Acting
Lisa Jane Persky
EN cinema · 33 credits
Born
5 May 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Lisa Persky
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.
Known for
Filmography
I Am Divine
as Self
Grilled
as Sally Wilson
The Dogwalker
as Allison
An American Rhapsody
as Pattie
My First Mister
as Sheila
Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back
as Wilma Aday
Goosed
as The Psychic
Tumbleweeds
as Diner Waitress
Perfect Assassins
as Janice Franklin
Female Perversions
as Margot
Destiny Turns on the Radio
as Katrina
Dead Funny
as Sarah
Pontiac Moon
as Alicia Frank
Coneheads
as Lisa Farber
Vital Signs
as Bobby
The Last of the Finest
as Harriet Gross
The Big Easy
as McCabe
Peggy Sue Got Married
as Delores Dodge
Crime Story: Pilot
as Joanne Goldman
The Sure Thing
as Mary Ann Webster
Shattered Vows
as Cathy
The Cotton Club
as Frances Flegenheimer
Breathless
as Salesgirl
Desperate Intruder
as Linda
American Pop
as Bella (voice)
The Choice
as Emmy Soames
The Great Santini
as Mary Anne Meechum
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
as Dirty Dee
