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{{short description|American actress (1941–2021)}}{{for|the skier|Jessica Walter (skier)}}{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}

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| birth_place = New York City, U.S.2021241|31}}| death_place = New York City, U.S.| alma_mater = Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre| occupation = Actress| years_active = 1960–2021

• {{marriage|Ross Bowman|1966|1978|end=divorced{edih}
• {{marriage|Ron Leibman|1983|2019|end=died}}

}}| children = 1Richard Walter (writer)>Richard Walter (brother)#Awards and nominations>See below| signature = JessicaWalter.svg}}Jessica Ann Walter (January 31, 1941 – March 24, 2021) was an American actress who appeared in more than 170 film, stage, and television productions. In films, she was best known for her role as a psychotic and obsessed fan of a local disc jockey in the 1971 Clint Eastwood thriller, Play Misty for Me. On television, she was most recently known for her role of Lucille Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013–2019) and for providing the voice of Malory Archer on the FX animated series Archer (2009–2021). Walter received various awards over the course of her television career, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Amy Prentiss (1975). She also received two Golden Globe Award nominations and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.WEB,www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1975/outstanding-lead-actress-in-a-miniseries-or-a-movie/, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - 1975, Emmys.com,web.archive.org/web/20210304084846/https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1975/outstanding-lead-actress-in-a-miniseries-or-a-movie/, March 4, 2021, live, March 25, 2021, For her starring role opposite Eastwood in Play Misty for Me, Walter received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.After studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City, Walter began her career on the Broadway stage, winning a 1963 Clarence Derwent Award for Outstanding Debut Performance. She made her film debut in the 1964 neo-noir drama Lilith, subsequently starring in the 1966 films Grand Prix and The Group. Both performances earned her critical acclaim.Throughout her career, Walter was a regular presence on American television, playing the title role in the short-lived police procedural Amy Prentiss, appearing in a recurring role on Trapper John, M.D., working as a series regular for the first half of season one of 90210, and providing the voice of Fran Sinclair on the series Dinosaurs. Her role as scheming socialite Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development brought her renewed attention, and she contributed voiceover work to animated shows like Archer and Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015–18).

Early life

Walter was born on January 31, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York,NEWS, UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 31, 2020,www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/31/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-31-2020/5321580438760/, January 31, 2020, September 11, 2021, United Press International, ... actor Jessica Walter in 1941 (age 79), WEB, Jessica Walter,www.emmys.com/bios/jessica-walter, Emmys.com, Television Academy, May 29, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210422084720/https://www.emmys.com/bios/jessica-walter, April 22, 2021, to Esther (née Groisser), a teacher,Esther Walter Obituary. New York Times. February 14, 2007. and David Walter, a musician who was a member of the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the NYC Ballet Orchestra.David Walter Obituary. New York Times. July 2, 2003.WEB,www.liben.com/walter3.html, David Walter, Liben.com, August 13, 2012, WEB, Jessica Walter Biography,www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jessica-walter/bio/3030390290/, September 11, 2021, TV Guide, Both of Walter’s parents were Jewish,BOOK, Brook, Vincent, ‘You Should See Yourself’: Jewish Identity in Postmodern American Culture, 2006, Rutgers University Press, 9780813539966, 278,books.google.com/books?id=ZnbXkSNJa1gC&pg=PA278, April 18, 2017, with her mother having immigrated to the US from Russia in 1923.WEB, Aminosharei, Nojan, February 25, 2019, Jessica Walter Is Game For Anything,www.elle.com/culture/a26431649/jessica-walter-arrested-development-interview/, March 25, 2021, Elle (magazine), Elle, Her brother, Richard, is a retired professor who led the screenwriting program at UCLA.WEB, Koseluk, Chris, March 25, 2021, Jessica Walter, ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘Archer’ Actress, Dies at 80,www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jessica-walter-dead-arrested-development-archer-actress-was-80-1262068, March 25, 2021, The Hollywood Reporter, en, The siblings were raised in Elmhurst, Queens.Marzlock, Ron (March 19, 2020). “ Actress Jessica Walter went from Sunnyside to ‘Misty’”. Queens Chronicle. Walter attended the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan, graduating in 1959.“My First Job: ‘Arrested Development’ Star Jessica Walter”. The Wall Street Journal. June 12, 2013.WEB, Classic Hollywood: Jessica Walter tests boundaries in ‘Jennifer Falls’,www.latimes.com/entertainment/classichollywood/la-et-mn-ca-Jessica-Walters-classic-Hollywood-20140706-story.html, July 5, 2014, Los Angeles Times, Susan, King,

