Lisa Jane Persky
Lisa Jane Persky | |
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| Born | May 5, 1955 |
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| Years active | 1972–present |
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| Website | lisajaneperskyphoto |
Lisa Jane Persky(born May 5, 1955) is an American actress, journalist, author, artist, and photographer. She played supporting roles in the filmsThe Great Santini(1979),Peggy Sue Got Married(1986) andWhen Harry Met Sally...(1989), and worked in the late 1970s as a writer andphotojournalistforNew York Rockermagazine.
Early life and education
[edit]After her parents' divorce, her father, Mordecai (Mort) Persky, married novelistJudith Rossner(Looking for Mr. Goodbar), and her mother, Jane Holley Persky, married classical violinist Vladimir Weisman.[1]Persky grew up in New York City'sGreenwich Villageat 87Christopher Street,a building known for notable tenants such asH.M. Koutoukas[2]andYoko Ono.[3]She attendedP.S. 41for elementary school then theHigh School of Art and Design,where she studied graphic design.[4]
Acting
[edit]Immediately after she graduated from high school, Persky's neighbor Koutoukas, a playwright, told her that he had written a play for her. He cast her, with the salary of $25 per week, as "Cordelia Wells, The World's Most Perfect Teenager" inGrandmother Is in the Strawberry Patch.[2]The play was produced atLa MaMa Experimental Theatre Club,and was the first of several collaborations between Persky and Koutoukas.[5]In 1976, she performed as Mary-Eleanor inTom Eyen'sWomen Behind Bars,directed byRon Linkand starringDivine.[6]
She has since appeared in many plays, including on Broadway inSteaming,[7]and has received critical acclaim for her stage performances in Los Angeles. She received theDrama-LogueandLA Weekly Theaterawards (for Best Actress) forMayo Simon'sThese Men,in which she starred at the Los Angeles Actors Theatre Company and forHearts on Fireat the Odyssey.[8]She also received a Drama Critics Circle award nomination (for Outstanding Performance) forThese Men.[citation needed]
Her breakout performance as a film actress came in 1979 playing the role ofRobert Duvall's daughter inThe Great Santini.She has acted in over two dozen films, includingAmerican Pop,The Cotton Club,Peggy Sue Got Married,The Big Easy,When Harry Met Sally...,andConeheads.[9]In her role as Katrina inDestiny Turns on the Radio(1995), she gave actor/directorQuentin Tarantinohis first on-screen kiss.[10]In 2013, she appeared inI Am Divine,Jeffrey Schwarz's documentary about the actorDivine.[11]
Persky's television work has included a recurring role onPrivate Eyeas well as appearances onNYPD Blue,The X-Files,King of the Hill,E/R,The Golden Girls,and dozens more.[12]She has appeared in made-for-TV movies such asMeat Loaf: To Hell and BackandKISS Meets the Phantom of the Park.[13]
Writing and editing
[edit]An early participant in theCBGBmusic scene, she was a founding staff member atNew York Rockermagazine.[14]During that era, she documented the burgeoningpunkandnew wavemovement as a writer and a photojournalist. She revisited the era on the "New York Rockers" panel at the 2012EMPPop Conference.[15]
As a journalist, her work has appeared in publications includingFortean Times[16]andLA Weekly.[17]In 2010, she became a founding editor of theLos Angeles Review of Books,where she was also art director. She left the publication in December 2012.
Her fiction has appeared, among other places, in the magazinesBOMB[18]andEclectica(where, billed as Eljay Persky, she was one of 30 writers selected to be anthologized in itsEclectica: Best Fiction Vol. 1collection).[19]
Visual art
[edit]In addition to herfine-art photography,her photography has been featured in magazines such asMojo,Q,andUncut,and in books, includingGary Valentine's memoir,New York Rocker: My Life in The Blank Generation,[20]Punk: The Whole Story,[21]andLance Out Loud,[22]to which she also contributed an essay. Hercollagework has appeared in publications including theLos Angeles TimesandLA Style,and it earned her an Award for Design Excellence fromPrintmagazine. In 2008, she co-produced and curatedLos Angeles Loteria; An Exploration of Identity,an edition of prints in honor of the 40th anniversary of Aardvark Letterpress.[23][24]In 2012, she contributed the foreword to the catalog for photographer Bobby Grossman's exhibitLow Fidelity - The Photos of Bobby Grossman.[25]
Personal life and miscellaneous appearances
[edit]On January 19, 2008, she marriedAndy Zax,a music historian and former co-star of theComedy Centralgame showBeat the Geeks.[1]
Persky was the subject of "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear",a song byBlondie.The song was written by her then-boyfriendGary Valentine,who was the band's bassist at the time.
