Jessica Walter

Jessica Ann Walter (January 31, 1941 – March 24, 2021) was an American actress who appeared in more than 170 film, stage, and television productions.

In films, she was best known for her role as a psychotic and obsessed fan of a local disc jockey in the 1971 Clint Eastwood thriller, Play Misty for Me. On television, she was most recently known for her role of Lucille Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013–2019) and for providing the voice of Malory Archer on the FX animated series Archer (2009–2021). Walter received various awards over the course of her television career, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Amy Prentiss (1975). She also received two Golden Globe Award nominations and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For her starring role opposite Eastwood in Play Misty for Me, Walter received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

After studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City, Walter began her career on the Broadway stage, winning a 1963 Clarence Derwent Award for Outstanding Debut Performance. She made her film debut in the 1964 neo-noir drama Lilith, subsequently starring in the 1966 films Grand Prix and The Group. Both performances earned her critical acclaim.

Throughout her career, Walter was a regular presence on American television, playing the title role in the short-lived police procedural Amy Prentiss, appearing in a recurring role on Trapper John, M.D., working as a series regular for the first half of season one of 90210, and providing the voice of Fran Sinclair on the series Dinosaurs. Her role as scheming socialite Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development brought her renewed attention, and she contributed voiceover work to animated series such as Archer (2009–2023), and Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015–2018).

Early life

Walter was born on January 31, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> to Esther (née Groisser), a teacher,<ref name=esther>Esther Walter Obituary. New York Times. February 14, 2007.</ref> and David Walter, a musician who was a member of the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the NYC Ballet Orchestra.<ref>David Walter Obituary. New York Times. July 2, 2003.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Both of Walter's parents were Jewish,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> with her mother having immigrated to the US from the Soviet Union in 1923.<ref name=esther/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her brother, Richard, is a retired professor who led the screenwriting program at UCLA.<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The siblings were raised in Elmhurst, Queens.<ref>Marzlock, Ron (March 19, 2020). "Actress Jessica Walter went from Sunnyside to ‘Misty’". Queens Chronicle.</ref> Walter attended the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan, graduating in 1959.<ref>"My First Job: ‘Arrested Development’ Star Jessica Walter". The Wall Street Journal. June 12, 2013.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

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Walter in 1965

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. She soon moved to television, and played Julie Muranoon on the television series, Love of Life.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> While appearing on Love of Life from 1962 to 1965, she also acted on many other popular television series, including Naked City, East Side/West Side, Ben Casey, Route 66, The Doctors and the Nurses, The Rogues, and The Defenders. Among those series is Walter's role as Lorna Richmond on "The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow" episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (April 14, 1964), and a supporting role as William Shatner's wife on the legal drama For the People (1965).

In 1964, Walter appeared in the first episode of the television series Flipper as well as the episode "How Much for a Prince?" in CBS's drama The Reporter. In 1966, she appeared in "The White Knight" episode of The Fugitive.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Her earliest notable and acclaimed screen role was in the Clint Eastwood-directed film, Play Misty for Me (1971). Walter played Evelyn, a young woman who becomes violently obsessed with a disc jockey. Evelyn is known to repeatedly call a California radio station during a jazz music program hosted by Eastwood's character, Dave Garver, always requesting he play the Erroll Garner standard, "Misty". In the course of becoming infatuated with Garver, Evelyn seduces him and then attempts suicide in his home. Her obsessive behavior intensifies and she begins stalking him relentlessly and eventually breaks into his house. In a frenzy, Evelyn destroys the interior of the home and stabs his housekeeper Birdie (played by Clarice Taylor), who is hospitalized but survives. For her performance, Walter received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama category <ref name="hollywoodreporter"/><ref name="goldenglobes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as well as critical praise. Film critic Roger Ebert described Walter as demonstrating "unnerving effectiveness" in the role.<ref>Ebert, Roger (1971) Play Misty for Me. Retrieved March 6, 2014.</ref>

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Walter in 2008

Walter's other film credits from that era include Lilith (1964), Grand Prix (1966), The Group (1966), Bye Bye Braverman (1968), and Number One (1969). She was also in three episodes of Mannix (starring Mike Connors) in three separate seasons.

During the 1970s, Walter co-starred in an episode of Columbo, "Mind Over Mayhem", had a recurring role on Trapper John, M.D. as Melanie McIntyre, Trapper John's former wife, and starred on the series Amy Prentiss, a spinoff of Ironside, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award.