Career

Walter began her acting career on stage, winning a Clarence Derwent Award in 1963 for Outstanding Debut Broadway Performance in Photo Finish by Peter Ustinov. She soon moved to television, and played Julie Muranoon on the television series, Love of Life.MAGAZINE, Sepinwall, Alan, March 25, 2021, Raising a Glass to Jessica Walter, from Sixties Soap Star to the Iconic Lucille Bluth,www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/jessica-walter-arrested-development-dead-tribute-1146981/, March 26, 2021, Rolling Stone, en-US, While appearing on Love of Life from 1962 to 1965, she also acted on many other popular television series, including Naked City, East Side/West Side, Ben Casey, Route 66, The Doctors and the Nurses, The Rogues, and The Defenders. Among those series is Walter’s role as Lorna Richmond on “The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow” episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (April 14, 1964), and a supporting role as William Shatner’s wife on the legal drama For the People (1965).In 1964, Walter appeared in the first episode of the television series, Flipper as well as the episode “How Much for a Prince?” in CBS’s drama The Reporter. In 1966, she appeared in “The White Knight” episode of The Fugitive.WEB,www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_fugitive/s03/e26, THE WHITE KNIGHT THE FUGITIVE SEASON 3, Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango Media, Fandango, March 25, 2021, Glenn Madison (Steven Hill), a war hero with political ambitions, is rescued from a plane crash by Richard Kimble (David Janssen). Normally, this would make Kimble a hero, but both he and Madison are anxious to keep the rescue a secret from the public--Kimble because he is a fugitive from justice, and Madison because his traveling companion was his mistress Pat Haynes (Jessica Walter)., Her earliest notable and acclaimed screen role was in the Clint Eastwood-directed film, Play Misty for Me (1971). Walter played Evelyn, a young woman who becomes violently obsessed with a disc jockey. Evelyn is known to repeatedly call a California radio station during a jazz music program hosted by Eastwood’s character, Dave Garver, always requesting he play the Erroll Garner standard, “Misty”. In the course of becoming infatuated with Garver, Evelyn seduces him and then attempts suicide in his home. Her obsessive behavior intensifies and she begins stalking him relentlessly and eventually breaks into his house. In a frenzy, Evelyn destroys the interior of the home and stabs his housekeeper Birdie (played by Clarice Taylor), who is hospitalized but survives. For her performance, Walter received a Golden Globe Award nomination in the Best Motion Picture Actress – Drama category WEB, March 25, 2021, Jessica Walter {{!, Golden Globes|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/jessica-walter|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210325223107www.goldenglobes.com/person/jessica-walter|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-03-25|access-date=March 26, 2021|website=archive.is}} as well as critical praise. Film critic Roger Ebert described Walter as demonstrating “unnerving effectiveness” in the role.Ebert, Roger (1971) Play Misty for Me. Retrieved March 6, 2014. Walter’s other film credits from that era include Lilith (1964), Grand Prix (1966), The Group (1966), Bye Bye Braverman (1968), and Number One (1969). She was also in three episodes of Mannix (starring Mike Connors) in three separate seasons.During the 1970s, Walter co-starred in an episode of Columbo, “Mind Over Mayhem”, had a recurring role on Trapper John, M.D. as Melanie McIntyre, Trapper John’s former wife, and starred on the series Amy Prentiss, a spinoff of Ironside, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award. In 1980s, she had a role on the NBC primetime soap opera Bare Essence as Ava Marshall. Following Bare Essence, Walter worked most frequently in television and theater, though she did appear in some films including The Flamingo Kid (1984) and PCU (1994). She recorded a performance as the doll form of Chucky for the 1988 horror film Child’s Play, but her lines were redubbed by Brad Dourif after negative test screenings which Tom Holland and Don Mancini attributed partially to Walter’s performance; they claimed Walter was effectively frightening in the role but failed to convey the sense of black humor they envisioned the character to have and that her voice seemed out of place because the character was male.WEB, Heigl, Alex, 2021-03-26, Jessica Walter almost had role as Chucky in ‘Child’s Play,’ says Tom Holland,nypost.com/2021/03/25/tom-holland-on-jessica-walter-voicing-chucky-in-childs-play/, 2021-05-27, New York Post, en-US, WEB, 2019-06-19, Your Friend ‘Til the End: An Oral History of Child’s Play,www.mentalfloss.com/article/88064/your-friend-til-end-oral-history-childs-play, 2021-05-27, www.mentalfloss.com, en, In the 1990s, Walter voiced 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.(File:Jessica Walter.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Walter in 2008)From 2003 to 2006, she appeared in a regular role as the scheming alcoholic socialite matriarch Lucille Bluth on Fox’s comedy series Arrested Development. In 2005, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series for the role. Despite her convincing portrayal of Lucille, she stated: “I’m nothing like Lucille. Nothing. My daughter will tell you. I’m really a very nice, boring person.