Jessica Walter, star of Play Misty For Me and The Group died (1 Viewer)

[Thomas T]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...ted-development-archer-actress-was-80-1262068

 

[TravisR]

I first saw her in Play Misty For Me but she was hilarious on Arrested Development.

 

[Jeffrey D]

She was in PCU too. RIP.

 

[Robert Crawford]

She was a favorite actress of mine. May she R.I.P

 

[Walter Kittel]

Definitely a staple of '70s television. Always enjoyed her performances and loved her voice acting on Archer. R.I.P.

- Walter.

 

[Matt Hough]

A wonderful actress in everything I ever saw her do. She got better as she got older. Her performance as Archer's bitchy, bull-busting mother is priceless, and she guest starred in almost every show imaginable always to great effect. R.I.P.

 

[joshEH]

Major gut-punch. I always imagined her voicing Archer beyond MY lifetime.

And if she had only voiced Malory Archer, that right there would be more than enough to hang an entire career on. Absolute legend. R.I.P.

She was in PCU too. RIP.

This movie still gets played in my house at least once per year (I still have the LaserDisc and DVD editions). Scarily-prescient film about cancel culture (seriously, about the only thing missing in it is social media). And Jessica is absolutely hysterical in it, too.

 

[dana martin]

such a talent, and such a career, drop back to the late 60's, earlier 70' tv shows and she was great the, and it has just continued to grow,

like Josh, there is going to be that empty spot in Archer that is unreplaceable, and episodes where she made that show.

to play something like that, you had one of the greatest sense of humors, Rest in Peace

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Jessica Walter was a terrific character actress. Lucille Bluth is one of the all time great television matriarchs.

 

[joshEH]

Watching the Lucille-centric episode of Arrested Development Season 4 (original cut) in honor of Jessica Walter.

Real Asian Prison Housewives of the Orange County White Collar Prison System is genius. I forgot how Lucille arranged for "Olive Garden" to give out "unlimited bread." And of course, the critical origins of "hot mess."

Also, my friends and I have gotten way too much mileage out of this clip over the last few months:

 

[EricSchulz]

A classic. Rest In Peace Jessica and Lucille.

 

[Matt Hough]

How ironic! I have been slowly working my way through season 1 of Banacek, and tonight I got to the season finale, and who was the top-billed guest star? Jessica Walter! Fine episode, and she and George Peppard had a feisty chemistry trying to solve the mystery before the other.

 

[joshEH]

In the wake of Jessica Walter's passing, Deadline is reporting that the voicework for Season 12 of Archer had recently wrapped, so we get one final round with Malory:

Jessica Walter Leaves Behind One Final Season Of FXX’s ‘Archer’

Jessica Walter leaves behind one final season of FXX's 'Archer.'

deadline.com

 

[Jeffrey D]

A classic. Rest In Peace Jessica and Lucille.
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That’s funny. Which show/film is this from? That’s Jason Bateman, right?

 

[EricSchulz]

That’s funny. Which show/film is this from? That’s Jason Bateman, right?

Arrested Development! The original three seasons are far superior to the reboot on Netflix. She is HYSTERICAL in it! It stars Jason Bateman, Portia DeRossi, Henry Winkler, Liza Minelli and more, narrated by Ron Howard.

 

[Jeffrey D]

Arrested Development! The original three seasons are far superior to the reboot on Netflix. She is HYSTERICAL in it! It stars Jason Bateman, Portia DeRossi, Henry Winkler, Liza Minelli and more, narrated by Ron Howard.

Thank you. Jeffrey Tambor is in the series too, right?

 

[TravisR]

Thank you. Jeffrey Tambor is in the series too, right?

Yep.

 

[mackjay]

She's pretty funny in BYE BYE BRAVERMAN

 

[bujaki]

She's pretty funny in BYE BYE BRAVERMAN

Co-starring with the late George Segal. Good film.

 

[The Drifter]

Huge fan of '70's cinema & TV, so am very saddened to hear about the passing of both Jessica Walter and George Segal.

Play Misty for Me (1971) is one of my favorite Eastwood films. I really felt sorry for the JW character - despite her heinous acts in the movie. The film features a creepy, disturbing storyline & great acting. I also liked the scenic Carmel, CA ocean-side setting, as well as CE's unusual house. PMFM is unfortunately & unfairly compared to the far inferior Fatal Attraction (1987).

In looking at her body of work, I also see that JW's was in episodes of many iconic TV shows from that era, including the original Hawaii Five O, Mission: Impossible, and The Streets of San Francisco.