution by Lionsgate, was released on August 27, 2013. Harris has had guest appearances in the television shows Psych during the 2010s (as a murder suspect), Bones (as a murder victim), as herself in Holliston and Naked Vegas.

She also returned to voice Debbie Thornberry for a saucy Robot Chicken parody of The Wild Thornberrys. In a February 2018 interview, Harris discussed an upcoming return to directing, saying “I’m just trying to put my team together and I hope that within the next year I will make it happen.”

Danielle Harris Movies

• 1988 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers as Jamie Lloyd
• 1989 Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers as Jamie Lloyd
• 1990 Marked for Death Tracey
• 1991 Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead as Melissa Crandell
• 1991 City Slickers Classroom student
• 1991 The Last Boy Scout as Darian Hallenbeck
• 1993 Free Willy as Gwenie
• 1998 Dizzyland as Lulu
• 1998 Urban Legend as Tosh Guaneri
• 1999 Goosed as Young Charlene Silver
• 2000 Poor White Trash as Suzi
• 2001 Killer Bud as Barbie
• 2005 Race You to the Bottom as Carla
• 2007 Halloween as Annie Brackett
• 2007 Left for Dead as Nancy
• 2008 Burying the Ex Olivia
• 2008 Prank Sarah Segment director
• 2009 Super Capers as Felicia Freeze
• 2009 Halloween II as Annie Brackett
• 2009 Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet
• 2009 The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond as Kathy
• 2010 Godkiller as Halfpipe
• 2010 Cyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer as Maria Sanchez
• 2010 Hatchet II as Marybeth Dunston
• 2010 Stake Land as Belle
• 2010 The Day I Told My Boyfriend as Belle
• 2013 Hatchet III as Marybeth Dunston
• 2013 Crazy Turks Action as Ruth
• 2013 Hallows’ Eve Nicole Bates
• 2014 Camp Dread as Sheriff Donlyn Eldridge
• 2014 Ghost of Goodnight as Lane Chloe
• 2017 Victor Crowley as Marybeth Dunston
• 2017 Inoperable as Amy Barrett
• 2017 To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story as Herself
• TBA Requiem as Naomi
• TBA Come, Said the Night Ranger as Stella Woodhouse
• TBA Camp Cold Brook as Angela

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