“MAGAZINE, Jessica Walter: Lucille Bluth on Arrested Development talks about her kooky character,www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1073625,00.html, Entertainment Weekly, June 24, 2005, March 18, 2007, September 8, 2008,www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1073625,00.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20080908005150www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1073625,00.html,">web.archive.org/web/20080908005150www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1073625,00.html, dead, Despite acclaim from critics, Arrested Development received low ratings and viewership on Fox, which cancelled the series in 2006. It was revived by Netflix for season four in 2013, where it gained huge popularity. Walter reprised her role for season five, premiering in 2018.WEB, Netflix reveals trailer for Arrested Development season 5, confirms premiere date: Watch,consequenceofsound.net/2018/05/arrested-development-season-5-trailer/, Consequence of Sound, May 7, 2018, Walter played Tabitha Wilson on the first season of 90210 (2008-2009), until the character was written off halfway through the season. In 2007, she guest-starred on the sitcom Rules of Engagement in the episode titled “Kids” and in 2009 guest-starred in an episode of (Law & Order: SVU) as legal-aid lawyer Petra Gilmartin. Previously in 2008, she had appeared in (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) as Eleanor Reynolds in the episode “Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger”.NEWS, Robyn, Ross, Jessica Walter on SVU: An Arresting Development,www.tvguide.com/News/Jessica-Walter-SVU-1008679.aspx, TV Guide, August 5, 2009, August 5, 2009, From 2011 to 2012, she starred in the TV Land sitcom Retired at 35 alongside her Bye Bye Braverman co-star George Segal.NEWS, Hale, Mike, Moving in With the Folks, Who May Not Be Thrilled,www.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/arts/television/19retired.html, January 26, 2014, The New York Times, January 18, 2011, File:Jason Bateman and Jessica Walter at the Arrested Development 2011 Reunion.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Walter with Arrested Development co-star Jason BatemanJason BatemanWalter starred as Evangeline Harcourt in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes, which began previews in March 2011 and officially opened on April 7, 2011.Jones, Kenneth.“Bon Voyage! Anything Goes, With Sutton Foster and Joel Grey, Opens on Broadway” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613213644www.playbill.com/news/article/149578-Bon-Voyage-Anything-Goes-With-Sutton-Foster-and-Joel-Grey-Opens-on-Broadway |date=June 13, 2011 }}, playbill.com. Retrieved May 19, 2014.Walter voiced spymaster Malory Archer on the FX animated series Archer. Walter mentioned that her performance in Arrested Development was explicitly referenced when auditions for the part of Malory were sought.WEB, March 25, 2021, The Fabulousness of Jessica Walter: On ‘Archer,’ ‘Arrested Developmen…,www.thedailybeast.com/the-fabulousness-of-jessica-walter-on-archer-arrested-development-and-cocaine-parties,archive.today/20210325231033/https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-fabulousness-of-jessica-walter-on-archer-arrested-development-and-cocaine-parties, dead, 2021-03-25, March 26, 2021, archive.is, In May 2018, Walter became part of an on-set controversy regarding harassment she said she had received from Arrested Development co-star Jeffrey Tambor. During a cast interview with the New York Times, Walter was asked about an incident which Tambor had alluded to several months before.WEB,www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/arts/television/arrested-development-netflix-interview-jeffrey-tambor.html, ‘Arrested Development. We Sat Down with the Cast. It Got Raw., Sopan, Deb, The New York Times, May 23, 2018, May 24, 2018, Walter teared up and stated that “[i]n like almost 60 years of working, I’ve never had anybody yell at me like that on a set. And it’s hard to deal with, but I’m over it now”, while also noting that Tambor had apologized and had not done anything sexually inappropriate, and that she would work with him again.WEB,www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/arrested-development-jessica-walter-jeffrey-tambor-friends-died.html/, ‘Arrested Development’: Were Jessica Walter and Jeffrey Tambor Friends When She Died?, Becca, Bleznak, Cheat Sheet, March 25, 2021, March 25, 2021, WEB,www.instyle.com/news/jason-bateman-jeffrey-tambor-jessica-walter-mansplaining-arrested-development/, Jason Bateman Apologizes for “Mansplaining” After Defending a Co-Star Accused of Harassment, Isabel, Jones, instyle, May 24, 2018, March 25, 2021, {{efn|The two did not work together again before her death.{{r|cheatsheet}}}} During the same interview, co-stars Jason Bateman, Tony Hale, and David Cross were criticized in multiple media outlets for appearing to excuse Tambor’s behavior without acknowledging Walter’s experience.NEWS,www.thewrap.com/arrested-development-men-accused-of-gaslighting-Jessica-Walter-to-defend-jeffrey-tambor/, ‘Arrested Development’ Men Accused of Gaslighting Jessica Walter to Defend Jeffrey Tambor, Debbie, Emery, The Wrap, May 23, 2018, June 14, 2018, WEB,www.thedailybeast.com/jessica-walter-silenced-by-male-arrested-development-co-stars-over-jeffrey-tambors-harassment, Jessica Walter Shamed by Male ‘Arrest Development’ Co-Stars Over Jeffrey Tambor’s ‘Harassment’, Kevin, Fallon, The Daily Beast, May 23, 2018, May 24, 2018, Within days, all three men had issued apologies to Walter.WEB,www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-44252483, Arrested Development cancels UK visit after tearful interview, BBC, May 25, 2018, May 25, 2018,

