Jessica Walter

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Jessica Walter (2008)

Jessica Walter (born January 31, 1941 in Brooklyn , New York City , New York ) is an American actress .

Life

Jessica Walter was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Jewish parents in 1941 , grew up in Queens , and graduated from the High School of Performing Arts . She completed her theater education in her hometown at the Bucks County Playhouse and with James Caan and Christopher Lloyd at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse . Walter gained his first acting experience in the American summer theater and on New York's Broadway . She had her first Broadway engagement in the early 1960s as a substitute actress for the play Advise and Consent . In 1962 she took on her first major television role in the soap opera Love of Life for a total of three years .

Walter had her first film role in 1964 in Lilith at the side of Warren Beatty and Peter Fonda . Numerous guest appearances in various television series followed. On March 27, 1966, Walter married the actor Ross Bowman. The marriage, from which a daughter (* 1971) emerged, was divorced in 1978. She had her breakthrough in 1967 in the Oscar- winning film Grand Prix . Walter received a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal . Her performance in the thriller Sadistico , alongside Clint Eastwood , earned her another Golden Globe nomination in 1972. Her portrayal of a psychotic stalker was highlighted by Roger Ebert , among others, as “unnerving effectiveness” . In 1974 she took on the lead role in Amy Prentiss , the spin-off of the television series The Boss . For this role she received an Emmy in 1975.

Since the 1980s, Walter has mainly been working as a television actress. In the television series Die Dinos she also took on a speaking role from 1991 to 1994. In Germany she is best known for portraying the eccentric Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development , who she played from 2003 to 2006. In May 2013, the series returned to the video-on-demand provider Netflix for 15 new episodes in which she took up her role again. For this role she received a Satellite Award in 2003. Since 2008 she has been in front of the camera for the 90210 series , another Beverly Hills spin-off , 90210 . From 2011 to 2012 she played Elaine Robbins in the series Retired at 35 .

From June 26, 1983, Walter was married to the actor Ron Leibman in his second marriage until his death on December 6, 2019.

Act

Filmography (selection)

theatre

Awards

Golden Globe

Nominations:

Emmy

Awards:

  • 1975: Actor in a miniseries or a TV movie for Amy Prentiss

Nominations:

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Nominations:

Satellite Awards

Awards:

Web links

Commons : Jessica Walter  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Filmreference.com: biography ; Retrieved June 12, 2009
  2. ↑ Jessica Walter . In: Ephraim Katz: The Macmillan international film encyclopedia . New York, NY: Macmillan, 1994.- ISBN 0-333-61601-4 . P. 1427
  3. ↑ Lloyd, Ann; Fuller, Graham; Desser, Arnold: The Illustrated who's who of the cinema . London: Orbis, 1983. ISBN 978-0-85613-521-7 . P. 455
  4. ↑ IMDb: short biography ; Retrieved June 11, 2009
  5. ↑ Roger Ebert: Critique of "Sadistico" ; Retrieved June 11, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Walter, Jessica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City , New York , United States