Early life

Harris was born in Manhattan, the younger of two daughters of Isaac and Anna Nussbaum, Polish Jewish emigrants who owned a candy store.

Career

Harris is best known for her supporting role as Estelle Costanza, George's (Jason Alexander) mother and Frank's (Jerry Stiller) wife on Seinfeld, her voice role as Mrs. Potato Head in the Toy Story franchise, and her role as Muriel on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. She appeared in Brad Paisley's music video for the song "Online". In 2013, she played the mother of CBGB founder Hilly Kristal in the film CBGB.

Harris's voice work also includes Lula from Dave the Barbarian, Mama Lipsky on Kim Possible, Thelma on The Proud Family, Old Lady Bear in Brother Bear (2003), Audrey in Home on the Range (2004), and Death's nagging mother on Family Guy.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Looking Up	Irma
1977	Summerdog	Mrs. Baleeka
1984	Once Upon a Time in America	Peggy's Mother
1988	Stand and Deliver	Secretary
1992	This Is My Life	Aunt Harriet
1995	Downhill Willie	Mama Saxer
1995	Perfect Alibi	Aunt Dorothy
1995	The West Side Waltz
1997	Out to Sea	Bridget
1998	Chairman of the Board	Ms. Krubavitch
1998	The Odd Couple II	Flirting Woman
1998	My Giant	Aunt Pearl
1999	Lost & Found	Mrs. Stubblefield
1999	Toy Story 2	Mrs. Potato Head	Voice
2000	What's Cooking?	Aunt Bea
2000	Dancing in September	Sally
2000	Playing Mona Lisa	Aunt Velva
2001	Good Advice	Iris
2002	No Prom for Cindy	Cindy's Grandmother
2003	Brother Bear	Old Lady Bear	Voice
2004	Home on the Range	Audrey	Voice
2004	Teacher's Pet	Mrs. Boogin	Voice
2005	Tarzan II	Mama Gunda	Voice
2006	Queer Duck: The Movie	Mrs. Duckstein	Voice
2007	Case Closed	Madame
2007	The Grand	Ruth Melvin
2010	Toy Story 3	Mrs. Potato Head	Voice
2010	Movin' In	Arlene Taylor
2011	Hawaiian Vacation	Mrs. Potato Head	Voice Short film
2011	Small Fry	Mrs. Potato Head	Voice Short film
2012	Partysaurus Rex	Mrs. Potato Head	Voice Short film
2015	Promoted	Sylvia Silver

Television

• Night Court .... Easy Mary (1985-1986)
• Married... with Children .... Delilah (1987)
• Mathnet .... Postal Worker (1990)
• Brooklyn Bridge .... Esther Shapiro (1991)
• Law & Order .... Mrs. Rachlin (1992)
• Mad About You .... Mother (1992)
• Good Advice .... Ronnie Cohen (1993)
• Chicago Hope .... Speaker at Funeral (Uncredited) (1995)
• Aladdin .... Additional Voices (1995)
• Timon & Pumbaa .... Timon's Mother (1995)
• In the House .... Mrs. Claus (1995)
• The Mask .... Lt. Kellaway's Mother (1996)
• The Tick .... Arthur's Mother (1996)
• Star Trek: Voyager .... Old Woman (1996)
• Moesha .... Frances Howie (1997)
• Living Single .... Esther Brooks (1997)
• Cybill .... Woman (1997)
• Seinfeld .... Estelle Costanza (1992-1998)
• Addams Family Reunion .... Grandma Addams (1998)
• Hercules .... Phil's Mother (1998)
• The Wild Thornberrys .... Iguana / Turtle (1998)
• Godzilla: The Series (1998)
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show .... Herself (1998)
• Queer Duck .... Mrs. Duckstein (1999)
• The Brothers Flub .... Additional Voices (1999)
• Sunset Beach .... Margaret Raynor (1999)
• The Parkers .... Miss Agnes (1999)
• Providence .... Darlene (2000)
• Mickey Mouse Works .... Mrs. Turtle (1999-2000)
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch .... Dora (2001)
• Family Guy .... Death's Mother (2001)
• House of Mouse .... Mrs. Turtle (2002)
• Weakest Link .... Herself (2002)
• Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck .... Herself (2002)
• Half & Half .... Grandma Sophie (2003)
• Regular Joe .... Aunt Mickie (2003)
• The Proud Family .... Helga (2003)
• Test the Nation (2003)
• A Dairy Tale .... Audrey (2004)
• Kim Possible .... Mama Lipsky (2004)
• Kramer vs. Kramer: Kenny to Cosmo .... Herself (2004)
• The Bench: Life Before 'Seinfeld' .... Herself (2004)
• Hidden Howie: The Private Life of a Public Nuisance .... Howie's Grandmother (2005)
• Dave the Barbarian .... Lula (2004-2005)
• Tripping the Rift .... Estelle (2005)
• Phil of the Future .... Older Pim (2005)
• Running with the Egg: Making a 'Seinfeld' .... Herself (2005)
• Mind of Mencia (2006)
• ER .... Mrs. Markovic (2006)
• iCarly .... Mrs. Halberstadt (2007)
• Can You Teach My Alligator Manners? .... Nana (2008)
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody .... Muriel (2005-2008)
• American Dad! .... Marty's Wife (2009)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm .... Estelle Costanza / Herself (2009)
• Fanboy and Chum Chum .... Oz's Mom (2010)
• Sonny with a Chance .... Grace Gallagher (2010)
• The Bonnie Hunt Show .... Herself (2010)
• KTLA Morning News .... Herself (2010)
• Made in Hollywood .... Herself (2009-2010)
• Totally Tracked Down .... Herself (2010)
• Futurama .... Velma Farnsworth (2012)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]