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Biography

Jessica Walter was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She graduated from New York's High School of the Performing Arts and then went on…more

Born

1/31/1940, Brooklyn, New York

Birth Name

Jessica Walter

Gender

Female

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Star (15)

Role
- Archer
  Malory Archer
  - S 3: Ep 10 Crossing Over
    3/1/12
  - S 3: Ep 9 Bloody Ferlin
    2/23/12
  - S 3: Ep 8 Lo Scandalo
    2/16/12
  - S 3: Ep 7 Drift Problem
    2/9/12
  - S 3: Ep 6 The Limited
    2/2/12
  - + 28 More Credits
- Retired at 35
  Elaine
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    1/19/11
- 90210
  Tabitha Wilson
  - S 1: Ep 13 Love Me or Leave Me
    1/13/09
  - S 1: Ep 12 Hello, Goodbye, Amen
    1/6/09
  - S 1: Ep 11 That Which We Destroy
    11/18/08
  - S 1: Ep 10 Games People Play
    11/11/08
  - S 1: Ep 8 There's No Place Like Homecoming
    10/28/08
  - + 7 More Credits
- Arrested Development
  Lucille Bluth
  - S 3: Ep 13 Development Arrested
    2/10/06
  - S 3: Ep 12 Exit Strategy
    2/10/06
  - S 3: Ep 11 Family Ties
    2/10/06
  - S 3: Ep 10 Fakin' It
    2/10/06
  - S 3: Ep 9 S.O.B.s
    1/2/06
  - + 48 More Credits
- Oh Baby
  Celia
  - S 2: Ep 22 Dot.Coms are Human, Too
    3/11/00
  - S 2: Ep 21 Image
    3/4/00
  - S 2: Ep 20 Launch
    2/26/00
  - S 2: Ep 19 What It Should Be and What It Is
    2/19/00
  - S 2: Ep 18 Business and Romance
    2/12/00
  - + 39 More Credits
- Dinosaurs
  Fran Sinclair
  - S 4: Ep 7 Changing Nature
    7/20/94
  - S 4: Ep 6 Terrible Twos
    7/13/94
  - S 4: Ep 5 Earl's Big Jackpot
    7/6/94
  - S 4: Ep 4 Driving Miss Ethyl
    6/29/94
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Greatest Story Ever Sold
    6/22/94
  - + 60 More Credits
- The Round Table
  Anne McPherson
  - S 1: Ep 5 Don't Worry, Mom, Everything's Under Control
    10/16/92
  - S 1: Ep 4 I Mean, What About Me?
    10/9/92
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Mirror Didn't Cover It All
    10/2/92
  - S 1: Ep 2 Were You Scared?
    9/25/92
  - S 1: Ep 1 Yesterday We Were Playing Football
    9/18/92
  - + 2 More Credits
- Aaron's Way
  Connie Lo Verde
  - S 1: Ep 14 New Patterns
    5/25/88
  - S 1: Ep 13 Solid Ground
    5/18/88
  - S 1: Ep 12 Invisible People
    5/15/88
  - S 1: Ep 11 Strong Foundations
    5/11/88
  - S 1: Ep 10 Teachers
    5/4/88
  - + 9 More Credits
- Wildfire (1986)
  Diabolyn
  - S 1: Ep 13 Wildfire: King of the Horses
    12/13/86
  - S 1: Ep 12 Where Dreams Come From
    12/6/86
  - S 1: Ep 11 King for a Day
    11/22/86
  - S 1: Ep 10 Dragons of Dar-Shan
    11/15/86
  - S 1: Ep 9 Strangers in the Night
    11/8/86
  - + 7 More Credits
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Melanie McIntyre (1979-1986)
  - S 7: Ep 19 The Elusive Butterfly
    9/4/86
  - S 7: Ep 18 Strange Bedfellows
    8/28/86
  - S 7: Ep 17 Research and Destroy
    8/21/86
  - S 7: Ep 16 Self-Diagnosis
    8/14/86
  - S 7: Ep 15 The Curmudgeon
    3/18/86
  - + 141 More Credits
- Three's a Crowd
  Claudia Bradford
- Bare Essence
  Ava Marshall
  - S 1: Ep 11 Episode 11
    6/13/83
  - S 1: Ep 10 Episode 10
    6/13/83
  - S 1: Ep 9 Episode 9
    4/29/83
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode 8
    4/15/83
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 7
    4/8/83
  - + 8 More Credits
- Amy Prentiss
  Amy Prentiss
  - S 1: Ep 3 Profile in Evil
    2/2/75
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Desperate World of Jane Doe
    12/22/74
  - S 1: Ep 1 Baptism of Fire
    12/1/74
- For the People
  Phyllis Koster
  - S 1: Ep 13 A Competent Witness
    5/9/65
  - S 1: Ep 12 Any Benevolent Purpose
    5/2/65
  - S 1: Ep 11 Seized, Confined And Detained
    4/25/65
  - S 1: Ep 10 With Intent To Influence
    4/11/65
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Right To Kill
    4/4/65
  - + 8 More Credits
- Love of Life
  Julie Murano (#1) (1962-1965)
Recurring Role (15)