Personal life

(File:Ross Bowman and Jessica Walter.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Walter and her first husband on their wedding day)On March 27, 1966, Walter married Ross Bowman, a Broadway stage manager and television director from Portland, Oregon.Ross Philipp Bowman Obituary. Payson Roundup. July 3, 2018. The marriage produced a daughter, Brooke (born May 18, 1972), formerly an executive for 21st Century Fox and currently a Senior Vice President of development at ABC Family.NEWS, Keck, William,www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-09-15-jessica-walter_x.htm, A terrific ‘Development’ boosts Jessica Walter’s career, USA Today, September 16, 2005, March 18, 2007, Walter filed for divorce from Bowman in November 1976, and the divorce became final in 1978.NEWS, Hollywood Inside, November 6, 1976, The News Journal, John, Austin, 29, WEB, Egg Rolls Brought Ron Leibman and Jessica Walter to the Altar and Left Them Hungry for More,www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20197115,00.html, July 16, 1984, People, Bonnie, Johnson, Their grandson Micah was born on July 7, 2013 to Brooke and her husband, David Heymann.NEWS, Flans, Lindsay,www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/abc-familys-brooke-bowman-welcomes-a-son-amy-powell-becomes-president-paramount-tv-hitched-hatc-590402, ABC Family’s Brooke Bowman Welcomes a Son, Amy Powell Becomes President of Paramount TV: Hitched, Hatched, Hired, The Hollywood Reporter, July 25, 2013, During her first marriage, a fire broke out in the couple’s tenth-floor apartment on September 28, 1966 while Bowman was out of town. Walter was rescued by a firefighter.NEWS, Mulligan, Arthur,www.newspapers.com/newspage/461705586, Save Actress in Fire From 10-Story Ledge, New York Daily News, September 29, 1966, On June 26, 1983, Walter married actor Ron Leibman. They remained married until his death on December 6, 2019.NEWS,www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ron-leibman-dead-actor-angels-america-wheres-poppa-friends-was-82-1197320, Ron Leibman, Actor in ‘Angels in America,’ ‘Where’s Poppa?’ and ‘Friends,’ Dies at 82, The Hollywood Reporter, December 6, 2019, December 6, 2019, Koseluk, Chris, Walter and Leibman appeared together in Neil Simon’s play Rumors, and portrayed a husband and wife in the film Dummy (2003), and on Law & Order (in the episode “House Counsel“). Leibman joined the cast of Archer, voicing her character’s new husband. While Walter’s mother raised her in the Jewish tradition, Walter later described herself as not religious but “very Jewish in my heart”.NEWS, Sicha, Choire, Her phone’s still busy,articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/26/entertainment/ca-conversation26, April 18, 2017, Los Angeles Times, October 26, 2008,

Death

On March 24, 2021, Walter died in her sleep at her Manhattan home. She was 80 years old.WEB,deadline.com/2021/03/jessica-walter-dead-actress-arrested-development-1234721873/, Jessica Walter Dies: Emmy-Winning ‘Arrested Development’, ‘Archer’ Actress Was 80, Tom, Tapp, March 25, 2021, Deadline Hollywood, March 25, 2021, WEB, Jessica Walter, “Arrested Development” and “Archer” star, dies at 80, March 26, 2021,www.cbsnews.com/news/jessica-walter-arrested-development-star-dies-age-80/, March 26, 2021, CBS News, en-US, WEB, Lisa Respers, France, Jessica Walter, ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘Archer’ star, dies at 80, March 25, 2021,www.cnn.com/2021/03/25/entertainment/jessica-walter-obit/index.html, March 26, 2021, CNN,

