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Born in Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America, Harris first took up the cello at age five, she first played as part of a jazz combo throughout her childhood and teenage years. She has also played with numerous symphony orchestras across the country including both the Chicago and the San Antonio Symphony. According to her interview on an episode of The Lawrence Welk Show, she played for Welk was because, at the time, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra did not allow women musicians.

In , she appeared in the film Around the World in Eighty Days as a musician. By this time, she had moved to Los Angeles, California, where she worked as a session musician and with various bands. Throughout her tenure on the show, she was featured many times with pianist Bob Ralston for instrumental numbers and has also performed with the Welk singers in many choral numbers.

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Harris left the show in and was replaced by Ernie Ehrhardt. She also teaches beginning and intermediate piano in her studio, which features two Steinway grand pianos. Harris came from a family of six and was the second oldest. Back to Profile. Photos Works.