Biography
Jessica Walter (January 31, 1941 – March 24, 2021) was an American actress, known for appearing in the films Play Misty for Me (1971), Grand Prix and The Group (both 1966), her role as Lucille Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development, and providing the voice of Malory Archer on the FX animated series Archer. Walter studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. Walter was a series regular for the first half of season one of 90210, provided the voice of Fran...
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The Mimic
2021
as The Editor
Based on a true story, ‘the Narrator’ is befriended by his young new neighbor, after he joins the local newspaper team. Obsessed with the idea that ‘t...

Rediscovering Christmas
2019
as Mrs. Barrington
A talented department store window designer helps her sister design the decor for the annual Snowflake Festival Christmas Eve dance and clashes with t...

Keep the Change
2018
as Carrie
When aspiring filmmaker David is mandated by a judge to attend a social program at the Jewish Community Center, he is sure of one thing: he doesn't be...

Undercover Grandpa
2017
as Maddy Harcourt
When the girl he likes goes missing, Jake enlists the help of his grandpa and Grandpa's former special ops buddies.

Perfect Roast Potatoes
2017
as Narrator
William comes to Los Angeles to celebrate Christmas only to find his mother has died, but his sister insists they still have Christmas dinner, corpse ...

Bending The Rules
2012
as Lena Gold
Detective Nick Blades is a New Orleans cop on trial for corruption. Assistant District Attorney Theo Gold is the man in charge of putting him behind b...

Unaccompanied Minors
2006
as Cindi
Five disparate kids snowed in at the airport on Christmas Eve learn some lessons about friendship when they launch a bid to get back to their families...

Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
2006
as Self

I Do (But I Don't)
2004
as Gennifer
Lauren is a divorced wedding-planner who falls for the groom-to-be.

Dummy
2002
as Fern Schoichet
An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may t...

My Best Friend's Wife
2001
as Mrs. Epstein
Two friends are about to learn that they are "Grownups."

Play It Again: A Look Back at 'Play Misty for Me'
2001
as Self
Clint Eastwood tells us how he yearned to be a director from the time he was on "Rawhide" to finally obtaining the approval of his mentor, Don Siegel....

Slums of Beverly Hills
1998
as Doris
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
Doomsday Rock
1997
as Secretary
Dr. Paul Sorenson, a noted astronomer, believes that an approaching comet will collide with earth based on his study of an ancient civilization's prop...

Mother Knows Best
1997
as Joan
A woman urges her daughter to get married. And when her daughter does, she doesn't think that she made a good choice. So she goes out and hires a kill...

Temptress
1995
as Dr. Phyllis Evergreen
Karin brings a statue home from her travels to Asia and it soon begins to have a strange effect on her. She has an insatiable sexual appetite and deve...

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
as Self
A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past film and television work and interviews with friends, f...

Leave of Absence
1994
as Bess
A man asks his wife for a 'leave of absence' in order to care for his mistress who is dying of cancer.

PCU
1994
as President Garcia-Thompson
Nervous high school senior Tom Lawrence visits Port Chester University, where he gets a taste of politically correct college life when he's guided by ...

Ghost in the Machine
1993
as Elaine Spencer
After a freak, fatal accident, the soul Karl—aka The Address Book Killer—ends up trapped in the electrical grid. He targets Terry and her son for his ...

Tapeheads
1988
as Kay Mart
The story of Ivan and Josh, two dimwitted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video produc...

Just A Regular Kid: An AIDS Story
1987
as Dr. Stein
Teenaged boy discovers he has been afflicted with AIDS after a blood transfusion.

Killer in the Mirror
1986
A woman's truly evil twin steals her sister's wealthy beloved and marries him. After his death, she fakes her own demise and returns from the "dead" t...

The Execution
1985
as Gertrude Simon
The members of a San Diego Wednesday night womens' mah jongg club are five survivors of a Nazi concentration camp. They recognize the owner of a local...

