Jessica Walter, Arrested Development and Archer star, dead at 80

July 2024 · 1 minute read

Jessica Walter, the Emmy-winning actress best known as boozy matriarch Lucille Bluth on “Arrested Development,” died Wednesday. She was 80.

No cause of death was given, but Deadline reported that she died in her sleep.

Walter, who won a 1975 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series for the NBC drama “Amy Prentiss,” was nominated for an Emmy for her “Arrested Development” role in 2005, as well as for parts in TV series including “Trapper John, M.D.” and “The Streets of San Francisco.”

Walter, voiced domineering spy agency head Malory Archer in the FXX animated series “Archer,” is also remembered for roles in films including Clint Eastwood’s directorial debut, “Play Misty for Me.”

In 2018, she shared with The Post her enduring love of New York City. “I like walking mostly everywhere,” she said. “Every day is an adventure here.”

Walter’s husband, Emmy-winning actor Ron Leibman, died in 2019 at age 82.

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