40 Fun Facts About Danielle Harris

Which character did Danielle Harris play as Michael Myers's hunted young niece in Halloween 4 and Halloween 5?

Jamie Lloyd was Harris's first film role, written as the orphaned daughter of the original film's heroine, Laurie Strode.

Danielle Harris voiced teenage sister Debbie in which Nickelodeon cartoon about a girl who talks to animals?

The Wild Thornberrys ran for five seasons, with Harris voicing Debbie, who hates the wilderness and longs for civilisation, for the whole run.

Which friend of Laurie Strode did Danielle Harris play in Rob Zombie's 2007 Halloween remake and its sequel?

Annie Brackett is the sheriff's daughter, played by Nancy Kyes in the 1978 original. The part brought Harris back to the series after eighteen years away.

In which 1993 family film did Danielle Harris play Gwenie, one of the runaway orphans around young hero Jesse?

Free Willy cast Harris as Gwenie, one of the street kids Jesse runs with before he bonds with a captive orca. The film took over $150 million worldwide.

Which action star played the private-eye father of Danielle Harris's character Darian in The Last Boy Scout?

Bruce Willis played Joe Hallenbeck, a disgraced former Secret Service agent, and Harris's Darian helps rescue him before being abducted herself.

Which Oscar-winning director praised Danielle Harris's Halloween remake performance and cast her in a 2019 film?

Quentin Tarantino disliked Rob Zombie's Halloween at first, then came round to it partly for Harris's performance. She appears in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

On which hit sitcom did Danielle Harris play Molly Tilden, a teenager whose family moves in next door?

Roseanne introduced the Tildens, a single father and his two teen daughters, in the early 1990s. Harris returned as Molly in a 2021 episode of the sequel series.

Which future Grey's Anatomy star swapped bodies with Danielle Harris in the 1996 TV film Wish Upon a Star?

Katherine Heigl played popular older sister Alexia to Harris's younger Hayley. Hayley wishes on a shooting star, and the sisters wake up in each other's bodies.

What costume does Danielle Harris's character wear trick-or-treating in Halloween 4, echoing a young Michael Myers?

A clown costume ties her to her uncle, who wore one as a small boy on the night he killed his sister Judith in the 1978 original.

Which action star tries to lead Danielle Harris's character Ashley out of a collapsed tunnel in Daylight?

Sylvester Stallone plays disgraced emergency chief Kit Latura. Harris is Ashley Crighton, a teenager trapped under the Hudson River with her parents.

In which 1991 Christina Applegate comedy did Danielle Harris play one of five siblings left home alone?

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead gave Harris the part of the twelve-year-old sister, a role first handed to Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Which future Mean Girls star voiced Eliza, the animal-talking sister of Danielle Harris's cartoon teenager Debbie?

Lacey Chabert voiced Eliza for the show's whole run, and was also the original voice of Meg Griffin in the first season of Family Guy.

Debbie, Danielle Harris's cartoon teenager, shared a 2003 crossover film with which other Nickelodeon series?

Rugrats and their families get stranded on an island where her character's family is filming, and bossy toddler Angelica takes off with Debbie in the family's vehicle.

Danielle Harris took over the lead role of Marybeth in which swamp-set slasher series, starting with its 2010 sequel?

Hatchet recast its heroine for the sequel, with Harris taking over Marybeth from Tamara Feldman and keeping the part in the third film of the Louisiana bayou series.

In which 1998 campus slasher did Danielle Harris play Tosh, a goth student strangled in her dorm room?

Urban Legend was Harris's first horror film since her childhood Halloween sequels. She had auditioned for the lead before being cast as the heroine's roommate.

In Halloween 5, what has trauma left Danielle Harris's young character unable to do for half the film?

She cannot speak for the first half of the film, a change the director added to the script, and critics called Harris one of the sequel's strongest points.

How does the fate of Danielle Harris's character in Rob Zombie's 2007 Halloween differ from the 1978 original?

She survives the attack in the remake, found badly hurt but alive, whereas the 1978 film kills the character in her car. Harris lasted until the 2009 sequel.

Which veteran British actor played Dr. Loomis opposite a young Danielle Harris in Halloween 4 and Halloween 5?

Donald Pleasence was the only actor to return from the first two films, and he signed on only after reading a finished screenplay.

Which martial-arts action star played the uncle of Danielle Harris's character Tracey in Marked for Death?

Steven Seagal plays John Hatcher, a former DEA troubleshooter whose war with a Jamaican drug posse turns personal when gunmen wound his niece.

On which ABC soap opera did a young Danielle Harris play miracle child Sammi Garretson before her Halloween films?

One Life to Live cast Harris as Sammi, a girl carried as an embryo from her dead mother to a family friend her father later married.