The Flamingo Kid
1984
as Phyllis Brody
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flaming...

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
1984
as Astrid Carlisle
Marcus Welby is back, and he has a few problems. First he is trying to bridge the gap between an old friend of his who gave up practicing medicine in ...

Thursday's Child
1983
as Roz Richardson
Sam Alden is the 17-year-old high school star player in baseball who seems to have it all. However, his family notices that he is often bothered with ...

Spring Fever
1982
as Celia Berryman
Two girls competing in a tennis match suddenly decide to spend 24 hours doing every wild and crazy thing they ever dreamed of. The girls' wacky escapa...

Scruples
1981
as Maggie McGregor
Sequel to the 1980 mini-series, taking up the plot where it -- and Judith Krantz's source novel -- left off. Billy Ikehorn (Shelley Smith) is the owne...

Going Ape!
1981
as Fiona
When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: ...

Miracle on Ice
1981
as Pat Brooks
The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey players, a group of amateurs from around the country who were whipped into a cohesive unit by contr...

She's Dressed to Kill
1979
as Irene Barton
A fashion designer gives a private showing at her mansion over a weekend, but someone starts killing off the models.

Black Market Baby
1979
as Louise Carmino
A young college girl becomes pregnant, and she and the baby's father are targeted by a black-market adoption ring that is out to get the baby.

Vampire
1979
as Nicole DeCamp
Vampire Anton Voytek's lair is disturbed by the ground breaking for a new church. Anton attempts to start a modern life using his hoarded wealth, but ...

Goldengirl
1979
as Melody
A neo-Nazi Doctor tries to make a superwoman of his daughter who has been specially fed, exercised & Conditioned since she was a child to run in t...

Secrets of Three Hungry Wives
1978
as Christina Wood
When a millionaire playboy is murdered, suspicion falls on three married women, best friends, whom he had tried to play against each other in a game o...

Dr. Strange
1978
as Morgan LeFay
A psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.

Wild and Wooly
1978
as Megan
A Western adventure — a "Charlie's Angels" on horseback — involving three comely females who meet in a territorial prison, engineer a daring escape, a...

The Return of Wonder Woman
1977
as Gloria
Diana returned to Paradise Island after a 35 year absence and, slowly aging due to her Amazon nature. Once again, she returns to America as Diana Prin...

Victory at Entebbe
1976
as Nomi Haroun
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in ...

Having Babies
1976
as Sally McNamara
The story of four couples who are about to have children using the Lamaze method.

Hurricane
1974
as Louise Damon
Two hurricane hunters track a huge, violent hurricane that is bearing down on a Gulf Coast town.

Home for the Holidays
1974
as Frederica Morgan
An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.

Women in Chains
1972
as Dee Dee
A parole officer goes undercover to investigate prison brutality but is trapped when the only person on the outside who knows why she's there is kille...

They Call It Murder
1971
A small-town district attorney is saddled with several major investigations, including a gambler's murder and a possible insurance scam.

Play Misty for Me
1971
as Evelyn
A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the pi...

Three's a Crowd
1969
as Jessica Carson
An airline pilot tries to balance two wives he has in two separate cities.

The Immortal
1969
as Janet Braddock
A professional race-car driver discovers that there are certain properties in his blood that will make him, basically, immortal. A dying multi-million...

Number One
1969
as Julie Catlan
A former football hero cannot accept his career is over. He loses himself in alcohol and women.

Bye Bye Braverman
1968
as Inez Braverman
One day, Morroe Rieff learns that his friend and fellow writer, Leslie Braverman, has died. After meeting Leslie's widow, Inez, who is more flirtatiou...

Grand Prix
1966
as Pat Stoddard
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a serie...
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
1966
as Self
A short making of feature about the 1966 John Frankenheimer movie Grande Prix

The Group
1966
as Libby
It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own l...

Lilith
1964
as Laura
Vincent Bruce, a war veteran, begins working as an occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, a private psychiatric facility for wealthy people where he ...