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==Early life== Walter was born on January 31, 1941, in [[Brooklyn]], New York,<ref>{{cite news|title=UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 31, 2020|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/31/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-31-2020/5321580438760/|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=September 11, 2021|work=United Press International|quote=... actor Jessica Walter in 1941 (age 79)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jessica Walter |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/jessica-walter |website=Emmys.com |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=May 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422084720/https://www.emmys.com/bios/jessica-walter |archive-date=April 22, 2021}}</ref> to Esther (née Groisser), a teacher,<ref name=esther>[https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9502E0D6163AF937A25751C0A9619C8B63.html 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>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/02/classified/paid-notice-deaths-walter-david.html David Walter Obituary]. ''New York Times''. July 2, 2003.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liben.com/walter3.html|title=David Walter|publisher=Liben.com|access-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jessica Walter Biography|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jessica-walter/bio/3030390290/|access-date=September 11, 2021|website=TV Guide}}</ref> Both of Walter's parents were Jewish,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brook|first1=Vincent|title='You Should See Yourself': Jewish Identity in Postmodern American Culture|date=2006|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=9780813539966|page=278|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnbXkSNJa1gC&pg=PA278|access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref> with her mother having immigrated to the US from the Soviet Union in 1923.<ref name=esther/><ref>{{cite web|last=Aminosharei|first=Nojan|date=February 25, 2019|title=Jessica Walter Is Game For Anything|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/a26431649/jessica-walter-arrested-development-interview/|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]}}</ref> Her brother, [[Richard Walter (writer)|Richard]], is a retired professor who led the screenwriting program at [[UCLA]].<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{Cite web |last=Koseluk |first=Chris |date=March 25, 2021 |title=Jessica Walter, 'Arrested Development' and 'Archer' Actress, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jessica-walter-dead-arrested-development-archer-actress-was-80-1262068 |access-date=March 25, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en}}</ref> The siblings were raised in [[Elmhurst, Queens]].<ref>Marzlock, Ron (March 19, 2020). "[https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/actress-jessica-walter-went-from-sunnyside-to-misty/article_077eed9a-5b7c-5c5f-9003-11a97cd44ec7.html 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>"[https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-75135 My First Job: ‘Arrested Development’ Star Jessica Walter]". ''The Wall Street Journal''. June 12, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Classic Hollywood: Jessica Walter tests boundaries in 'Jennifer Falls'|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/classichollywood/la-et-mn-ca-Jessica-Walters-classic-Hollywood-20140706-story.html|date=July 5, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Susan|last=King}}</ref>
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