Which future teen sitcom star did Danielle Harris beat to the role of Michael Myers's niece in Halloween 4?

Melissa Joan Hart, later Clarissa and Sabrina, was one of the young actresses Harris beat. The director said he knew Harris was the one before she even spoke.

Which Halloween remake co-star launched the horror podcast Talk Scary to Me with Danielle Harris in 2021?

Scout Taylor-Compton played Laurie Strode, best friend of Harris's character, in both Rob Zombie films, and the two longtime friends began the show together.

What kind of competition did a young Danielle Harris enter in Florida, dreaming of outdoing Brooke Shields?

A beauty contest circuit came first: Harris entered child pageants in Florida, and the modelling offers they brought had to wait until her family moved back to New York.

In which 2010 vampire apocalypse film did Danielle Harris play Belle, a pregnant traveller heading for New Eden?

Stake Land first wrote Belle as an older love interest, until co-writer Nick Damici met Harris and reworked the part. She also directed one of its prequel shorts.

Which deformed swamp killer hunts Danielle Harris's character Marybeth through a series of Louisiana slasher films?

Victor Crowley is played by Kane Hodder, a former Jason Voorhees, and Harris's heroine melts him with his father's ashes at the end of the third film.

Danielle Harris voiced Barbara in Darkest Dawn, an animated retelling of which zombie classic?

Night of the Living Dead was retold as an animated film in 2015, with Harris providing both the voice and the physical basis for Barbara.

Danielle Harris played Aviva, a troubled teenage witch who befriends Phoebe Halliwell, on which 1998 fantasy drama?

Charmed made Aviva the unwitting pawn of a sorceress named Kali, who possesses her until the Halliwell sisters trap Kali in a mirror and shatter it.

Danielle Harris played T.K., a school bully's little sister who falls hard for Cory Matthews, on which 1990s sitcom?

Boy Meets World revealed that T.K. stood for Theresa Keiner only after Cory tried to dump her, leaving him to face her furious brother Harley.

Which place in the American West stood in for Haddonfield, Illinois when Danielle Harris filmed Halloween 4 and 5?

Salt Lake City replaced the Los Angeles suburbs where the 1978 original was shot, because filming costs in California had risen too high.

What kept Danielle Harris from playing Michael Myers's niece again in 1995's Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers?

A pay dispute ended it: Harris says she was offered $1,000 for a week's work, less than she had spent becoming legally emancipated to take the job at seventeen.

Which casting rule did Rob Zombie drop for his 2007 Halloween remake after seeing Danielle Harris audition?

No franchise veterans was the plan: Zombie wanted nobody from the earlier Halloween films in his version, and Harris's audition changed his mind.

What does Danielle Harris's character do at the end of Halloween 4, hinting her uncle's evil has passed on?

Stabs her foster mother is the shock ending. An early draft of the next film kept her evil, but the studio rejected the idea and had the script rewritten.

While filming Halloween 4, what did the Michael Myers actor regularly do to reassure young Danielle Harris?

Removed his mask is the answer: George P. Wilbur kept showing her his face so she knew it was only a movie and that he was not going to hurt her.

Danielle Harris returned to voice her Nickelodeon teenager Debbie for a cheeky parody on which Adult Swim show?

Robot Chicken is a stop-motion sketch show created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, which animates toys to send up pop culture characters.

Danielle Harris faced WWE wrestler Kane in which 2014 slasher sequel directed by the Soska sisters?

See No Evil 2 casts Harris as Amy, a city morgue worker stalked on her birthday by Kane's killer, Jacob Goodnight.

Danielle Harris played the singer's girlfriend in the 2007 video for The Bleeding, by which heavy metal band?

Five Finger Death Punch shot the video for their debut single over two days in Los Angeles, with Harris opposite frontman Ivan Moody.

Which 2013 horror comedy, released by Lionsgate, was Danielle Harris's first feature film as a director?

Among Friends was her feature debut behind the camera, though she also appears in it. She had earlier directed a short prequel to a vampire film she acted in.

Which Halloween 4 director cast Danielle Harris again two years later in his action film Marked for Death?

Dwight H. Little recalled that Harris was around the tenth girl to audition for the horror sequel, and he later cast her as the hero's niece.

Which horror icon played fear doctor Andover opposite Danielle Harris in the 2009 web series Fear Clinic?

Robert Englund plays Dr. Andover, who has lost his medical licence and keeps Harris's character Susan captive until he can cure her.

In Halloween 5, what does Michael Myers briefly do when Danielle Harris's character addresses him as her uncle?

He sheds a tear and lets her see his face, but when she reaches out to touch it he flies into a rage and the chase begins again.