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10 Fresh Jessica Walter Movies and Series
Jessica Walter kicked off her acting career during her early twenties in the 1960s with a Broadway debut of a Peter Ustinov play, followed by a flurry of television guest-stints and movie ensemble parts, like in John Frankenheimer’s Grand Prix and Sidney Lumet’s The Group. In 1972, Walter was Golden Globe-nominated for her turn as an obsessed fan stalking Clint Eastwood’s radio jockey in Play Misty For Me. For decades, Walter could reliably be seen in supporting film roles like within Slums of Beverly Hills or The Flamingo Kid, and she voiced Fran the mother in ABC’s Dinosaurs for four dinosaurs.
Walter’s career got a remarkable second wind through Arrested Development, the deeply influential single-camera meta-comedy where she portrayed Lucille, the icy and conniving matriarch of the disgraced Bluth family. For the role, she was nominated for an Emmy in 2015, and she and her co-stars were frequently recognized for their ensemble performances by the Screen Actors Guild Awards with multiple nominations. Subsequently, she was brought into the Archer fold, voicing Malory Archer, mother of the titular super-spy. We now pay tribute to her career and accomplishments with 10 Fresh movies and series featuring Jessica Walter. —Alex Vo
#10
Adjusted Score: 100754%
Critics Consensus: Keep the Change puts a refreshingly inclusive perspective on the rom-com formula, further elevated by a talented cast and compassionate work from writer-director Rachel Israel.
Synopsis: When aspiring filmmaker David is mandated by a judge to attend a social program at the Jewish Community Center, he...
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#9
Adjusted Score: 92730%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular...
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Synopsis: Dinosaurs live like humans in this 1990s sitcom set in 60,000,003 B.C. in Pangaea. Blue-collar dinosaur Earl Sinclair tries to...
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Synopsis: The suave, confident and devastatingly handsome Sterling Archer may be the world's greatest spy, but he still has issues with...
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#6
Adjusted Score: 74524%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Handsome young therapist Vincent Bruce (Warren Beatty) is a war veteran who works at a private sanitarium. Vincent's life gradually...
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#5
Adjusted Score: 89212%
Critics Consensus: A coolly calculating psychological thriller that manages to scare the audience even if it is just using textbook thrills.
Synopsis: Popular radio show host Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood) becomes restless in his relationship with his girlfriend (Donna Mills). Impulsively, he...
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#4
Adjusted Score: 86047%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis (Matt Dillon), thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job...
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#3
Adjusted Score: 84279%
Critics Consensus: Warm, real, and hilarious.
Synopsis: The niece (Marisa Tomei) of a divorced man (Alan Arkin) helps raise his adolescent daughter (Natasha Lyonne) and two sons...
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Synopsis: Michael Bluth finds himself forced to stay in Orange County and run the family real estate business after his father,...
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#1
Adjusted Score: 71006%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Eight young women from the Vassar College class of 1933 rush out into the world to find exciting lives, but...
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