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Tess Harper the mother of lead character Gary Hobsen. Harper shared a Screen Actors Guild Award (in the Best Ensemble Cast category) with her fellow cast members in the Oscar-winning film "No Country for Old Men", in which she played the wife of Tommy Lee Jones. She had the recurring role of Mrs. Pinkman on "Breaking Bad", appearing in the first three seasons. Tess Harper Tessie Jean "Tess" Harper ("née" Washam; born August 15, 1950) is an American actress. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her first film role in 1983's "Tender Mercies", and for