Role
- Saving Grace
  Betty
  - S 3: Ep 17 You Think I'm Gonna Eat My Gun?
    6/14/10
  - S 1: Ep 13 Tacos, Tulips, Ducks and Spices
    12/18/07
- Saving Grace
  Betty Hanadarko
  - S 2: Ep 1 Have a Seat Earl
    7/14/08
- Coach
  Susan Miller
  - S 7: Ep 12 The Popcorn Bowl
    12/12/94
  - S 7: Ep 11 Out of Control
    11/28/94
  - S 7: Ep 6 Inconceivable
    10/17/94
  - S 7: Ep 3 Graceless Under Fire
    10/2/94
  - S 7: Ep 2 It Should Happen to You
    9/19/94
- The New Hollywood Squares
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 81 January 5 - 9, 1987 - Friday
    1/9/87
  - S 1: Ep 80 January 5 - 9, 1987 - Thursday
    1/8/87
  - S 1: Ep 79 January 5 - 9, 1987 - Wednesday
    1/7/87
  - S 1: Ep 78 January 5 - 9, 1987 - Tuesday
    1/6/87
  - S 1: Ep 77 January 5 - 9, 1987 - Monday
    1/5/87
- Three's a Crowd
  Claudia Bradford
  - S 1: Ep 22 A Star is Born
    4/9/85
  - S 1: Ep 20 King for a Day
    3/3/85
  - S 1: Ep 19 The New Mr. Bradford
    2/26/85
  - S 1: Ep 18 Deeds of Trust
    2/19/85
  - S 1: Ep 12 Father Knows Nothing
    1/8/85
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Love Boat
  Recurring Role
  - S 8: Ep 24 Judy Hits a Low Note/Love Times Two/The Problem With Papa
    3/23/85
  - S 6: Ep 28 Country Music Jamboree: Hits & Missus/Return of Annabelle/Just Plain Folks Medicine/Caught in the Act (2)
    4/30/83
- The Love Boat
  Marcia Smith
  - S 5: Ep 11 Farnsworth's Fling/Three in a Bed/I Remember Helen/Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia (2)
    11/21/81
  - S 5: Ep 10 Farnsworth's Fling/Three in a Bed/I Remember Helen/Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia (1)
    11/21/81
- The Love Boat
  Sally Welker
  - S 4: Ep 12 The Frugal Pair/Doc's Dismissal/The Girl Next Door
    1/3/81
- The Love Boat
  Madeline Harris
  - S 3: Ep 16 Doc's 'Ex' Change/The Gift/Making the Grade
    12/15/79
- The Love Boat
  Gail Matthews
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Business of Love/Crash Diet Crisis/I'll Never Fall in Love Again
    5/13/78
- Love, American Style
  Recurring Role
  - S 5: Ep 44 Love and the Weirdo
    11/30/73
  - S 3: Ep 32 Love and the Jealous Husband
    11/12/71
- The F.B.I.
  Gillian Norbury
  - S 7: Ep 14 The Recruiter
    12/19/71
- The F.B.I.
  Eleanor Prior
  - S 4: Ep 5 Death of a Fixer
    10/20/68
- The F.B.I.
  Ellen Rainey
  - S 3: Ep 2 Counter-Stroke
    9/24/67
- The F.B.I.
  Mirellis
  - S 2: Ep 21 Rope of Gold
    2/12/67
Guest Star (97)