Filmography

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! Year! Title! Roles! Notes! Rf.| 1964Lilith (film)>Lilith| Laura|URL=HTTPS://WWW.TCM.COM/VIDEO/344525/LILITH-THERES-MY-BUS/WEBSITE=ARCHIVE.ISARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20210326000534/HTTPS://WWW.TCM.COM/VIDEO/344525/LILITH-THERES-MY-BUS/, live, 1966Grand Prix (1966 film)>Grand Prix| Pat Stoddard| Nominated — Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress| The Group (film)>The Group| Libby|| | 1968| Bye Bye Braverman| Inez Braverman|afi}}| 1969Number One (1969 film)>Number One| Julie Catlan|afi}}| 1971| Play Misty for Me| Evelyn Draper| Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama| | 1979| Goldengirl| Melody|WEBSITE=WWW.NYTIMES.COM ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20210326113311/HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/1979/06/15/ARCHIVES/SCREEN-A-WITTY-GOLDENGIRLNURTURED-TO-WIN.HTML URL-STATUS=DEAD, | 1981| Going Ape!| Fiona Sabatini|afi}}| 1982 Spring Fever (1982 film)>Spring Fever| Celia Berryman|afi}}| 1984| The Flamingo Kid| Phyllis Brody|metacritic.movies}}| 1988| Tapeheads| Kay Mart|afi}}| 1993Ghost in the Machine (film)>Ghost in the Machine| Elaine Spencer|afi}}| 1994PCU (film)>PCU| President Garcia-Thompson|rottentomatoes}}| 1995| Temptress| Dr. Phyllis Evergreen|WEBSITE=WWW.ROTTENTOMATOES.COM ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20210326011301/HTTPS://WWW.ROTTENTOMATOES.COM/CELEBRITY/JESSICA_WALTER URL-STATUS=DEAD, | 1998| Slums of Beverly Hills| Doris Zimmerman|metacritic.movies}}| 2003Dummy (2002 film)>Dummy| Fern|WEBSITE=CATALOG.AFI.COM ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20210326005813/HTTPS://CATALOG.AFI.COM/PERSON/82280-JESSICA-WALTER URL-STATUS=DEAD, {{r|metacritic.movies}}| 2006| Unaccompanied Minors| Cindi|metacritic.movies}}| 2012| Bending the Rules| Lena Gold|URL=HTTPS://WWW.TVGUIDE.COM/CELEBRITIES/JESSICA-WALTER/CREDITS/3030390290/WEBSITE=ARCHIVE.ISARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20210325233606/HTTPS://WWW.TVGUIDE.COM/CELEBRITIES/JESSICA-WALTER/CREDITS/3030390290/, live, 2017| Undercover Grandpa| Maddy Harcourt|URL=HTTPS://WWW.METACRITIC.COM/MOVIE/UNDERCOVER-GRANDPA/DETAILSWEBSITE=ARCHIVE.ISARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20210326002343/HTTPS://WWW.METACRITIC.COM/MOVIE/UNDERCOVER-GRANDPA/DETAILS, live, | Keep the Change| Carrie|URL=HTTPS://WWW.METACRITIC.COM/PERSON/JESSICA-WALTER?FILTER-OPTIONS=MOVIESWEBSITE=ARCHIVE.ISARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20210326003950/HTTPS://WWW.METACRITIC.COM/PERSON/JESSICA-WALTER?FILTER-OPTIONS=MOVIESKEEP THE CHANGE >WORK=VARIETY FIRST=NICK ACCESS-DATE=26 MARCH 2021, | 2020The Mimic (2020 film)>The Mimic| Estelle|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-mimic-movie-review-2021website=archive.isarchive-url=https://archive.today/20210326000626www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-mimic-movie-review-2021|url-status=live}}“>

Television{| class“wikitable sortable unsortable”

