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Jessica Walter is a Actor American born on 31 january 1941 at New York City (USA)

Jessica Walter

Jessica Walter
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Nationality USA
Birth 31 january 1941 at New York City (USA)
Death 24 march 2021 (at 80 years)

Jessica Walter (born January 31, 1941) is an American actress. She is best known for appearing in the films Play Misty for Me and Grand Prix, her role as Lucille Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development, and providing the voice of Malory Archer in the FX animated series Archer.

Walter was a series regular for the first half of season one of 90210, provided the voice of Fran Sinclair in the series Dinosaurs, and starred as the title character of the series Amy Prentiss, for which she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie.

Biography

Since 1983, Walter has been married to actor Ron Leibman, with whom she co-starred in Neil Simon's play Rumors. They also appeared together as husband and wife in the film Dummy and in Law & Order (in the episode "House Counsel") and he joined the cast of Archer, playing her character's new husband.

Walter has a daughter, Brooke Bowman, who was born in 1972 and is currently a development executive for ABC Family, from her twelve-year marriage to Ross Bowman, a former Broadway stage manager and television director.

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Boris Kaufman
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Saul Bass
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Robert Rossen
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Filmography of Jessica Walter (31 films)

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Actress

Bending The Rules
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Jamie Kennedy, Edge, Jennifer Esposito, Alicia Witt, Kevin Weisman, Gary Grubbs
Roles Lena Gold
Rating48% 2.413452.413452.413452.413452.41345
Detective Nick Blades (Adam "Edge" Copeland) is a New Orleans cop on trial for corruption. Assistant District Attorney Theo Gold (Jamie Kennedy) is the man in charge of putting him behind bars. When these two unlikely partners from opposite sides of the law stumble onto a criminal plot, they'll need to rely on luck - and patience - to take down a dangerous killer without killing each other first. Alicia Witt, Jennifer Esposito and Jessica Walter co-star in a story that proves that when the going gets tough, the tough continue to move at a moderate pace, thus proving that slow and steady wins the race.
Unaccompanied Minors, 1h29
Directed by Paul Feig
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films, Transport films, Aviation films, Children's films
Actors Lewis Black, B. J. Novak, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyler James Williams, Dyllan Christopher, Brett Kelly
Roles Cindi
Rating53% 2.658152.658152.658152.658152.65815
Spencer Davenport (Dyllan Christopher) and his sister Katherine must fly from California to Pennsylvania on Christmas Eve to spend the holidays with their dad, an environmentalist. Unfortunately, during their layover at the Hoover Airport in Kansas, a massive blizzard grounds all planes and cancels all flights, and the siblings are sent to the anarchic UM (unaccompanied minors') room, where they meet Christmas-spirited, but Jewish, smarty-pants Charlie Goldfinch (Tyler James Williams), surly and tomboyish tough girl Donna Malone (Quinn Shephard), glamorous and arrogant rich girl Grace Conrad (Gia Mantegna), and mysterious Beef Wellington (Brett Kelly).
I Do (But I Don't)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Denise Richards, Dean Cain, Karen Cliche, Mimi Kuzyk, Yannick Bisson, Jessica Walter
Roles Gennifer
Rating55% 2.7527952.7527952.7527952.7527952.752795
Junior wedding planner Lauren Crandell (Denise Richards) is assigned a wedding for Darla Tedanski (Karen Cliche), the daughter of a prominent family by her boss Gennifer "G" (Jessica Walter), who promises her a long overdue promotion if she does well.
I Do (But I Don't), 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Denise Richards, Dean Cain, Karen Cliche, Mimi Kuzyk, Yannick Bisson, Jessica Walter
Roles Gennifer
Rating55% 2.7527952.7527952.7527952.7527952.752795
Une jeune organisatrice de mariage tombe sous le charme d'un futur promis.
Dummy
Dummy (2002)
, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga, Jared Harris, Ron Leibman
Roles Fern Schoichet
Rating65% 3.295483.295483.295483.295483.29548
Steven Schoichet is a recently unemployed ne'er-do-well who has difficulty expressing himself. Steven finds he has a knack for ventriloquism. Steven's best friend is Fangora "Fanny" Gurkel, an aspiring punk rock singer who, along with Steven, is just looking for her niche. Eventually, Fanny takes a shine to klezmer music when she learns of an opportunity to get an actual gig. Through his newfound talent, Steven discovers that he is able to overcome his social problems through his dummy and decides to try impressing and winning the heart of Lorena Fanchetti.
Slums of Beverly Hills, 1h31
Directed by Tamara Jenkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Natasha Lyonne, Marisa Tomei, Alan Arkin, David Krumholtz, Jessica Walter, Kevin Corrigan
Roles Doris
Rating66% 3.346833.346833.346833.346833.34683
Vivian Abromowitz's family are penniless nomads, moving from one cheap apartment to another in Beverly Hills, so that Vivian (Natasha Lyonne) and her brothers can attend the city's prestigious schools. Their father, Murray (Alan Arkin), is a divorced 65-year-old who refuses to retire, working as an unsuccessful Oldsmobile salesman.
Doomsday Rock, 1h36
Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Connie Sellecca, Jessica Walter, William Devane
Roles Secretary
Rating43% 2.1937552.1937552.1937552.1937552.193755
Persuadé que Nemesis, un astéroïde géant, va s'écraser sur Terre, le docteur Carl Sorenson s'empare d'une base de missiles militaires. L'astrophysicien veut envoyer deux missiles nucléaires sur Nemesis afin de le détruire. Mais, le gouvernement américain demande à Catherine, la fille du Dr Carl Sorenson, de ramener le forcené à la raison...
