Jessica Walter

Jessica Walter
Jessica Walter
Born January 31, 1941 (1941-01-31) (age 70)
Brooklyn, New York,
United States
Occupation Actress
Years active 1962–present
Spouse Ross Bowman (1966-1978)
Ron Leibman (1983-present)
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Jessica Walter (born January 31, 1941) is an American actress, known for the films Play Misty for Me, Grand Prix, and for her role as Lucille Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development. She was a series regular for the first half of season one of 90210, provided the voice of the character Fran Sinclair in the TV series Dinosaurs, and starred as the title character of the television series Amy Prentiss for which she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie.

She currently does the voice for Malory Archer in the FX animated series Archer and stars as Elaine Robbins in Retired at 35.

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Early life

Walter was born to a Jewish household in Brooklyn, the daughter of Esther (née Groisser) and David Walter, a musician.[1] She was raised in Queens, New York, and graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts. In the early 1960s, she trained alongside James Caan and Christopher Lloyd at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse before getting her big break, a regular role on the soap opera Love of Life.[2] She appeared on the show from 1962 to 1965.

Career

She appeared in the first episode of Flipper in September 1964. Also in 1964, she guest starred with Jack Lord, Nick Adams, and Herb Edelman in the episode "How Much for a Prince?" of CBS's short-lived drama The Reporter, with Harry Guardino in the title role. Walter had a recurring role on Trapper John, M.D. as Melanie McIntyre, Trapper John's former wife. 1966 The Fugitive

Her earliest notable film role was in the 1971 movie Play Misty for Me, in which she played a psychotic young woman stalking a disc jockey (played by Clint Eastwood), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama category.[3] Walter's other film credits from that era include Lilith, Grand Prix, The Group, Bye Bye Braverman, Number One and Dr. Strange.

In 1974, Walter co-starred with Peter Falk, Jose Ferrer and Lew Ayres in the Columbo episode "Mind Over Mayhem." During the 1974-75 TV season, she was the star of Amy Prentiss, a spinoff of Ironside that became an element of the NBC Mystery Movie. She was the producers' first choice for the role of "Alexis Carrington" in the primetime soap opera Dynasty. In 1983, she had a role in the short-lived NBC primetime soap opera Bare Essence as "Ava Marshall".

Since then, she has worked most frequently in television and theater, though she did make an appearance in the 1994 film PCU. In the 1990s, Walter lent her voice to Fran Sinclair on the ABC comedy Dinosaurs, and appeared on Just Shoot Me! as Eve Gallo, the mother of Maya and the ex-wife of magazine publisher Jack Gallo (George Segal).

From 2003 to 2006, she appeared in a regular role as the scheming, alcoholic socialite matriarch Lucille Bluth on FOX's critically acclaimed comedy series, Arrested Development. Despite her convincing portrayal of Lucille (in 2005, Walter received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the role), the actress has maintained that "I'm nothing like Lucille. Nothing. My daughter will tell you. I'm really a very nice, boring person."[2] Walter played Tabitha Wilson, a similar character, on 90210, for the first thirteen episodes of the first season, before she was written off. She also guest starred on the situational comedy Rules of Engagement in the Season 1, Episode 5 "Kids". She currently voices spy boss Malory on the FX network's animated show Archer.

Walter guest-starred in an episode of Law & Order: SVU in the fall of 2009. Walter appearred in the third episode, which is titled "Solitary," as a legal-aid powerhouse named Petra Gilmartin.[4]

She recently starred as Evangeline Harcourt in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes, which began previews in March 2011 and officially opened on April 7, 2011.[5]

Personal life

Since 1983, Walter has been married to actor Ron Leibman, with whom she co-starred in Neil Simon's play Rumors. They also appeared together as husband and wife in the film Dummy and in the TV series Law & Order in the episode "House Counsel". Walter's daughter, Brooke Bowman, was born in 1972.[6]

Filmography

Year Filmography Roles Notes
1964 Lilith Laura
1966 Grand Prix Pat Stoddard Nominated/won — Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Female
1966 The Group Libby
1968 Bye Bye Braverman Inez Braverman
1969 Number One Julie Catlan
1971 Play Misty For Me Evelyn Draper Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1974 Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem Dr. Margaret Nicholson
1974–1975 Amy Prentiss Amy Prentiss TV series
Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
1978 Dr. Strange Morgan le Fay (TV)
1979 Goldengirl
1981 Going Ape! Fiona
1982 Spring Fever Celia Berryman
1984 Terror in the Aisles Evelyn Draper Archival - segment Play Misty for Me
1984 The Flamingo Kid Phyllis Brody
1984 Secret Places Girl #1 in art room
1986 Novel Connection & Magnum on Ice Joan Forrester Crossover episode of Magnum PI and Murder She Wrote
1988 Tapeheads Kay Mart
1991–1995 Dinosaurs Fran Sinclair (voice)
1993 Ghost in the Machine Elaine aka Deadly Terror
1994 PCU President Garcia-Thompson
1995 Temptress Dr. Phyllis Evergreen
1998 Slums of Beverly Hills Doris Zimmerman
2001 My Best Friend's Wife Mrs. Epstein
2003 Dummy Fern Schoichet
2003–2006 Arrested Development Lucille Bluth (53 episodes)
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2003)
TV Land Award for Future Classic (2004)
Nominated — Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Comedy Series (2005)
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2005, 2006)
2006 Unaccompanied Minors Cindi
2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Eleanor Reynolds (1 episode)
2008–2009 90210 Tabitha Wilson series regular (13 episodes)
2009 Make It Or Break It Grandma Tanner (1 episode, Battle of the Flexes)
2009 Law & Order: SVU Attorney Petra Gilmartin
2009–present Archer Mallory Archer series regular
2010 Arrested Development Lucille Bluth (pre-production)
2011–present Retired at 35 Elaine Robbins series regular
2011 The Big Bang Theory Mrs. Latham (1 episode, The Benefactor Factor[7])
2012 Bending the Rules Lena Gold

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