In 1980s, she had a role on the NBC primetime soap opera Bare Essence as Ava Marshall. Following Bare Essence, Walter worked most frequently in television and theater, though she did appear in some films including The Flamingo Kid (1984) and PCU (1994). She 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the 1990s, Walter voiced Fran Sinclair on the ABC comedy Dinosaurs, and appeared on Just Shoot Me! as Eve Gallo, the mother of Maya and the ex-wife of magazine publisher Jack Gallo.

From 2003 to 2006, she appeared in a regular role as the scheming alcoholic socialite matriarch Lucille Bluth on Fox's comedy series Arrested Development. In 2005, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the role. Despite her convincing portrayal of Lucille, she stated: "I'm nothing like Lucille. Nothing. My daughter will tell you. I'm really a very nice, boring person."<ref name="must">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Despite acclaim from critics, Arrested Development received low ratings and viewership on Fox, which cancelled the series in 2006. It was revived by Netflix for season four in 2013, where it gained huge popularity. Walter reprised her role for season five, premiering in 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Walter in 2019

Walter played Tabitha Wilson on the first season of 90210 (2008-2009), until the character was written off halfway through the season. In 2007, she guest-starred on the sitcom Rules of Engagement in the episode titled "Kids" and in 2009 guest-starred in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as legal-aid lawyer Petra Gilmartin. Previously in 2008, she had appeared in Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Eleanor Reynolds in the episode "Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> From 2011 to 2012, she starred in the TV Land sitcom Retired at 35 alongside her Bye Bye Braverman co-star George Segal.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>Jones, Kenneth."Bon Voyage! Anything Goes, With Sutton Foster and Joel Grey, Opens on Broadway" Template:Webarchive, playbill.com. Retrieved May 19, 2014.</ref>

Walter voiced spymaster Malory Archer on the FX animated series Archer. <ref name="hollywoodreporter"/> Walter mentioned that her performance in Arrested Development was explicitly referenced when auditions for the part of Malory were sought.<ref name="malory.dailybeast">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In May 2018, Walter became part of an on-set controversy regarding harassment she said she had received from Arrested Development co-star Jeffrey Tambor. During a cast interview with the New York Times, Walter was asked about an incident which Tambor had alluded to several months before.<ref name="nytimes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Walter teared up and stated that "[i]n like almost 60 years of working, I've never had anybody yell at me like that on a set. And it's hard to deal with, but I'm over it now", while also noting that Tambor had apologized and had not done anything sexually inappropriate, and that she would work with him again.<ref name="nytimes"/><ref name="cheatsheet">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the same interview, co-stars Jason Bateman, Tony Hale, and David Cross were criticized in multiple media outlets for appearing to excuse Tambor's behavior without acknowledging Walter's experience.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Within days, all three men had issued apologies to Walter.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

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Walter and her first husband on their wedding day

On March 27, 1966, Walter married Ross Bowman, a Broadway stage manager and television director from Portland, Oregon.<ref>Ross Philipp Bowman Obituary. Payson Roundup. July 3, 2018.</ref> The marriage produced a daughter, Brooke (born May 18, 1972), once an executive for 21st Century Fox and later a Senior Vice President of development at ABC Family.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Walter filed for divorce from Bowman in November 1976, and the divorce became final in 1978.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=people>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their grandson Micah was born on July 7, 2013, to Brooke and her husband, David Heymann.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

During her first marriage, a fire broke out in the couple's tenth-floor apartment on September 28, 1966, while Bowman was out of town. Walter was rescued by a firefighter.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On June 26, 1983, Walter married actor Ron Leibman.<ref name=people/> They remained married until his death on December 6, 2019.<ref name = THR>Template:Cite news</ref> Walter and Leibman appeared together in Neil Simon's play Rumors, and portrayed a husband and wife in the film Dummy (2003), and on Law & Order (in the episode "House Counsel"). Leibman joined the cast of Archer, voicing her character's new husband.

While Walter's mother raised her in the Jewish tradition, Walter later described herself as not religious but "very Jewish in my heart".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Death

