Editing Jessica Walter (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Ross Bowman and Jessica Walter.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|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>[https://www.paysonroundup.com/obituaries/ross-philipp-bowman/article_5f59de44-86e0-11e8-a6be-f7fbaef26e96.html 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 [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Keck|first=William|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-09-15-jessica-walter_x.htm|title=A terrific 'Development' boosts Jessica Walter's career|newspaper=USA Today|date=September 16, 2005|access-date=March 18, 2007}}</ref> Walter filed for divorce from Bowman in November 1976, and the divorce became final in 1978.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood Inside|date=November 6, 1976|work=The News Journal|first=John|last=Austin|page=29}}</ref><ref name=people>{{cite web|title=Egg Rolls Brought Ron Leibman and Jessica Walter to the Altar and Left Them Hungry for More|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20197115,00.html|date=July 16, 1984|work=People|first=Bonnie|last=Johnson}}</ref> Their grandson Micah was born on July 7, 2013, to Brooke and her husband, David Heymann.<ref>{{cite news|last=Flans|first=Lindsay|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/abc-familys-brooke-bowman-welcomes-a-son-amy-powell-becomes-president-paramount-tv-hitched-hatc-590402|title=ABC Family's Brooke Bowman Welcomes a Son, Amy Powell Becomes President of Paramount TV: Hitched, Hatched, Hired|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=July 25, 2013}}</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>{{cite news|last=Mulligan|first=Arthur|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/461705586|title=Save Actress in Fire From 10-Story Ledge|work=New York Daily News|date=September 29, 1966}}</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>{{cite news|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ron-leibman-dead-actor-angels-america-wheres-poppa-friends-was-82-1197320|title = Ron Leibman, Actor in 'Angels in America,' 'Where's Poppa?' and 'Friends,' Dies at 82|work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = December 6, 2019|access-date = December 6, 2019|last = Koseluk|first = Chris}}</ref> Walter and Leibman appeared together in [[Neil Simon]]'s play ''[[Rumors (play)|Rumors]]'', and portrayed a husband and wife in the film ''[[Dummy (2002 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>{{cite news|last1=Sicha|first1=Choire|title=Her phone's still busy|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-oct-26-ca-conversation26-story.html|access-date=April 18, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 26, 2008}}</ref>

===Death===
On March 24, 2021, Walter died in her sleep at her [[Manhattan]] home. She was 80 years old.<ref name="Death">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/jessica-walter-dead-actress-arrested-development-1234721873/|title=Jessica Walter Dies: Emmy-Winning 'Arrested Development', 'Archer' Actress Was 80|first=Tom|last=Tapp|date=March 25, 2021|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jessica Walter, "Arrested Development" and "Archer" star, dies at 80|date=March 26, 2021 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jessica-walter-arrested-development-star-dies-age-80/|access-date=March 26, 2021|publisher=CBS News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Lisa Respers|last=France|title=Jessica Walter, 'Arrested Development' and 'Archer' star, dies at 80|date=March 25, 2021 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/25/entertainment/jessica-walter-obit/index.html|access-date=March 26, 2021|publisher=CNN}}</ref>