Lisa Jane Persky (aka Eljay Persky) grew up in New York City's Greenwich Village and began her acting career at La Mama E.T.C. in H.M. Koutoukas' "Grandmother Is In The Strawberry Patch" as the "World's Most Perfect Teenager". She next crossed East 4th St. to co-star with Divine in Tom Eyen's "Women Behind Bars". She has appeared in many plays including Broadway's "Steaming", and at L.A.'s Met Theater and LATC. She made her film debut as 'Robert Duvall''s daughter in The Great Santini (1979). Other movie credits include Rob Reiner's The Sure Thing (1985) and When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984) and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). She created memorable roles in The Big Easy (1986) and Coneheads (1993), and gave Quentin Tarantino his first screen kiss in Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995) and played the role of "Dirty Dee" in the cult classic _"Kiss Meets the Phantom of The Park" (1978).