On March 24, 2021, Walter died in her sleep at her Manhattan home. She was 80 years old.<ref name="Death">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Roles	Notes	Rf.
1964	Lilith	Laura		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1966	Grand Prix	Pat Stoddard	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female	<ref name="hollywoodreporter"/><ref name="goldenglobes"/>
	The Group	Libby		<ref name="hollywoodreporter"/>
1968	Bye Bye Braverman	Inez Braverman		Template:R
1969	Number One	Julie Catlan		Template:R
1971	Play Misty for Me	Evelyn Draper	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama	<ref name="hollywoodreporter"/><ref name=goldenglobes/>
1979	Goldengirl	Melody		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1981	Going Ape!	Fiona Sabatini		Template:R
1982	Spring Fever	Celia Berryman		Template:R
1984	The Flamingo Kid	Phyllis Brody		Template:R
1988	Tapeheads	Kay Mart		Template:R
1993	Ghost in the Machine	Elaine Spencer		Template:R
1994	PCU	President Garcia-Thompson		Template:R
1995	Temptress	Dr. Phyllis Evergreen		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1998	Slums of Beverly Hills	Doris Zimmerman		Template:R
2003	Dummy	Fern		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:R
2006	Unaccompanied Minors	Cindi		Template:R
2012	Bending the Rules	Lena Gold		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	Undercover Grandpa	Maddy Harcourt		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Keep the Change	Carrie		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020	The Mimic	Estelle		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960	Diagnosis: Unknown		Episode: "The Curse of the Gypsy"
1962–65	Love of Life	Julie Murano
1962–63	Naked City	Girl / Louise	2 episodes
1963	Route 66	Liz Marshall	Episode: "A Long Way from St. Louie"
1964	East Side/West Side	Phyllis Dowling	Episode: "Take Sides with the Sun"
	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Lorna Richmond	Episode: "The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow"
	Ben Casey	Flora Farr	Episode: "August Is the Month Before Christmas"
	Flipper	Elena	Episode: "300 Feet Below"
	The Doctors and the Nurses	Edith Robertson	2 episodes
	The Reporter	Jennifer	Episode: "How Much for a Prince?"
	The Rogues	Linda Tennant	Episode: "House of Cards"
1964–65	The Defenders	Sharon Ruskin / Myra Maxwell	2 episodes
1965	For the People	Phyllis Koster	13 episodes
	The Trials of O'Brien	Carole Ann Muffit	Episode: "Picture Me a Murder"
1966	The Fugitive	Pat Haynes	Episode: "The White Knight"
	Preview Tonight	Vivian Scott	Episode: "Pursue and Destroy"
1966–73	The F.B.I.	Various	6 episodes
1968	Kiss Me, Kate	Lois Lane / Bianca	Television film
1968–71	The Name of the Game	Linda Ramsey / Rita Mason / Allie Chambers	2 episodes
1969	It Takes a Thief	Lori Brooks	Episode: "The Baranoff Timetable"
	The Immortal	Janet Braddock	Pilot for TV series
	Then Came Bronson	Morgana Mendoza	Episode: "Where Will the Trumpets Be?"
	Three's a Crowd	Jessica Carson	Television film
1969–73	Love, American Style	Various	5 episodes
1970	Mission: Impossible	Valerie	Episode: "Orpheus"
	The Most Deadly Game	Leslie	Episode: "Breakdown"
1970–73	Mannix	Various	3 episodes
1971	Men at Law	Kate Callendar	Episode: "Let the Dier Beware"
	Alias Smith and Jones	Louise Carson	Episode: "Everything Else You Can Steal"
	They Call It Murder	Jane Antrim	Television film
1971–73	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Marian Lawrence / Jenny Alquist	2 episodes
1971–74	Medical Center	Various	4 episodes
1972	The Sixth Sense	Jordana Theland	Episode: "The Heart That Wouldn't Stay Buried"
	Women in Chains	Dee Dee	Television film
	Banyon	Emily	Episode: "The Old College Try"
	Cannon	Jane Butler	Episode: "That Was No Lady"
	Home for the Holidays	Frederica "Freddie" Morgan	Television film
1973	Banacek	Erica Osburn	Episode: "The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack"
	Jigsaw		Episode: "Kiss the Dream Goodbye"
	Tenafly	Joyce Harrison	Episode: "The Cash and Carry Caper"
1973–76	The Streets of San Francisco	Glen Williams / Glen Conway / Maggie Jarris	2 episodes
1974	Barnaby Jones	Brooke Leighton / Bernice Kellner
	Columbo	Dr. Margaret Nicholson	Episode: "Mind Over Mayhem"
	The Magician	Marian Tripp	Episode: "The Illusion Of The Evil Spikes"
	Ironside	Amy Prentiss	Episode: "Amy Prentiss AKA The Chief" Pilot for Amy Prentiss
	Hurricane	Louise Damon	Television film
	Hawaii Five-O	Carla Crystal	Episode: "The Two Faced Corpse"
1974–75	Amy Prentiss	Amy Prentiss	3 episodes
1975	McCloud	Mrs. Jessica Wright	Episode: "Park Avenue Pirates"
1976	Having Babies	Sally McNamara	Television film
	McMillan	Donna Drake	Episode: "All Bets Off"
	Victory at Entebbe	Nomi Haroun	Television film
1977	Visions	Anna II	Episode: "The Prison Game"
	All That Glitters	Joan Hamlyn
	The New Adventures of Wonder Woman	Gloria	Episode: "The Return of Wonder Woman"
	Black Market Baby	Louise Carmino	Television film
