Hot Springs in Garland County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Tess Harper

Actress

— Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame —

Tess Harper Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2024

1. Tess Harper Marker

Inscription.
Academy Award nominee for Crimes of the Heart • Golden Globe nominee for film debut in Tender Mercies • Screen Actors Guild Winner for No Country For Old Men • Television roles in Breaking Bad, Christy and True Detective • Attended Arkansas State University, Beebe, Arkansas

Mammoth Springs, Arkansas • Inducted 2014

Erected by Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment.

Location. 34° 30.634′ N, 93° 3.233′ W. Marker is in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in Garland County. It is at the intersection of Central Avenue (State Highway 7) and Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on Central Avenue. The marker is embedded in the sidewalk on the west side of the Hot Springs City Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 629 Central Avenue, Hot Springs National Park AR 71901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the

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Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Art “Superman” Pennington (here, next to this marker); Adam Brown (here, next to this marker); Twila Paris (here, next to this marker); Point of Grace (here, next to this marker); Rex Humbard (here, next to this marker); Dr. James C. Dobson (here, next to this marker); Gail Davis (here, next to this marker); Governor Mike Huckabee (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hot Springs.

Also see . . . Tessie Jean Harper (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Tessie Jean Harper was born August 15, 1950 in Mammoth Springs, Arkansas. She attended Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University) in Springfield, Missouri, graduated with a degree in education, and taught ninth-grade English in Springfield,
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2024

2. Tess Harper Marker
Looking west across Central Avenue from the Hot Springs City Visitor Center; it is the leftmost of three markers in this photo.
Missouri. Harper began acting in theater productions, theme parks, dinner theater, and children's theater. She moved to Texas in order to appear in television commercials. In a twist of fate, a casting person with Tender Mercies had to spend the night in Dallas and saw Harper's spot on TV. She called Robert Duvall and arranged an audition. Director Bruce Beresford was impressed with Harper and cast her in the lead female role. He said of Harper, "She walked into the room and even before she spoke, I thought, 'That's the girl to play the lead.'" Tender Mercies was Harper's feature film debut and she earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for the role. Her other film appearances include Amityville 3-D (1983), Flashpoint (1984), Ishtar (1987), Far North (1988), and No Country for Old Men (2007).

(Submitted on January 20, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 20, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 122 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 20, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.