Rosemary Harris
![Harris in 2007 at the [[Tribeca Festival|Tribeca Film Festival]] in promotion of ''[[Spider-Man 3]]''](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Rosemary_Harris_Spiderman_2007_Shankbone.jpg)
Harris began her stage career in 1948, before making her Broadway debut in 1952. For her New York stage work, she is a four-time Drama Desk Award winner and nine-time Tony Award nominee, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in for portraying Eleanor of Aquitaine in ''The Lion in Winter'' (1966). Her other Tony-nominated roles were in ''Old Times'' (1972), ''The Royal Family'' (1976), ''Heartbreak House'' (1984), ''Pack of Lies'' (1985), ''Hay Fever'' (1986), ''A Delicate Balance'' (1996), ''Waiting in the Wings'' (2000), and ''The Royal Family'' (2010).
She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of George Sand in the BBC serial ''Notorious Woman'' (1976), and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for playing Berta Palitz Weiss in the miniseries ''Holocaust'' (1978). For her performance in the historical drama film ''Tom & Viv'' (1994) she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Harris is also known for her portrayal of May Parker, the paternal aunt of Peter Parker, in Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002-2007). Provided by Wikipedia