	What Really Happened to the Class of '65?	Fran	Episode: "The Girl Nobody Knew"
	Gibbsville		Episode: "The Grand Gesture"
1978	Wild and Wooly	Megan	Television film
	Wheels	Ursula	TV miniseries, Episode #1.1
	Dr. Strange	Morgan le Fay	Television film
	Secrets of Three Hungry Wives	Christina Wood
	Quincy, M.E.	Jessica Ross	Episode: "Images"
1978–85	The Love Boat	Various	8 episodes
1979	Vampire	Nicole DeCamp	Television film
	She's Dressed to Kill	Irene Barton
1979–85	Trapper John, M.D.	Melanie Townsend McIntyre	10 episodes
1981	Miracle on Ice	Pat Brooks	Television film
	Aloha Paradise		Episode: "The Best of Friends/Success/9 Carats"
	Scruples	Maggie	Television film
1982	Knots Landing	Victoria Hill	Episode: "Reunion"
Joanie Loves Chachi	Vanessa Sterling	Episode: "Everybody Loves Aunt Vanessa"
Matt Houston	Glynnis Durand	Episode: "Joey's Here"
Bare Essence	Ava Marshall	TV miniseries, 11 episodes
1983	Thursday's Child	Roz Richardson	Television film
1984	The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.	Astrid Carlisle
1984–85	Three's a Crowd	Claudia Bradford	8 episodes
1985	The Execution	Gertrude Simon	Television film
1985–94	Murder, She Wrote	Various	4 episodes
1986	Hotel	Irene Fitzgerald	Episode: "Child's Play"
	Magnum, P.I.	Joan Fulton	Episode: "Novel Connection"
	Wildfire	Lady Diabolyn (voice)	Main role
1987	ABC Afterschool Specials	Dr. Stein	Episode: "Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story"
1988	J.J. Starbuck	Brin Coltan	Episode: "Murder by Design"
	Aaron's Way	Connie Lo Verde	14 episodes
1991	The Pirates of Dark Water	Additional voices	2 episodes
1991–94	Dinosaurs	Fran Sinclair (voice)	65 episodes
1992	Jack's Place	Claire	Episode: "Romance Takes a Curtain Call"
	The Round Table	Anne McPherson	Episode: "Yesterday We Were Playing Football"
1993	Roseanne	Fiona	Episode: "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home"
1994	Babylon 5	Senator Elise Voudreau	Episode: "A Spider in the Web"
	Coach	Susan Miller	5 episodes
1995	Law & Order	Anna Kopell	Episode: "House Counsel"
1996	Wing Commander Academy	Admiral Rhea Bergstrom (voice)	Episode: "Chain of Command"
	The Magic School Bus	Ashley Walker-Club-Dupree (voice)	citation	CitationClass=web }} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
1996–97	One Life to Live	Eleanor Armitage	6 episodes
1997	Doomsday Rock	Secretary	Television film
	You Wish	Estelle	Episode: "The Big Ride"
1998	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Suzanne Barnard	Episode: "The Light"
	Just Shoot Me!	Eve Gallo	Episode: "Eve of Destruction"
1998–2000	Oh Baby	Celia Calloway	20 episodes
2000–01	Jack & Jill	Mrs. Louise Zane	3 episodes
2003	Touched by an Angel	Naomi	Episode: "The Show Must Not Go On"
2003–06, 2013, 2018–19	Arrested Development	Lucille Bluth	82 episodes
2004	I Do (But I Don't)	Gennifer Douglas	Television film
2006	The X's	Louise (voice)	Episode: "In-Law Enforcement"<ref name="btva" />
2006–07	The Life and Times of Juniper Lee	Demoness (voice)	2 episodes
2007	The Land Before Time	Old One (voice)	Episode: "The Brave Longneck Scheme"<ref name="btva" />
	Rules of Engagement	Constance	Episode: "Kids"
	The Wedding Bells	Candace Sinclair	Episode: "Partly Cloudy, with a Chance of Disaster"
2007–10	Saving Grace	Betty Hanadarko	5 episodes
2008	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Eleanor Reynolds	Episode: "Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger"
	Happy Hour	Nanette	Episode: "Thanksgiving"
2008–09	90210	Tabitha Wilson	13 episodes
2009	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Attorney Petra Gilmartin	Episode: "Solitary"
2009–21	Archer	Malory Archer, "Mother" (voice)	110 episodes; 12th season released posthumously
2010	Gravity	Henrietta	5 episodes
	Make It or Break It	Grandma Tanner	Episode: "Battle of the Flexes"
	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Mrs. Wyatt (voice)	Episode: "Howl of the Fright Hound"
2011	The Big Bang Theory	Mrs. Latham	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011–12	Retired at 35	Elaine Robbins	Main cast, 20 episodes
2014	Jennifer Falls	Maggie	Main cast, 10 episodes
2015–18	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Miss Heinous / Meteora Butterfly (voice)	9 episodes<ref name="btva" />
2015, 2017	NCIS	Judith McKnight	2 episodes
2016	Turbo Fast	Tabitha (voice)	Episode: "Worst in Show"<ref name="btva" />
	The Odd Couple	Meredith	Episode: "Felix Navidad"
2017	Justice League Action	Athena (voice)	Episode: "The Trouble with Truth"<ref name="btva" />
	Difficult People	Mrs. Chuck	Episode: "Criminal Minds"
2018	Clarence	Ma (voice)	Episode: "Brain TV"<ref name="btva" />
2019	At Home with Amy Sedaris	Alice Brittlecrunch	2 episodes
2019–20	Good Girls	Judith	2 episodes
2020	Harley Quinn	Granny Goodness, Wendy Brown (voice)	Episode: "Inner (Para) Demons"<ref name="btva" />
2021	American Housewife	Margaret	Episode: "Getting Frank with the Ottos"; final television role