In 2009, Persky began making appearances onThe Best Show on WFMUradio program, as both a regular caller and as an in-studio special guest. She is also a semi-regular on theLife Elsewhereprogram onWMNFin Tampa, Florida.[26]
Persky occasionally has appeared at fan conventions, including the 20th anniversary celebration forQuantum Leap[27]and at the 2013 New York/New JerseyKISSExpo.[28]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1979 | The Great Santini | Mary Anne Meechum | |
| 1980 | Love in a Taxi | Marian | |
| 1981 | American Pop | Bella | |
| 1983 | Breathless | Salesgirl | billed as Lisa Persky |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Frances Flegenheimer | |
| 1985 | The Sure Thing | Mary Ann Webster | |
| 1986 | Peggy Sue Got Married | Delores Dodge | |
| 1987 | The Big Easy | McCabe | |
| 1989 | Great Balls of Fire! | Babe | |
| 1989 | When Harry Met Sally... | Alice | |
| 1990 | In the Best Interest of the Children | Gwen Hatcher | |
| 1990 | The Last of the Finest | Harriet Gross | |
| 1990 | Vital Signs | Bobby | |
| 1993 | Coneheads | Lisa Farber | |
| 1994 | Dead Funny | Sarah | |
| 1994 | Pontiac Moon | Alicia Frank | |
| 1995 | Destiny Turns on the Radio | Katrina | |
| 1996 | Female Perversions | Margot | |
| 1998 | Where's Marlowe? | Jenny | |
| 1999 | Tumbleweeds | Diner Waitress | billed as Lisa Persky |
| 1999 | The Wetonkawa Flash | ||
| 1999 | Goosed | The Psychic | |
| 2001 | My First Mister | Sheila | |
| 2001 | An American Rhapsody | Pattie | |
| 2002 | The Dogwalker | Allison | |
| 2006 | Grilled | Sally Wilson | |
| 2013 | I Am Divine | Herself |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1977 | The Fitzpatricks | Episodes: "Halloween" and "The New Fitzpatrick" | |
| 1978 | NBC Special Treat | Cindy | Episode: "Snowbound" |
| 1978 | KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park | Dirty Dee | Television film |
| 1980 | Shirley | Episode: "The Three Dates of Shirley Miller" | |
| 1981 | ABC Afterschool Specials | Jo Dayton | Episode: "A Matter of Time" |
| 1981 | The Choice | Emmy Soames | Television film |
| 1981 | Quincy, M.E. | Penny Stone | Episode: "Sugar and Spice" |
| 1982 | The Incredible Hulk | Rita | Episode: "A Minor Problem" |
| 1982 | Open All Night | Laurie | |
| 1982 | Trapper John, M.D. | Sally | Episode: "Ladies in Waiting" |
| 1983 | Desperate Intruder | Linda | Television film |
| 1984 | E/R | Episode: "Sentimental Journey" | |
| 1984 | Shattered Vows | Sister Cathy | Television film |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Kate Zbornak | Episode: "Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?" |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Shirley | Episode: "The Main Attraction" |
| 1985 | New Love, American Style | Episode: "Love and Leaving Home" | |
| 1986 | Crime Story | Joanne Goldman | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Sandra | Episode: "The Once and Future King" |
| 1987 | Private Eye | Dottie | Episodes: "Pilot," "Nickey the Rose," "War Buddy," "Blue Movie," "Blue Hotel Pt.1," "Nobody Dies in Chinatown" |
| 1988 | Private Eye | Dottie | Episode: "Hollywood Confidential" |
| 1988 | Sharing Richard | Roberta | |
| 1988 | Thirtysomething | Sharon Berman | Episode: "Whose Forest Is This?" |
| 1989 | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Kitty | Episode: "Vegas: Part 2" |
| 1990 | Grand | Jenny | Episode: "Norris' Romance" |
| 1991 | The Antagonists | Joanie Rutledge | |
| 1992 | Designing Women | Heather McPhaul | Episode: "All About Odes to Atlanta" |
| 1992 | Mann & Machine | Episode: "Cold, Cold Heart" | |
| 1993 | Murphy Brown | Jane | Episode: "Games Mothers Play" |
| 1994 | Quantum Leap | Marion | Episode: "Memphis Melody - July 3, 1954" |
| 1995 | The Marshal | Felton Voorhees | Episodes: "Twoslip" and "Pass the Gemelli" |
| 1995 | Touched by an Angel | Alison | Episode: "The Big Bang" |
| 1997 | The Pretender | Lamont | Episode: "Bomb Squad" |
| 1998 | Perfect Assassins | Janice Franklin | Television film |
| 1999 | The X-Files | Laura Weinsider | Episode: "Terms of Endearment" |
| 1999 | King of the Hill | Actress (voice) | Episode: "Love Hurts and So Does Art" |
| 1999 | Touched by an Angel | Stasi | Episode: "The Last Day of the Rest of Your Life" |
| 2000 | Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back | Wilma Aday | Television film |
| 2002 | The Practice | Karen Garvey | Episode: "The Test" |
| 2002 | The Division | Ann Fenwick | Episode: "Illusions" |
| 2004 | NYPD Blue | Jessica Applebaum | Episode: "What's Your Poison?" |
| 2005 | Invasion | Disheveled Woman | Episode: "Unnatural Selection" |
| 2005 | Twins | Marcy | Episode: "Horse Sense" |
References
[edit]- ^ab"Lisa Jane Persky, Andrew Zax".The New York Times.January 20, 2008.RetrievedMay 2,2013.
