Rosemary Harris is a distinguished English actress with a career spanning over seven decades, honored with a Tony Award, Emmy Award, Golden Globe, and a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2017. Best known to contemporary audiences as Aunt May in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002-2007), her theater work including a Tony for The Lion in Winter (1966) defines her enduring legacy. Across her 41 films, she has appeared alongside 12,284 performers, nearly 4,000 of whom are still living today.
Filmography48 titles
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way HomeMovie | Self (archive footage) | 95 |
| 2020 | The UndoingSeries | Janet Fraser | 93 |
| 2019 | How Holocaust came to TelevisionMovie | Self | 92 |
| 2016 | Search PartySeries | Beatrice | 89 |
| 2015 | The von Trapp Family: A Life of MusicMovie | Older Agathe von Trapp | 88 |
| 2012 | This Means WarMovie | Nana Foster | 85 |
| 2010 | Radio Free AlbemuthMovie | VALIS (voice) | 83 |
| 2009 | Is Anybody There?Movie | Elsie | 82 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3Movie | May Parker | 80 |
| 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're DeadMovie | Nanette Hanson | 80 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2Movie | May Parker | 77 |
| 2004 | Being JuliaMovie | Julia's Mother | 77 |
| 2004 | BelongingMovie | May Copplestone | 77 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2: Making the AmazingMovie | Self | 77 |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereMovie | Self | 76 |
| 2002 | Spider-ManMovie | May Parker | 75 |
| 2002 | Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'Movie | Self | 75 |
| 2001 | Blow DryMovie | Daisy | 74 |
| 2000 | The GiftMovie | Annie's Granny | 73 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries | Francine Brooks | 72 |
| 1999 | SunshineMovie | Valerie Sors | 72 |
| 1999 | My Life So FarMovie | Gamma MacIntosh | 72 |
| 1996 | HamletMovie | Player Queen | 69 |
| 1996 | Looking for RichardMovie | Self - Interviewee | 69 |
| 1994 | Tom & VivMovie | Rose Haigh-Wood | 67 |
| 1992 | The Camomile LawnSeries | Calypso (older) | 65 |
| 1991 | PerformanceSeries | Margaret Dawlish | 64 |
| 1988 | Crossing DelanceyMovie | Pauline Swift | 61 |
| 1983 | The Ploughman's LunchMovie | Ann Barrington | 56 |
| 1983 | To the LighthouseMovie | Mrs. Ramsay | 56 |
| 1979 | The ChisholmsSeries | Minerva Chisholm | 52 |
| 1978 | The Boys from BrazilMovie | Mrs. Doring | 51 |
| 1978 | HolocaustSeries | Berta Palitz Weiss | 51 |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesSeries | Adela Shannon | 44 |
| 1968 | A Flea in Her EarMovie | Gabrielle Chandebisse | 41 |
| 1966 | CBS PlayhouseSeries | Charlotte Marshall | 39 |
| 1964 | Profiles in CourageSeries | Mary S. McDowell | 37 |
| 1963 | Uncle VanyaMovie | Yelena | 36 |
| 1958 | Wuthering HeightsMovie | Catherine Earnshaw | 31 |
| 1957 | SuspicionSeries | Sybil Merton | 30 |
| 1957 | The ShiraleeMovie | Lily Parker | 30 |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the MonthSeries | Lady Edith | 30 |
| 1957 | Twelfth NightMovie | Viola | 30 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries | Louise Rogers / Countess Helen Mattoni | 28 |
| 1954 | Beau BrummellMovie | Mrs. Fitzherbert | 27 |
| 1952 | OmnibusSeries | — | 25 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameSeries | Elvira | 24 |
| 1948 | Studio OneSeries | Nora Marsh | 21 |