Actress Jessica Walter dead at 80

[GoldenLeaf]

Jessica Walter, the Emmy-winning actor best known as the sarcastic, acerbic mom Lucille Bluth on TV show Arrested Development, died on Wednesday in her sleep at her New York City home. She was 80 years old.

 

“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of my beloved mom Jessica,” Walter’s daughter, Brooke Bowman, said in a statement. “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.”

 

https://globalnews.c...lopment-archer/

 

I'm shocked she died suddenly, she was full of life and still going strong.

Edited March 27, 2021 at 01:11 AM by GoldenLeaf

[GoldenLeaf]

I know many people remembers her as Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development, but as I kid, I discovered Jessica Walter in the 90's when she guest starred in this episode of Murder, She Wrote (Season 8 Episode 3 "Unauthorized Obituary") :

 

Jane Dawson (Jessica Walter) being initially kind and friendly with Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) and then later being bitchy and menacing with her, so funny!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjGpNjOhgzo

Edited March 27, 2021 at 04:07 AM by GoldenLeaf

[smw]

She is an Icon.

 

A comic genius.