20 Facts About Jessica Walter

Jessica Ann Walter was an American actress who appeared in more than 170 film, stage, and television productions.

Jessica Walter received two Golden Globe Award nominations and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.

Jessica Walter made her film debut in the 1964 neo-noir drama Lilith, subsequently starring in the 1966 films Grand Prix and The Group.

Jessica Walter was born on January 31,1941, in Brooklyn, New York, to Esther, a teacher, and David Jessica Walter, a musician who was a member of the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the NYC Ballet Orchestra.

Jessica Walter's brother, Richard, is a retired professor who led the screenwriting program at UCLA.

Jessica Walter attended the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan, graduating in 1959.

Jessica Walter began her acting career on stage, winning a Clarence Derwent Award in 1963 for Outstanding Debut Broadway Performance in Photo Finish by Peter Ustinov.

Jessica Walter soon moved to television, and played Julie Muranoon on the television series, Love of Life.

Jessica Walter played Evelyn, a young woman who becomes violently obsessed with a disc jockey.

Jessica Walter was in three episodes of Mannix in three separate seasons.

Jessica Walter recorded a performance as the doll form of Chucky for the 1988 horror film Child's Play, but her lines were redubbed by Brad Dourif after negative test screenings which Tom Holland and Don Mancini attributed partially to Walter's performance; they claimed Walter was effectively frightening in the role but failed to convey the sense of black humor they envisioned the character to have and that her voice seemed out of place because the character was male.

Jessica Walter reprised her role for season five, premiering in 2018.

Jessica Walter played Tabitha Wilson on the first season of 90210, until the character was written off halfway through the season.

Jessica Walter starred as Evangeline Harcourt in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes, which began previews in March 2011 and officially opened on April 7,2011.

Jessica Walter voiced spymaster Malory Archer on the FX animated series Archer.

Jessica Walter mentioned that her performance in Arrested Development was explicitly referenced when auditions for the part of Malory were sought.

In May 2018, Jessica Walter became part of an on-set controversy regarding harassment she said she had received from Arrested Development co-star Jeffrey Tambor.

On March 27,1966, Jessica Walter married Ross Bowman, a Broadway stage manager and television director from Portland, Oregon.

Jessica Walter filed for divorce from Bowman in November 1976, and the divorce became final in 1978.

On March 24,2021, Jessica Walter died in her sleep at her Manhattan home.