Theater

Year	Title	Roles	Venue
1958	Middle Of The Night	Kid Sister	Bucks County Playhouse
1960	Come Blow Your Horn	Nurse	Bucks County Playhouse
1960	Advise and Consent	Liz	Cort Theatre
1962	Night Life	Cigarette Girl	Brooks Atkinson Theatre
1963	Photo Finish	Clarice, Ada Cooney	Brooks Atkinson Theatre
1964	A Severed Head	Georgie Hands	Royale Theatre
1967	Barefoot in the Park	Corie Bratter	Kenley Players
1967	Gypsy	Gypsy Rose Lee	The Muny
1969	How Now, Dow Jones	Cynthia Pike	Kenley Players
1970	Oliver!	Nancy	Sacramento Light Opera
1970	The Women	Sylvia Fowler	Repertory Theatre of New Orleans
1977	The Royal Family	Cavendish	Parker Playhouse
1985	Fighting International Fat	Rosalind Gambol	Playwrights Horizons
1986	Tartuffe	Elmire	Los Angeles Theatre Center
1988	Rumors	Claire Ganz	Broadhurst Theatre
1990	Rumors	Claire Ganz	Doolittle Theatre, Los Angeles
2001	The Vagina Monologues	Performer	Westside Theatre
2001	A Connecticut Yankee	Guinevere	Encores!
2002	Going Native	Mother	Long Wharf Theatre
2003	The Stillborn Lover	Juliet Riordan	Berkshire Theater Festival
2005	Side By Side by Sondheim	Narrator	Berkshire Theater Festival
2011	Anything Goes	Evangeline Harcourt	Stephen Sondheim Theatre
2016	Steel Magnolias	Ouiser Boudreaux	Bucks County Playhouse
2018	Show Boat in Concert	Parthy Ann Hawks	Bucks County Playhouse

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Annie Awards	Voice Acting in a Television Production	Archer	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2012		Voice Acting in an Animated Television or Other Broadcast Venue Production	Archer Template:Small	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1963	Clarence Derwent Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Photo Finish	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	Critics' Choice Super Awards	Best Voice Actress in an Animated Series	Archer	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1966	Golden Globe Awards	Most Promising Newcomer – Female	Grand Prix	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1971		Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama	Play Misty for Me	Template:Nom
2003	Online Film & Television Association Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Arrested Development	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004				Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005				Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006				Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2013				Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021		Best Voice-Over Performance	Archer	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022				Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1967	Photoplay Awards	Most Promising New Star (Female)	Template:N/a	Template:Nom	<ref name="VARIETY">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1975	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series	Amy Prentiss	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1977		Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series	The Streets of San Francisco Template:Small	Template:Nom
1980		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Trapper John, M.D.	Template:Nom
2005		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Arrested Development	Template:Nom
2021		Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance	Archer Template:Small	Template:NomTemplate:Efn
2022			Archer Template:Small	Template:NomTemplate:Efn
2003	Satellite Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series – Musical or Comedy	Arrested Development	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2013		Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy		Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005				Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2013				Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	TV Land Awards	Future Classic Award		Template:Won	<ref name="VARIETY"/>

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