- Melora Walters
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Melora Walters Born October 21, 1959
Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaOccupation Actress Years active 1975–present Spouse Christopher Scotellaro
(July 10, 1990–1994; divorced)
Dylan Walsh
(1996–2003)Melora Walters (born October 21, 1959) is an American actress.[1]
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Personal life
Walters was born in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia to American parents. She was partly raised there and in Holland.[2] Walters attended high school at Lake Forest Academy-Ferry Hall in Lake Forest, Illinois. She is divorced from Nip/Tuck actor Dylan Walsh, with whom she has two children, Joanna and Thomas.
Career
Cast three times by Paul Thomas Anderson, Walters has appeared in Hard Eight, Boogie Nights (as Jessie St. Vincent), and Magnolia (as Claudia Wilson Gator). She has also appeared on such television shows as Roseanne, Seinfeld, NYPD Blue and CSI.
In 2003, Walters portrayed Lila in Cold Mountain, and in 2004, played Andrea Treborn in the The Butterfly Effect. She guest-starred as Sylvia Greene on Desperate Housewives in 2007 and played the role of Wanda Hendrickson in the HBO drama Big Love.
Filmography
Film Actor Year Film Role Genre 1989 Dead Poets Society Gloria Rude Awakening Punky 1990 Underground Prostitute 1992 Beethoven Pet Shop Owner 1993 America's Deadliest Home Video Gloria Twenty Bucks The Stripper/Funeral Director 1994 Cabin Boy Trina All Tied Up Bliss Ed Wood Secretary #2 1996 Hard Eight Jimmy's Girl Eraser Darleen American Strays Cindy 1997 Los Locos Allison Boogie Nights Jessie St. Vincent 1999 Magnolia Claudia Wilson Gator 2001 Speaking of Sex Melinda Rain Ellen 2002 WiseGirls Kate Desert Saints Bennie Harper 2003 Melvin Goes to Dinner Trenice, Melvin's Girlfriend The Big Empty Candy Matchstick Men Heather, Roy's Ex-Wife Cold Mountain Lila 2004 The Butterfly Effect Andrea Treborn 2007 Brothers Three: An American Gothic Loren 2008 Harrison Montgomery Margo Fleming bgFATLdy Katelan Beacon Dark Yellow Woman 2009 Hurt Helen Coltrane 2010 Shit Year Shelly Case 219 Victoria Lash 2011 Missing Pieces Delia Greenly Television
Television Actor Year Film Role 1989 Roseanne Debbie 1990 How to Murder a Millionaire 1993 Walker, Texas Ranger Star 1993 Telling Secrets Karen Blake 1994 Dead Man's Revenge Bunny Midnight Run for Your Life Lorna Bellstratten 1998 L.A. Doctors Felicity Twice Upon a Time Alannah Merribone 2002 Push, Nevada Grace 2003 Threat Matrix Lia 'Lark' Larkin 2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Sage 2006 Big Love Wanda Hendrickson 2007 Desperate Housewives Sylvia Greene References
- ^ Willis, John (2006-04-01). Screen World: 2005 Film Annual. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 30–. ISBN 9781557836687. http://books.google.com/books?id=UCCkhsztnYgC&pg=PA30. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/mwalters/2011/08/melora-walters-the-tnb-self-interview/
External links
Categories:- 1959 births
- Actors from Illinois
- American film actors
- American stage actors
- American television actors
- Living people
- People from Lake Forest, Illinois
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