Charlaine Harris
Director · WriterActive 2015–2024
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21Hallmark films
Audience rating6.8 / 10
across 19 rated films
Weirdness2.8 / 10
Mostly standard issue
Best reviewed
Most recent
Everything Charlaine has done for Hallmark, from Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2015) right through to A Lesson in Murder: A Teagarden Mystery (2024).
Follow & about Charlaine
- From
- Tunica
Awards & honours
- Agatha Award
- Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original · 2002
- Anthony Award · 2012
- Inkpot Award · 2010
- The Grand Master · 2021
Jean Charlaine Harris Schulz is an American author who specializes in mysteries. She is best known for her book series The Southern Vampire Mysteries, which was adapted as the TV series True Blood. The television show was a critical and financial success for HBO, running seven seasons, from 2008 through 2014.
Charlaine’s signature
Across 21 films, Charlaine almost always plays a librarian and is almost always set in small towns.
- small towns19 films
- a librarian20 films
- a hidden secret16 films
21 films
Charlaine has shared more Hallmark sets with Marilu Henner than with anyone else.
21 films, one enduring on-screen pairing.
Known for
Aurora Teagarden Mystery: A Bone to Pick6.6
Writer · 2015
Weirdness 3/10
Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery6.8
Writer · 2015
Weirdness 3/10
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery6.7
Writer · 2016
Weirdness 2/10
The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery6.9
Writer · 2016
Weirdness 4/10
Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery6.8
Writer · 2017
Weirdness 2/10
A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery6.6
Writer · 2017
Weirdness 2/10
On-screen partners
Frequent co-star
Charlaine’s most frequent on-screen partner is Marilu Henner, with 21 films together.
- A Lesson in Murder: A Teagarden Mystery (2024)
- Death at the Diner: A Teagarden Mystery (2024)
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New (2023)
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted by Murder (2022)
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con (2021)
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part (2021)
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder (2021)
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek (2020)
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly (2020)
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For (2019)
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse (2019)
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019)
- Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018)
- Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018)
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game (2018)
- Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017)
- A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017)
- Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2016)
- The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2016)
- Aurora Teagarden Mystery: A Bone to Pick (2015)
- Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2015)
Recurring roles
Charlaine is a recurring face in Aurora Teagarden Mysteries.
Where Charlaine fits in
The corners of the Hallmark universe Charlaine keeps turning up in. Each one is a full ranked guide.
All 21 movies
Newest first2020s
9 films- 2024
A Lesson in Murder: A Teagarden MysteryDirector · Small TownNot ratedWeird 2/10 - 2024
Death at the Diner: A Teagarden MysteryDirector · Small TownNot ratedWeird 3/10 - 2023
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something NewWriter · Small Town6.2Weird 2/10 - 2022
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted by MurderWriter · Halloween7.1Weird 6/10 - 2021
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, HoneymurderWriter · Small Town6.8Weird 2/10 - 2021
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a ConWriter · Wedding7.0Weird 3/10 - 2021
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us PartWriter · Small Town7.1Weird 2/10 - 2020
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and SeekWriter · Small Town6.9Weird 2/10 - 2020
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So DeadlyWriter · Small Town6.9Weird 2/10
2010s
12 films- 2019
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and MouseWriter · Small Town7.1Weird 4/10 - 2019
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul PlayWriter · Resort/Vacation7.0Weird 3/10 - 2019
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die ForWriter · Wedding Anniversary7.0Weird 3/10 - 2018
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing GameWriter · Small Town6.8Weird 2/10 - 2018
Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryWriter · Small Town6.8Weird 3/10 - 2018
Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryWriter · Small Town6.8Weird 4/10 - 2017A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryWriter · Small Town6.6Weird 2/10
- 2017Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryWriter · Small Town6.8Weird 2/10
- 2016The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryWriter · Small Town6.9Weird 4/10
- 2016Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryWriter · Small Town6.7Weird 2/10
- 2015Aurora Teagarden Mystery: A Bone to PickWriter · Small Town6.6Weird 3/10
- 2015Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden MysteryWriter · Small Town6.8Weird 3/10
Charlaine’s standouts
In pictures
A quick look at Charlaine’s Hallmark run — headshot and the posters fans know best.
- Charlaine Harris
Beyond Hallmark
Where else you might recognise Charlaine from — notable roles outside the Hallmark catalogue.
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Lesson in Murderas Executive Producer2024
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Death at the Dineras Characters2024
- 2020
- Midnight, Texasas Consulting Producer2017 · TV
- Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Nightas Self - Mystery novelist2014
- Halloween Warsas Self - Guest Judge2011 · TV
- True Bloodas Woman at Merlotte's2008 · TV
Charlaine’s creative circle
Go-to cast
- Marilu Henner21 films
- Candace Cameron Bure18 films
- Peter Benson17 films
- Lexa Doig16 films
- Miranda Frigon15 films
Who Charlaine works with
The cast and crew Charlaine keeps ending up on set with — the regular faces you’ll recognise from one film to the next. Bigger circle, more films together.
Movies by year
Ratings profile
Average 6.8 across 19 rated movies — each dot is one film.
People also ask
- How many Hallmark movies has Charlaine Harris been in?
- We have 21 Hallmark movies on file for Charlaine Harris, spanning 2015–2024.
- What kind of Hallmark movies is Charlaine Harris known for?
- Charlaine is best known for romances set in small towns, often with a hidden secret.
- What is Charlaine Harris's highest-rated Hallmark movie?
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted by Murder (2022) is Charlaine's best-reviewed Hallmark film, with a 7.1/10 audience rating.
- What is Charlaine Harris's most popular Hallmark movie?
- Aurora Teagarden Mystery: A Bone to Pick (2015) has more audience votes than any other Charlaine Harris Hallmark film, so it's the one most people have actually seen.
- Who does Charlaine Harris usually star with?
- Charlaine has shared 21 films with Marilu Henner, their most frequent Hallmark co-star.
- Is Charlaine Harris still making Hallmark movies?
- The newest Charlaine Hallmark credit we have is from 2024; nothing later has turned up yet.
- What was Charlaine Harris's first Hallmark movie?
- The earliest Charlaine Hallmark title we have is Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2015).
- Where is Charlaine Harris from?
- Charlaine is from Tunica.
- What does Charlaine Harris do in Hallmark movies?
- Charlaine Harris works on Hallmark films as director and writer.
Data & sources
Charlaine’s filmography, credits and ratings are compiled from IMDb, TMDB and Wikipedia, then checked and tidied by the Talking Hallmark team. Last updated August 2026.
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