WVAH Fox 11 Charleston-Huntington, West Virginia
Home Shows Newsroom Schedule Community Viewer's Choice WVAH Fox11

Jessica Walter
Lucille Bluth on Arrested Development

Jessica Walter A graduate of New York's High School of the Performing Arts and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Walter has extensive theater credits that include productions both on- and off-Broadway. On Broadway, she has appeared in Peter Ustinov's "Photo Finish," which earned her the Clarence Derwent Award as Most Promising Newcomer, "A Severed Head," "Advise and Consent," "Night Life" and Neil Simon's "Rumors." Her off-Broadway credits include roles at Playwrights Horizons and in "Tartuffe," opposite Ron Leibman, at the Los Angeles Theater Center.

Walter received an Emmy Award for Best Dramatic Actress in the television series "Amy Prentiss." She also earned Emmy nominations for her guest-starring roles in episodes of "Trapper John, M.D." and "The Streets of San Francisco." Walter's additional television credits include guest-starring roles on "Mission Impossible," "The Immortal," "All That Glitters," "Three's A Crowd," "Murder, She Wrote," "Coach," "Law & Order," "Touched by An Angel," "Just Shoot Me" and "Jack & Jill," among others. Additionally, she was the voice of the mother dinosaur on the series "Dinosaurs" and was also a regular on "The Round Table" and "Oh Baby."

In 1978, Walter starred in the miniseries "Arthur Hailey's Wheels." She also starred in numerous MOWs including "The Immortal," "Three's a Crowd", "Women in Chains," "Home for the Holidays," "She's Dressed to Kill," "Scruples" and "Thursday's Child," among others.

Walter's feature films include Clint Eastwood's directorial debut "Play Misty for Me," which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Walter made her screen debut in 1964 in the film "Lilith," starring opposite Warren Beatty. Her additional film credits include roles in Sidney Lumet's "The Group," "Grand Prix," "Bye Buy Braverman," "Number One," "Spring Fever," "Going Ape," "The Flamingo Kid," "Tapeheads," "Ghost in the Machine," "P.C.U.," "The Temptress," "The Slums of Beverly Hills" and "Grownups."

She lives in New York with her husband, actor Ron Leibman.








PRIME PICKS

TWO AND A HALF MEN
Tonight at 7:00 PM

Prostitutes and Gelato
Charlie and Alan must confront their ``daddy issues'' when Evelyn's new boyfriend (guest star Robert Wagner) invites them to Las Vegas on his private jet






Visit WCHS-TV/DT Eyewitness News

HOME | PROGRAMS | NEWSROOM | SCHEDULE | COMMUNITY