Biography for
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Date of Birth

31 January 1941, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Mini Biography

A graduate of New York's High School of the Performing Arts and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Walter's extensive theater credits include productions both on and off Broadway. On Broadway, she has appeared in Peter Ustinov's "Photo Finish" (which earned her the Clarence Derwent Award as Most Promising Newcomer), "A Severed Head", "Advise and Consent", "Night Life" and Neil Simon's "Rumors". Her off-Broadway credits include roles at Playwrights Horizons and in Tartuffe, opposite Ron Leibman, at the Los Angeles Theater Center. Walter's feature films include Play Misty for Me (1971), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination, and the comedy Slums of Beverly Hills (1998). She has also appeared in The Group (1966), The Flamingo Kid (1984), Grand Prix (1966), Tapeheads (1988) and PCU (1994), among other films. Walter received an Emmy Award for Best Dramatic Actress in the television series "Amy Prentiss" (1974). She also earned Emmy nominations for her guest-starring roles in episodes of "Trapper John, M.D." (1979) and "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972). Walter has starred in several series, miniseries and television movies.

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Spouse

Ron Leibman	(26 June 1983 - present)
Ross Bowman	(27 March 1966 - 1978) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Does yoga and aerobics

Her father, David Walter, was a double-bassist with the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini.

Niece of actor Jerry Jerrett and Sylvia Jaroslow.

Daughter, Brooke Bowman (born 1972).

Shares a birthday with her "Arrested Development" (2003) co-star, Portia de Rossi.

Starred in a series, "Three's a Crowd" (1984), and an unrelated TV movie entitled Three's a Crowd (1969) (TV).