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Jessica Walter (born January 31 1941) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress best known for her role as Lucille Bluth on the critically acclaimed television show Arrested Development. Born in Brooklyn, Jessica Walter was raised in Queens, New York and graduated from Manhattan's School of Performing Arts. In the early 1960s, she trained alongside James Caan and Christopher Lloyd at NYC's Neighborhood Playhouse before getting her big break, a regular role on the soap opera Love of Life. She appeared on the show from 1962 to 1965. She also had a recurring role on Trapper John, M.D. as Melanie McIntyre, Trapper John's ex-wife. Her earliest notable film role was in the 1971 movie Play Misty for Me, in which she played a psychotic young woman stalking a disc jockey (played by Clint Eastwood). Walter's other film credits from that era include Lilith, Grand Prix, The Group, Bye Bye Braverman, and Number One. She was the producers first choice for the role of "Alexis Carrington" in the...This information was automatically generated from Freebase article Jessica Walter. You should replace/update it...