and was nominated for a Tony in 2010 for her role as Tallulah Bankhead in the playHarper was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009. Then, in 2013, doctors discovered she’d developed a rare brain cancer. But she defied the odds on both dread diseases and even participated in the TV showMore recently, she took a turn for the worse, and Harper’s husband, Tony Cacciotti, started a GoFundMe campaign titledon July 8 to help with the mounting medical bills.
Harper was born on Aug. 22, 1939 in Suffern, New York, the middle child of three. The family moved frequently, owing to her father’s work as a lighting salesman, and Harper lived in New Jersey, California, Michigan, Oregon and then New Jersey again. She briefly attended a Jersey City high school, then traveled across the river and graduated from the Young Professionals School on West 56th Street in Manhattan, where her classmates included future stars Sal Mineo, Tuesday Weld and Carol Lynley.
Survivors include her husband, Tony Cacciotti, and daughter Cristina Harper. No memorial plans have been announced.
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