PCU
PCU (1994)
, 1h19
Directed by Hart Bochner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jeremy Piven, David Spade, Chris Young, Jon Favreau, Megan Ward, Alex Désert
Roles President Garcia-Thompson
Rating64% 3.247543.247543.247543.247543.24754
Preppy pre-freshman (pre-frosh) Tom Lawrence (Chris Young) visits PCU (Port Chester University), a college where fraternities have been outlawed and political correctness is rampant on campus. During his visit, accident-prone Tom manages to make enemies with nearly every group of students, and thus spends much of his visit evading the growing mob of students upset with him.
Ghost in the Machine, 1h35
Directed by Rachel Talalay
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Ghost films, Serial killer films, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films
Actors Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey, Rick Ducommun, Jessica Walter, Wil Horneff, Brandon Quintin Adams
Roles Elaine Spencer
Rating46% 2.3035652.3035652.3035652.3035652.303565
A serial killer, named Karl Hochman (Ted Marcoux), is known as "The Address Book Killer" due to his habit of stealing address books and choosing his victims from them. While he is working at a computer store, he obtains Terry Munroe's (Karen Allen) address book after another employee, who is demonstrating a scanner, copies a page of her address book into the computer. While heading home that evening, Karl is nearly killed by a collision with a truck.
Tapeheads
Tapeheads (1988)
, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Actors John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Mary Crosby, Clu Gulager, Doug McClure, Jessica Walter
Roles Kay Mart
Rating56% 2.848262.848262.848262.848262.84826
After losing their jobs as security guards, best friends Ivan (John Cusack) and Josh (Tim Robbins) start a music video production company called "Video Aces". When they meet their childhood heroes, 1970s soul duo The Swanky Modes (Sam Moore and Junior Walker), Ivan and Josh concoct a scheme to give them a new audience by hijacking a Menudo concert, getting them to perform in Menudo's place, and broadcasting it live across the country on a television satellite hook-up.
The Flamingo Kid, 1h40
Directed by Garry Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Matt Dillon, Héctor Elizondo, Janet Jones, Richard Crenna, Jessica Walter, Brian McNamara
Roles Phyllis Brody
Rating61% 3.099113.099113.099113.099113.09911
In the summer of 1963, Jeffrey Willis (Matt Dillon) joins some friends for a day of Gin rummy at the El Flamingo Club, a private beach resort. There, he meets the girl of his dreams Carla Sampson (Janet Jones). After the Gin game and being told of the club's strict policy regarding guests, Jeffrey is upset, but not for long, since he immediately landed a job as a car valet and eventually, cabana steward. Jeffrey is a kid from a middle class Brooklyn family and his father (Elizondo) does not approve of him working at the private club.
Terror in the Aisles, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Documentary, Anthology film, Horror
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Donald Pleasence, Nancy Allen, Bud Abbott, Michael Ironside, Fred Asparagus, Brooke Adams
Rating62% 3.148473.148473.148473.148473.14847
Director Andrew J. Kuehn has excerpted brief segments of terror and suspense in a wide variety of suspenseful (including humorously so, ex. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, Saturday the 14th) films and strung them together with added commentary, as well as some enacted narrative, to create a compilation of fright-inducing effects. Halloween actor Donald Pleasence and Dressed to Kill star Nancy Allen provide the commentary on topics such as "sex and terror" (Dressed to Kill, Klute, Ms. 45, The Seduction, When a Stranger Calls), loathsome villains (Dracula, Frankenstein, Friday the 13 1 and/or 2, Halloween I and II, Marathon Man, Nighthawks, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Touch of Evil, Vice Squad, Wait Until Dark, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?), "natural terror" (Alligator, The Birds, Frogs, Jaws 1 and 2, Nightwing) and the occult (An American Werewolf in London, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, The Omen, Carrie, The Shining). In one segment of the anthology, legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock presents his concepts of how to create suspense in a clip from Alfred Hitchcock: Men Who Made The Movies.
Thursday's Child, 1h40
Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Rob Lowe, Gena Rowlands, Don Murray, Jessica Walter, Tracey Gold, Heidi Bohay
Roles Roz Richardson
Rating67% 3.3722453.3722453.3722453.3722453.372245
Sam Alden is the 17-year-old high school star player in baseball who seems to have it all. However, his family notices that he is often bothered with fits of coughing. Worried, his parents decide to take him to the hospital, where they are shocked to find out that he has a life-threatening heart disease. Sam has trouble dealing with his illness, but he pretends to still be a joyful teenager to not have his parents worrying even more than they already do. His health is deteriorating, though, and it is eventually revealed that he needs a heart transplant if he wants to survive. This is the beginning of a long and a both mentally and physically exhausting journey including countless operations, tests, and search for donors. Even before the final operation, Sam is forced to deal with several setbacks in his life.
Spring Fever, 1h40
Directed by Joseph L. Scanlan
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Tennis films
Actors Susan Anton, Jessica Walter, Stephen Young, Frank Converse, Barbara Cook, Stephen Shellen
Roles Celia Berryman
Rating46% 2.347342.347342.347342.347342.34734
Stevie Castle is a Las Vegas showgirl whose teen daughter K.C. demonstrates a promising aptitude for tennis. But when K.C. enters a local tournament, she encounters hostility and snobbery from the tennis crowd due to her mother's profession.