! Year! Title! Role! Notes| 1960| (Diagnosis: Unknown)|| Episode: “The Curse of the Gypsy”| 1962–65| Love of Life| Julie Murano|| 1962–63Naked City (TV series)>Naked City| Girl / Louise| 2 episodes| 1963Route 66 (TV series)>Route 66| Liz Marshall| Episode: “A Long Way from St. Louie” 1964East Side/West Side (TV series)>East Side/West Side| Phyllis Dowling| Episode: “Take Sides with the Sun”| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour| Lorna Richmond| Episode: “The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow”| Ben Casey| Flora Farr| Episode: “August Is the Month Before Christmas”Flipper (1964 TV series)>Flipper| Elena| Episode: “300 Feet Below”| The Doctors and the Nurses| Edith Robertson| 2 episodesThe Reporter (TV series)>The Reporter| Jennifer| Episode: “How Much for a Prince?”The Rogues (TV series)>The Rogues| Linda Tennant| Episode: “House of Cards”| 1964–65The Defenders (1961 TV series)>The Defenders| Sharon Ruskin / Myra Maxwell| 2 episodes1965For the People (1965 TV series)>For the People| Phyllis Koster| 13 episodes| The Trials of O’Brien| Carole Ann Muffit| Episode: “Picture Me a Murder”1966The Fugitive (1963 TV series)>The Fugitive| Pat Haynes| Episode: “The White Knight”| Preview Tonight| Vivian Scott| Episode: “Pursue and Destroy”| 1966–73The F.B.I. (TV series)>The F.B.I.| Various| 6 episodes| 1968Kiss Me Kate (1968 film)>Kiss Me, KateBianca Minola>Bianca| Television film| 1968–71The Name of the Game (TV series)>The Name of the Game| Linda Ramsey / Rita Mason / Allie Chambers| 2 episodes 1969It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)>It Takes a Thief| Lori Brooks| Episode: “The Baranoff Timetable”The Immortal (1970 TV series)>The Immortal| Janet Braddock | Pilot for TV series| Then Came Bronson| Morgana Mendoza| Episode: “Where Will the Trumpets Be?”Three’s a Crowd (1969 film)>Three’s a Crowd| Jessica Carson| Television film| 1969–73| Love, American Style| Various| 5 episodes 1970(Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)>Mission: Impossible)| Valerie| Episode: “Orpheus”| The Most Deadly Game| Leslie | Episode: “Breakdown”| 1970–73| Mannix| Various| 3 episodes 1971| Men at Law| Kate Callendar| Episode: “Let the Dier Beware”| Alias Smith and Jones| Louise Carson| Episode: “Everything Else You Can Steal”| They Call It Murder| Jane Antrim| Television film| 1971–73| Marcus Welby, M.D.| Marian Lawrence / Jenny Alquist| 2 episodes| 1971–74Medical Center (TV series)>Medical Center| Various| 4 episodes 1972The Sixth Sense (American TV series)>The Sixth Sense| Jordana Theland| Episode: “The Heart That Wouldn’t Stay Buried”| Women in Chains| Dee Dee| Television film| Banyon| Emily| Episode: “The Old College Try”Cannon (TV series)>Cannon| Jane Butler| Episode: “That Was No Lady”Home for the Holidays (1972 film)>Home for the Holidays| Frederica “Freddie” Morgan| Television film 1973| Banacek | Erica Osburn| Episode: “The Two Million Clams of Cap’n Jack”Jigsaw (American TV series)>Jigsaw|| Episode: “Kiss the Dream Goodbye”Tenafly (TV series)>Tenafly| Joyce Harrison| Episode: “The Cash and Carry Caper”| 1973–76| The Streets of San Francisco| Glen Williams / Glen Conway / Maggie Jarris| 2 episodes 1974| Barnaby Jones | Brooke Leighton / Bernice Kellner| 2 episodes| Columbo| Dr. Margaret Nicholson| Episode: “Mind Over Mayhem”The Magician (American TV series)>The Magician | Marian Tripp| Episode: “The Illusion Of The Evil Spikes”Ironside (1967 TV series)>Ironside| Amy Prentiss| Episode: “Amy Prentiss AKA The Chief“Pilot for Amy PrentissHurricane (1974 film)>Hurricane| Louise Damon| Television filmHawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)>Hawaii Five-O| Carla Crystal| Episode: “The Two Faced Corpse”| 1974–75| Amy Prentiss| Amy Prentiss | 3 episodes| 1975McCloud (TV series)>McCloud| Mrs. Jessica Wright| Episode: “Park Avenue Pirates” 1976| Having Babies| Sally McNamara| Television filmMcMillan & Wife>McMillan| Donna Drake| Episode: “All Bets Off”| Victory at Entebbe| Nomi Haroun| Television film 1977Visions (1976 TV series)>Visions| Anna II| Episode: “The Prison Game”All That Glitters (American TV series)>All That Glitters| Joan Hamlyn|Wonder Woman (TV series)>The New Adventures of Wonder Woman | GloriaList of Wonder Woman episodes#Season 2 (1977–78)>The Return of Wonder Woman”Black Market Baby (film)>Black Market Baby| Louise Carmino| Television film| What Really Happened to the Class of ‘65?| Fran| Episode: “The Girl Nobody Knew”Gibbsville (TV series)>Gibbsville|| Episode: “The Grand Gesture” 1978| Wild and Wooly| Megan| Television filmWheels (novel)>Wheels | Ursula| TV miniseries, Episode #1.1Dr. Strange (1978 film)>Dr. StrangeMorgan le Fay (Marvel Comics)>Morgan le Fay Television film| Secrets of Three Hungry Wives| Christina Wood| Quincy, M.E.| Jessica Ross| Episode: “Images”| 1978–85| The Love Boat| Various| 8 episodes 1979Vampire (1979 film)>Vampire | Nicole DeCamp Television film| She’s Dressed to Kill | Irene Barton| 1979–85| Trapper John, M.D.