Jessica Walter, an Emmy-winning actress whose career spanned six decades is dead. Jessica passed away in her sleep at home in New York City on Wednesday, 24th March. She was 80.
Walter’s career included a stint in Clint Eastwood’s directorial debut, “Play Misty for Me”. She also featured in “The Flamingo Kid” and her Emmy-nominated turns on “Trapper John M..D”. and “Streets of San Francisco”. For her performance as Lucille Bluth in “Arrested Development”, Walter earned yet another Emmy nomination and two SAG nominations.
Walter won an Emmy starring in “Amy Prentiss”, in the mid-1970s. The film was about a young San Francisco police detective. She also voiced Malory Archer on FXX’s animated series “Archer”.
Walter served as 2nd National Vice President of the Screen Actors Guild. She was also an elected member of the SAG Board of Directors for over a decade. David Cross her co-star in “Arrested Development” called her “an absolutely brilliant actress and amazing talent.”
Walter began her career in her hometown of New York City where she appeared in numerous Broadway productions including “Advice and Consent”. She also featured in Neil Simon’s “Rumors”, “A Severed Head”, “Nightlife” and “Photo Finish”, for which she earned the Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
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Also on stage, Walter worked at New York’s Playwright’s Horizons and the Los Angeles Theater Center. She starred in the Broadway revival of “Anything Goes”, which picked up several Tony Awards.
Jessica Walter is survived by daughter Brooke Bowman, who is Senior Vice President Drama Programming at Fox Entertainment, and grandson Micah Heymann.
Bowman said in a statement: “It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of my beloved mom Jessica. A working actor for over six decades, her greatest pleasure was bringing joy to others through her storytelling both on-screen and off. While her legacy will live on through her body of work, she will also be remembered by many for her wit, class and overall joie de vivre.”
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