ACTOR

Jessica Walter

1941 - 2021

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Jessica Ann Walter (January 31, 1941 – March 24, 2021) was an American actress who appeared in more than 170 film, stage, and television productions. In films, she was best known for her role as a psychotic and obsessed fan of a local disc jockey in the 1971 Clint Eastwood thriller, Play Misty for Me. On television, she was most recently known for her role of Lucille Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013–2019) and for providing the voice of Malory Archer on the FX animated series Archer (2009–2021). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jessica Walter has received more than 8,355,993 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Jessica Walter is the 3,540th most popular actor (down from 2,071st in 2019), the 5,284th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,428th in 2019) and the 1,587th most popular American Actor.

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  • 8.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jessica Walter ranks 3,540 out of 13,578. Before her are Sunny Deol, Eric Dane, Choi Myung-gil, Julia McKenzie, Sergei Yursky, and Geraldine Fitzgerald. After her are R. G. Armstrong, Maurice Evans, Cha Eun-woo, Ed Wynn, Sasha Alexander, and Michael Peña.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Jessica Walter ranks 328. Before her are Robert Keohane, Rosalind E. Krauss, Erkin Koray, Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Nicolae Neagoe, and Julia McKenzie. After her are Ulf Merbold, Beatrice Tinsley, Martine Beswick, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Kornel Morawiecki, and Ana Maria Machado. Among people deceased in 2021, Jessica Walter ranks 293. Before her are Bunny Wailer, Danilo Popivoda, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, Peter R. de Vries, and Johnny Pacheco. After her are Carlos Marín, Mustafa Ben Halim, Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, Tarcísio Meira, Pat Martino, and Ronald DeFeo Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jessica Walter ranks 5,284 out of 20,380. Before her are Sacheen Littlefeather (1946), Garrett Hardin (1915), Eric Dane (1972), Nate Archibald (1948), Lyndon LaRouche (1922), and Frank H. Netter (1906). After her are R. G. Armstrong (1917), Gene Autry (1907), Christine Jorgensen (1926), Bob McAdoo (1951), George Marshall (1891), and Ed Wynn (1886).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jessica Walter ranks 1,587. Before her are Taraji P. Henson (1970), Vanessa Hudgens (1988), William Windom (1923), Virginia Grey (1917), Sacheen Littlefeather (1946), and Eric Dane (1972). After her are R. G. Armstrong (1917), Ed Wynn (1886), Sasha Alexander (1973), Michael Peña (1976), Jennie Garth (1972), and Susanna Hoffs (1959).

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Television and Movie Roles

Dinosaurs
Fran Sinclair (voice)
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
7.787 / 10
Play Misty for Me
Evelyn
A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the picture.
Oct 1st 19716.6 / 10
Archer
Malory Archer (voice)
Sterling Archer is the world's most daunting spy. He works for ISIS, a spy agency run by his mother. In between dealing with his boss and his co-workers - one of whom is his ex-girlfriend - Archer manages to annoy or seduce everyone that crosses his path. His antics are only excusable because at the end of the day, he still somehow always manages to thwart whatever crises was threatening mankind.
7.9 / 10