| Melanie Townsend McIntyre| 10 episodes 1981Miracle on Ice (1981 film)>Miracle on Ice| Pat Brooks| Television film| Aloha Paradise|| Episode: “The Best of Friends/Success/9 Carats”Scruples (miniseries)#History>Scruples| Maggie| Television film > 1982| Knots Landing’’ | Victoria Hill| Episode: “Reunion” | Joanie Loves Chachi | Vanessa Sterling Episode: “Everybody Loves Aunt Vanessa” | Matt Houston| Glynnis Durand Episode: “Joey’s Here”| Bare Essence| Ava Marshall TV miniseries, 11 episodes| 1983Thursday’s Child (1983 film)>Thursday’s Child| Roz Richardson Television film| 1984Marcus Welby, M.D.>The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.| Astrid Carlisle| 1984–85| Three’s a Crowd | Claudia Bradford| 8 episodes| 1985| The Execution | Gertrude Simon| Television film| 1985–94| Murder, She Wrote| Various| 4 episodes 1986Hotel (American TV series)>Hotel| Irene Fitzgerald| Episode: “Child’s Play”| Magnum, P.I.| Joan Fulton| Episode: “Novel Connection”Wildfire (1986 TV series)>Wildfire| Lady Diabolyn (voice)| Main role| 1987| ABC Afterschool Specials| Dr. Stein| Episode: “Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story”1988| J.J. Starbuck| Brin Coltan| Episode: “Murder by Design”| Aaron’s Way| Connie Lo Verde| 14 episodes| 1991| The Pirates of Dark Water| Additional voices| 2 episodes| 1991–94Dinosaurs (TV series)>Dinosaurs| Fran Sinclair (voice)| 65 episodes 1992Jack’s Place (TV series)>Jack’s Place| Claire| Episode: “Romance Takes a Curtain Call”The Round Table (TV series)>The Round Table| Anne McPherson| Episode: “Yesterday We Were Playing Football” 1994| Babylon 5| Senator Elise Voudreau| Episode: “A Spider in the Web”Coach (TV series)>Coach| Susan Miller| 5 episodes| 1995| Law & Order| Anna Kopell| Episode: “House Counsel” 1996| Wing Commander Academy| Admiral Rhea Bergstrom (voice)| Episode: “Chain of Command”The Magic School Bus (TV series)>The Magic School Bus| Ashley Walker-Club-Dupree (voice)ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 24, 2024, Behind The Voice Actors, A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title’s list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.| 1996–97| One Life to Live| Eleanor Armitage| 6 episodes 1997| Doomsday Rock| Secretary| Television filmYou Wish (TV series)>You Wish| Estelle| Episode: “The Big Ride” 1998| (Poltergeist: The Legacy)| Suzanne Barnard| Episode: “The Light”| Just Shoot Me!| Eve Gallo| Episode: “Eve of Destruction”| 1998–2000Oh Baby (TV series)>Oh Baby| Celia Calloway| 20 episodes| 2000–01Jack & Jill (TV series)>Jack & Jill| Mrs. Louise Zane| 3 episodes| 2003| Touched by an Angel| Naomi| Episode: “The Show Must Not Go On”| 2003–06,2013,2018–19| Arrested Development| Lucille Bluth| 82 episodes| 2004| I Do (But I Don’t)| Gennifer Douglas| Television film| 2006–07| The Life and Times of Juniper Lee| Demoness (voice)| 2 episodes 2007The Land Before Time (TV series)>The Land Before Time| Old One (voice)| Episode: “The Brave Longneck Scheme”Rules of Engagement (TV series)>Rules of Engagement| Constance| Episode: “Kids”| The Wedding Bells| Candace Sinclair| Episode: “Partly Cloudy, with a Chance of Disaster”| 2007–10Saving Grace (TV series)>Saving Grace| Betty Hanadarko| 5 episodes 2008| (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) | Eleanor Reynolds| Episode: “Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger” Happy Hour (TV series)>Happy Hour| Nanette| Episode: “Thanksgiving”| 2008–0990210 (TV series)>90210| Tabitha Wilson| 13 episodes| 2009| (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)| Attorney Petra Gilmartin| Episode: “Solitary”|2009–21Archer (2009 TV series)>Archer|Malory Archer, “Mother” (voice)|110 episodes; 12th season released posthumously 2010Gravity (TV series)>Gravity| Henrietta| 5 episodes| Make It or Break It| Grandma Tanner| Episode: “Battle of the Flexes”| Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated| Mrs. Wyatt (voice)| Episode: “Howl of the Fright Hound”| 2011| The Big Bang Theory| Mrs. LathamPUBLISHER=THEFUTONCRITIC.COM ACCESS-DATE=2012-08-13, | 2011–12| Retired at 35| Elaine Robbins| Main cast, 20 episodes| 2014| Jennifer Falls| Maggie| Main cast, 10 episodes| 2015–18| Star vs. the Forces of Evil| Miss Heinous / Meteora Butterfly (voice)| 9 episodes| 2015, 2017NCIS (TV series)>NCIS| Judith McKnight| 2 episodes 2016| Turbo Fast| Tabitha (voice)| Episode: “Worst in Show”The Odd Couple (2015 TV series)>The Odd Couple| Meredith| Episode: “Felix Navidad” 2017| Justice League ActionAthena (DC Comics)>Athena (voice)| Episode: “The Trouble with Truth”| Difficult People| Mrs. Chuck| Episode: “Criminal Minds”|2018Clarence (American TV series)>Clarence|Ma (voice)|Episode: “Brain TV”| 2019| At Home with Amy Sedaris| Alice Brittlecrunch| 2 episodes| 2019–20Good Girls (TV series)>Good Girls| Judith| 2 episodes| 2020Harley Quinn (TV series)>Harley Quinn| Granny Goodness, Wendy (voice)| Episode: “Inner (Para) Demons”| 2021| American Housewife| Margaret| Episode: “Getting Frank with the Ottos”; final television role“>