Role
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
  Jason's Mom
  - S 1: Ep 10 Howl of the Fright Hound
    10/4/10
- Saving Grace
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 11 Let's Talk
    3/29/10
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Petra Gilmartin
  - S 11: Ep 3 Solitary
    10/7/09
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  Eleanor Reynolds
  - S 7: Ep 15 Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger
    7/6/08
- Saving Grace
  Betty Hanadarko
  - S 1: Ep 5 Would You Want Me to Tell You?
    8/20/07
- The Wedding Bells
  Candace Sinclair
  - S 1: Ep 3 Partly Cloudy, with a Chance of Disaster
    3/23/07
- The Land Before Time
  Old One
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Brave Longneck Scheme
    3/9/07
- Rules of Engagement
  Constance
  - S 1: Ep 5 Kids
    3/5/07
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
  Unnamed Demoness
  - S 2: Ep 4 Picture Day
    1/28/06
- Best Week Ever
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 12 Desperate Housewives, Amazing Race and more
    12/3/04
- Touched By an Angel
  Naomi
  - S 9: Ep 19 The Show Must Not Go On
    4/12/03
- Jack & Jill
  Mrs. Louise Zane
  - S 2: Ep 6 Pressure Points
    2/14/01
  - S 2: Ep 4 California Dreamin'
    1/31/01
- Jack & Jill
  Mrs Louise Zane
  - S 1: Ep 11 Bad Timing and Dirty Laundry
    1/23/00
- Just Shoot Me!
  Eve Gallo
  - S 2: Ep 24 Eve of Destruction
    5/5/98
- You Wish
  Estelle
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Big Ride
    10/10/97
- The Magic School Bus
  Ashlee Walker Club Dupree
  - S 3: Ep 12 Rocks And Rolls
    11/30/96
- Law & Order
  Anna Kopell
  - S 5: Ep 10 House Counsel
    1/4/95
- Babylon 5
  Senator Elise Voudreau
  - S 2: Ep 6 Spider in the Web
    12/7/94
- Murder, She Wrote
  Gwen Noble
  - S 11: Ep 6 The Murder Channel
    11/6/94
- Murder, She Wrote
  Jane Dawson
  - S 8: Ep 3 Unauthorized Obituary
    9/29/91
- The Pirates of Dark Water
  voice of the Queen
  - S 1: Ep 3 Break Up
    2/27/91
- The Marsha Warfield Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 121 September 26, 1990
    9/26/90
- J.J. Starbuck
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 Murder By Design
    1/23/88
- Murder, She Wrote
  Joan Fulton
  - S 3: Ep 8 Magnum On Ice
    11/23/86
- Magnum, P.I.
  Joan Fulton
  - S 7: Ep 9 Novel Connection
    11/19/86
- Hotel
  Irene Fitzgerald
  - S 3: Ep 14 Child's Play
    2/5/86
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Melanie McIntyre
  - S 7: Ep 8 The Second Best Man
    12/15/85
- Murder, She Wrote
  Joyce Holleran
  - S 2: Ep 3 Murder in the Afternoon
    10/13/85
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Astrid Carlisle
  - S 7: Ep 26 The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
    5/16/84
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Roz Richardson
  - S 32: Ep 2 Thurday's Child
    2/1/83
- Matt Houston
  Glynnis Durand
  - S 1: Ep 10 Joey's Here
    12/5/82
- Joanie Loves Chachi
  Vanessa Sterling
  - S 2: Ep 5 Everybody Loves Aunt Vanessa
    11/4/82
- Knots Landing
  Victoria Hill
  - S 3: Ep 13 Reunion
    2/18/82
- Aloha Paradise
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Best Of Friends / Success / Nine Karats
    4/1/81
- Quincy, M.E.
  Jessica Ross
  - S 4: Ep 5 Images
    11/2/78
- What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?
  Fran
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Girl Nobody Knew
    12/29/77
- Wonder Woman
  Gloria
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Return of Wonder Woman
    9/16/77
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 141 April 21, 1977
    4/21/77
  - S 3: Ep 3 September 22, 1976
    9/22/76
  - S 1: Ep 145 May 26, 1975
    5/26/75
  - S 1: Ep 99 March 21, 1975
    3/21/75
  - S 1: Ep 84 February 28, 1975
    2/28/75
  - + 2 More Credits
- Visions
  Anna II
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Prison Game
    1/13/77
- McMillan & Wife
  Donna Drake
  - S 6: Ep 1 All Bets Off
    12/5/76
- McMillan
  Donna Drake
  - S 1: Ep 1 All Bets Off
    12/5/76
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Maggie Jarris/Mrs. Reston/Mrs. McCluskey
  - S 5: Ep 7 Till Death Do Us Part
    11/18/76
- $20,000 Pyramid
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 1 Jessica Walter & Nipsey Russell
    8/30/76
- The Carol Burnett Show
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 14 with Jessica Walter
    12/13/75
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 10: Ep 18 November 3-7, 1975 (The 1-Hour Special Weekday Show)
    11/3/75
  - S 9: Ep 86 August 4-8, 1975 (NBC-TV)
    8/4/75
  - S 9: Ep 78 June 9-13, 1975 (NBC-TV)
    6/9/75
  - S 9: Ep 63 April 14-20, 1975 (2)
    4/14/75
  - S 9: Ep 58 March 31-April 4, 1975 (NBC-TV)
    3/31/75
