P L A Y - M I S T Y - F O R - M E #jessicawalter was one of my all time favorite #character #actresses. Her face lit up any screen in which she appeared on. This loss cuts deep. Jessica Walter, whose six-decade acting career included roles ranging from an obsessed radio fan in Clint Eastwood’s directorial debut, “Play Misty for Me,” to the cutting, martini-swilling matriarch of the dysfunctional Bluth family on “Arrested Development,” died at her home in Manhattan on Wednesday. She was 80.
Ms. Walter’s death was confirmed by her publicist, Kelli Jones, who did not specify a cause.
Over a long and wide-ranging career, Ms. Walter found consistent work as a versatile performer with more than 150 credits that included tart-tongued turns in television comedy series and serious roles in dramatic Hollywood movies and New York stage productions. She was often cast as — and relished playing — off-center women capable of silencing men with a withering glance, a piercing remark or the sharp point of a knife.
“Lucky me, because those are the fun roles,” she told The A.V. Club in 2012. “They’re juicy, much better than playing the vanilla ingénues, you know.” #emmyawardwinner #survivor #trailblazer #gorgeous #comedic #arresteddevelopment #clinteastwood #rip #kevinknighton360