Theater{| class“wikitable unsortable”

! Year! Title! Roles! Venue| 1958| Middle Of The Night| Kid Sister| Bucks County Playhouse| 1960| Come Blow Your Horn| Nurse| Bucks County Playhouse| 1960| Advise and Consent| Liz| Cort Theatre| 1962| Night Life| Cigarette Girl| Brooks Atkinson Theatre| 1963| Photo Finish| Clarice, Ada Cooney| Brooks Atkinson Theatre| 1964| A Severed Head| Georgie Hands| Royale Theatre| 1967| Barefoot in the Park| Corie Bratter| Kenley Players| 1967Gypsy (musical)>Gypsy| Gypsy Rose Lee| The Muny| 1969| How Now, Dow Jones| Cynthia Pike| Kenley Players| 1970| Oliver!Nancy (Oliver Twist)>Nancy| Sacramento Light Opera | 1970The Women (play)>The Women| Sylvia Fowler| Repertory Theatre of New Orleans| 1977The Royal Family (play)>The Royal Family| Cavendish| Parker Playhouse| 1985| Fighting International Fat| Rosalind Gambol| Playwrights Horizons| 1986| Tartuffe| Elmire| Los Angeles Theatre Center| 1988Rumors (play)>Rumors| Claire Ganz| Broadhurst Theatre| 1990Rumors (play)>Rumors| Claire Ganz| Doolittle Theatre, Los Angeles| 2001| The Vagina Monologues| Performer| Westside Theatre| 2001A Connecticut Yankee (musical)>A Connecticut Yankee| Guinevere| Encores!| 2002| Going Native| Mother| Long Wharf Theatre| 2003| The Stillborn Lover| Juliet Riordan| Berkshire Theater Festival| 2005Side by Side by Sondheim>Side By Side by Sondheim|Narrator| Berkshire Theater Festival | 2011| Anything Goes| Evangeline Harcourt| Stephen Sondheim Theatre| 2016Steel Magnolias (play)>Steel Magnolias| Ouiser Boudreaux| Bucks County Playhouse| 2018Show Boat>Show Boat in Concert| Parthy Ann Hawks| Bucks County Playhouse “>

Awards and nominations{|class“wikitable”

! Year! Award! Category! Project ! Result ! Ref.Golden Globe Awards Most Promising Newcomer – Female ‘’Grand Prix (1966 film)’’ >29th Golden Globe Awards>1971 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama >Play Misty for Me >| {{nom}}27th Primetime Emmy Awards>1975 rowspan=6Primetime Emmy Awards >Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie>Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series Amy Prentiss {{won}} rowspan=6WEBSITE= EMMYS.COM, March 26, 2021, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series>Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series{{efnemmys}}}} The Streets of San Francisco {{nom}} 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards>1980 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series >Trapper John, M.D. >| {{nom}}57th Primetime Emmy Awards>2005 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series >Arrested Development >| {{nom}}73rd Primetime Emmy Awards>2021 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance >’’Archer (2009 TV series)’’ >Posthumous nomination}}74th Primetime Emmy Awards>2022 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance >Posthumous nomination}}11th Screen Actors Guild Awards>2004 rowspan=3Screen Actors Guild Awards >Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series >Arrested Development {{nom}} DAGAN>FIRST=CARMELTITLE=JESSICA WALTER, ‘ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT’ AND ‘ARCHER’ STAR, DIES AT 80URL-STATUS=LIVEARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20210325201411/HTTPS://VARIETY.COM/2021/FILM/OBITUARIES-PEOPLE-NEWS/JESSICA-WALTER-DEAD-ARRESTED-DEVELOPMENT-ARCHER-1234938246/ACCESS-DATE=APRIL 25, 2021, HTTP://WWW.SAGAWARDS.ORG/AWARDS/NOMINEES-AND-RECIPIENTS/11TH-ANNUAL-SCREEN-ACTORS-GUILD-AWARDS>TITLE=THE 11TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDSACCESS-DATE=APRIL 25, 2021ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20120910130835/HTTP://WWW.SAGAWARDS.ORG/AWARDS/NOMINEES-AND-RECIPIENTS/11TH-ANNUAL-SCREEN-ACTORS-GUILD-AWARDS, September 10, 2012, 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards>2005 {{nom}} {{rWEBSITE=SAGAWARDS.ORGURL-STATUS=LIVEARCHIVE-DATE=SEPTEMBER 10, 2012, 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards>2013 {{nom}} {{rWEBSITE=SAGAWARDS.ORGURL-STATUS=LIVEARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 30, 2021,

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