  - + 1 More Credits
- McCloud
  Jessica Wright
  - S 6: Ep 1 Park Avenue Pirates
    9/21/75
- $10,000 Pyramid
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 33 Jessica Walter & Jack Carter
    4/14/75
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 13: Ep 99 January 30, 1975
    1/30/75
- Hawaii Five-O
  Carla Crystal
  - S 7: Ep 8 The Two-Faced Corpse
    10/29/74
- Barnaby Jones
  Bernice Kellner
  - S 3: Ep 2 Dead Man's Run
    9/17/74
- Tattletales
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 24 July 30, 1974
    7/30/74
- Ironside
  Amy Prentiss
  - S 7: Ep 25 Amy Prentiss: AKA The Chief (2)
    5/23/74
  - S 7: Ep 24 Amy Prentiss: AKA The Chief (1)
    5/23/74
- Columbo
  Margaret Nicholson
  - S 3: Ep 6 Mind over Mayhem
    2/18/74
- Barnaby Jones
  Brooke Leighton
  - S 2: Ep 14 Venus as in Flytrap
    1/6/74
- Medical Center
  Phoebe
  - S 5: Ep 9 Woman for Hire
    11/19/73
- Tenafly
  Joyce
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Cash and Carry Caper
    10/31/73
- Mannix
  Laura Danford
  - S 6: Ep 24 The Danford File
    3/11/73
- Banacek
  Erica Osburn
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack
    2/7/73
- Love, American Style
  Virginia Dickenson
  - S 4: Ep 58 Love and the Twanger Tutor
    1/19/73
- The F.B.I.
  Carla Payne
  - S 8: Ep 17 A Gathering Of Sharks
    1/14/73
- Medical Center
  Susan
  - S 4: Ep 14 A Game for One Player
    12/20/72
- Cannon
  Jane Butler
  - S 2: Ep 4 That Was No Lady
    10/4/72
- Banyon
  Emily
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Old College Try
    9/22/72
- The Sixth Sense
  Jordana Theland
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Heart That Wouldn't Stay Buried
    1/22/72
- Mannix
  Althea Blake
  - S 5: Ep 18 Moving Target
    1/19/72
- Alias Smith and Jones
  Louise Carson
  - S 2: Ep 13 Everything Else You Can Steal
    12/16/71
- Medical Center
  Dr. Carrie Benson
  - S 3: Ep 6 Circle of Power
    10/20/71
- The Name of the Game
  Rita/Allie
  - S 3: Ep 24 The Showdown
    3/19/71
- Medical Center
  Maggie Spencer
  - S 2: Ep 17 Web of Darkness
    1/13/71
- Love, American Style
  Barbara Kramer
  - S 2: Ep 25 Love and the Kidnapper
    1/1/71
- Most Deadly Game
  Leslie
  - S 1: Ep 4 Breakdown
    10/31/70
- Mission: Impossible
  Valerie
  - S 4: Ep 22 Orpheus
    3/1/70
- Mannix
  Kathy Graves/Sylvia
  - S 3: Ep 19 Who is Sylvia?
    2/7/70
- Gibbsville
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Grand Gesture
- Happy Hour
  Nanette
  - S 1: Ep 6 Thanksgiving
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
  Demoness
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Kids Stay in the Picture
- Love, American Style
  Betty
  - S 1: Ep 25 Love and the Big Leap
    11/24/69
- Then Came Bronson
  Morgana
  - S 1: Ep 5 Where Will the Trumpets Be?
    10/15/69
- The Immortal (1970)
  Janet Braddock
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Immortal (90 min)
    9/30/69
- It Takes A Thief
  Laurie Brooks
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Baranoff Timetable
    3/18/69
- The Name of the Game
  Linda Ramsey
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Ordeal
    11/22/68
- The Match Game
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 35 Jessica Walter & Gordon MacRae
    4/29/68
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 94 January 4, 1968
    1/4/68
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 62 November 29, 1966
    11/29/66
  - S 4: Ep 34 October 20, 1966
    10/20/66
  - S 12: Ep 133 March 20, 1975
    3/20/75
  - S 12: Ep 101 February 4, 1975
    2/4/75
  - S 9: Ep 61 December 2, 1971
    12/2/71
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Pat
  - S 3: Ep 26 The White Knight
    3/22/66
- The F.B.I.
  Miss Gibbs
  - S 1: Ep 23 Flight to Harbin
    2/27/66
- Trials of O'Brien
  Carole Ann Muffit
  - S 1: Ep 11 Picture Me A Murder
    11/27/65
- The Defenders (1961)
  Sharon Ruskin
  - S 4: Ep 18 The Unwritten Law
    2/4/65
- The Rogues
  Linda Tennant
  - S 1: Ep 5 House of Cards
    10/11/64
- The Reporter
  Jennifer
  - S 1: Ep 3 How Much For A Prince
    10/9/64
- Flipper
  Elena Darmon
  - S 1: Ep 3 SOS Dolphin
    10/3/64
- The Nurses (1962)
  Edith Robertson
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Suspect Part 1
    9/29/64
- Ben Casey
  Flora Farr
  - S 4: Ep 1 August is the Month Before Christmas
    9/14/64
- The Defenders (1961)
  Myra Maxwell
  - S 3: Ep 32 The Fine Line
    5/30/64
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Lorna Richmond
  - S 2: Ep 25 The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow
    4/17/64
- East Side/West Side
  Phyllis Dowling
  - S 1: Ep 22 Take Sides with the Sun
    3/16/64
- Route 66
  Liz
  - S 4: Ep 10 A Long Way From St. Louie
    12/6/63
Special Guest Star (3)

