Walter died Wednesday night at home in New York, her daughter, Fox Entertainment executive Brooke Bowman, said.
"It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of my beloved mom, Jessica," she said."A working actor for over six decades, her greatest pleasure was bringing joy to others through her storytelling both on screen and off. While her legacy will live on through her body of work, she will also be remembered by many for her wit, class and overall joie de vivre.
Born in Brooklyn on Jan. 31, 1941, Walter was raised in Astoria, Queens. Her father, David, was a world-class violinist who performed with Arturo Toscanini and Pablo Casals, and her mother, Esther, was an immigrant from Russia. Her brother, Richard, would go on to write screenplays and teach the craft to Dustin Lance Black, Alexander Payne and Andrew Bergman, among others, as a longtime UCLA professor.
Walter studied acting at Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts and the Neighborhood Playhouse, where she was guided by Sydney Pollack and her classmates included James Caan and Brenda Vacarro, who years later would introduce her to Leibman.Advise and ConsentShe popped up frequently on the small screen back then, guest-starring on
Damnit
NOOO! :(
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morgfair Play Misty for Me
Oh No! Not Mallory! 😫
This is deeply saddening :(
What!!!!!!! Oh man, I will never forget the laughs she brought this world. The greatest!!!
This is sad to read, especially in view of how poorly some of her Arrested Development colleagues treated her. I hope they're reflecting on that right now. RIP.
Noooooooooooooo!
Nooooooo! 😭❤️
I was shocked when I saw she was 80. I thought she was in her late 60s. She looked great.
Don't forget PCU....she was always great! 😔
“PLAY MISTY FOR ME” - WITH CLINT EASTWOOD 🤙🏻
RIP Mother.
This one hurts 😢💔
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sld87 😕
RIP! 🙏🏾
Such Sad News. A Great Actress. Remember her for playing the 'villain ' in Play Misty for Me- also a little known TV series in the mid 70s ' Amy Prentiss ' where she played one of the 1st TV Women in power as Police Commissioner of San Francisco. RIP. God Bless
Oh no
rest well, beautiful
RIP
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RIP.
dexxe I adored her! R.I.P. Jessica Walter
She was funny as fuck. RIP
Nooooooo RIP to tha Animated Queen😞
Oh I am so terribly sorry to read this. What a loss. May Ms. Walter Rest In Peace. Condolences to her loved ones.
Another favorite gone. Brillantly funny in “Arrested Development”. Terrific as Eastwood’s stalker (before we knew what they were) in “Play Misty for Me”. Also a “looker” at every age. Rest in Peace and thank you.
She was also on Just Shoot Me as George Segal’s character’s first wife.
See her in The Group 1966
She was amazing. She owned the room, even when it was animated.
rest easy miss walter 💕 ty for giving us arrested development you were iconic
And let’s not forget Play Misty for me R.I.P.
Nioki77 Ah no
😢😢😢nooooo what a loss! She was so talented. RIP
Oh no!
What!? 😭
Damn it. RIP, Mother.
Fuckk r.i.p
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Rip
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