Besides playing on sitcoms, Harry has also appeared in TV longforms, particularly the miniseries "The Women of Brewster Place" (ABC, 1989), in which she was Etta Mae, a woman of loose virtue yet strong character. In the more frivolous mold, she was the driving instructor in "Crash Course" (NBC, 1988). She has also provided animated voices for projects like the "Alvin Goes Back to School" special in 1986.
Harry had been a teacher at a Brooklyn high school before breaking into acting in a small role in a play by Richard Wesley. A trained dancer, she won a role in the chorus of the off-Broadway production of "A Broadway Musical", but when the show was moving to the Great White Way, the director, Gower Champion, plucked Harry from the chorus line and gave her a featured part, telling her she had too much going for her to be in the chorus. Harry then performed in "I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road" for two years at the Public Theatre. More recently, she has frequently performed in "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill," in which she sang the songs of Billie Holiday. Harry's feature work has been limited. She made her debut as a dancer in the "The Cotton Club" (1984) and was Rodney Dangerfield's assistant in "Ladybugs" (1992).