- ^abPersky, Lisa Jane (March 21, 2010)."H.M. Koutoukas; A Remembrance".Noir Pictures.
- ^"Yoko Revisits Her Old Home".Instagram.Archived fromthe originalon December 24, 2021.RetrievedMay 6,2013.
- ^"Eljay Persky grew up in New York City's Greenwich Village, attending the High School of Art and Design."Eclectica Magazine,October / November 2005. Accessed August 6, 2008.
- ^La MaMa Archives Digital Collections."Production:Grandmother is in the Strawberry Patch(1973) ". Accessed July 18, 2018.
- ^Women Behind Bars.1976.RetrievedApril 30,2013.
- ^"Steaming".Playbill Vault.RetrievedMay 6,2013.
- ^"Lisa Jane Persky".Turner Classic Movies.RetrievedMay 6,2013.
- ^Canby, Vincent(February 13, 1981)."'American Pop' Grown-Up Animation ".The New York Times.RetrievedAugust 16,2011.
- ^Dawson, Jeffrey (1995).Quentin Tarantino: The Cinema of Cool.Applause Books.p.10.ISBN9781557832276.RetrievedMay 7,2013.
Lisa Jane Persky Quentin Tarantino's first on-screen kiss.
- ^"I am Divine - The Movie".DivineMovie.RetrievedMay 6,2013.
- ^"Private Eye TV intro".YouTube.Archivedfrom the original on December 21, 2021.RetrievedMay 7,2013.
- ^"PodKISSt #23: KISS Goes to the Movies (Part 1) - Lisa Jane Persky interview".Podkisst.RetrievedJuly 18,2018.
- ^"New York Rocker".Rip-her-to-shreds.May 1976. Archived fromthe originalon April 2, 2015.RetrievedApril 22,2013.
- ^"Lisa Jane Persky".2012 EMP Pop Conference.RetrievedMay 3,2013.
- ^"Strange Days: Obituaries/Curtis Harrington".The Fortean Times.Archived fromthe originalon November 1, 2007.RetrievedApril 30,2013.
- ^"RODNEY BINGENHEIMER: A Child of the Myth".LA Weekly.October 16, 2006.RetrievedApril 30,2013.
- ^"One of Milo Challenger's Stories".BOMB.RetrievedApril 30,2013.
- ^"Best Fiction Volume One Sales Sheet"(PDF).Eclectica.RetrievedApril 30,2013.
- ^Valentine, Gary (2006).New York Rocker: My Life in the Blank Generation.ISBN1560259442.
- ^Blake, Mark (2008).Punk: The Whole Story.ISBN978-0756636692.
- ^Loud, Pat (2012).Lance Out Loud.ISBN978-0983270263.
- ^"Aardvark Letterpress marks its 40th year with loteria-like fine art prints".The Los Angeles Times.June 15, 2008.RetrievedMay 2,2013.
- ^"Los Angeles Loteria".Bert Green Fine Art.Archived fromthe originalon July 7, 2013.RetrievedMay 7,2013.
- ^"Low Fidelity - The Photos of Bobby Grossman".Shebangdesign.Archived fromthe originalon April 14, 2012.RetrievedMay 7,2013.
- ^"Life Elsewhere".WMNF.org.RetrievedMay 6,2013.
- ^"20th Anniversary Guest Stars".LeapBack2009.RetrievedMay 7,2013.
- ^"Lisa Jane Persky".NJKISSxpo.RetrievedMay 7,2013.
External links
[edit]- Lisa Jane Persky's personal blog
- Lisa Jane Persky's photography website
- Lisa Jane PerskyatIMDb
- Persky's page on La MaMa Archives Digital Collections
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