Role
- The Big Bang Theory
  Mrs. Latham
  - S 4: Ep 15 The Benefactor Factor
    2/10/11
- Make It Or Break It
  Gran Turner
  - S 2: Ep 3 Battle of the Flexes
    7/13/10
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Glen Williams/Glen Conway
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Stamp of Death
    10/18/73

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- Jessica has acted alongside her husband, Ron Leibman, in the movie Dummy, and in the tenth episode of the fifth season of Law & Order, entitled 'House Counsel'.
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- Jessica appeared in all 53 episodes of Arrested Development before its cancellation in early 2006.
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- In 2006 Jessica was in the movie Unaccompanied Minors.
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- Jessica Walter: You know, one thing I've learned, after all these years: You never know what's around the corner. And that is one of the exciting things. Did I think I was going to be in L.A. for two and a half years? Never, at this point in my life. You never know. I would love to do something that doesn't take me away from New York.
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- Jessica Walter (on Arrested Development): You know, I'll tell ya, whatever happens with this show -- and I'm still in denial -- the bar has been set very high. It's going to be real hard to find something else like this. This has been like from god; this is a truly talented group of people in all areas -- the directors, the camera guys.
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- Jessica Walter (on Arrested Development): Real comedy is based on desperation, and I look at Lucille, and I look at all these people on our show, as desperate. She's desperate to maintain her lifestyle.
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