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Jessica Walter

  • Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
  • Birthday: January 31, 1941

A statuesque, attractive, skilled leading lady capable of a wide range, but usually relegated to playing grand bitches or scheming villains, Jessica Walter is perhaps best remembered for three disparate but memorable screen roles. In Sidney Lumet's "The Group" (1966), she was cast as Libby, the frigid gossip while Clint Eastwood's directorial debut "Play Misty for Me" (1971) found her as a psychotic stalker fixated on disc jockey Eastwood and in Garry Marshall's "The Flamingo Kid" (1984), Walter played …more

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Actor

Career Milestones

  • 2008

    Cast as Tabitha Wilson on "90210" (CW) a spin-off of the 90s series "Beverly Hills, 90210"

  • 2007 to 2008

    Appeared in three episodes of the TNT series "Saving Grace"

  • 2003 to 2006

    Cast as Lucille Bluth, the boozy, controlling mother on the FOX sitcom "Arrested Development"; earned a Supporting Actress Emmy (2005) nomination

  • 1998

    Appeared in the comedy feature "Slums of Beverly Hills"

  • 1998

    Played Cynthia Stevenson's mother in the Lifetime sitcom "Oh Baby"

Awards

  • 1975

    Emmy Award: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series

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