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Wendle Josepher

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Wendle Josepher
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Wendle was born in Los Angeles at UCLA Hospital to an artist and art-educator mother, and a pediatrician father. She grew up in Denver, Colorado and majored in theater at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. She then attended the Professional Theatre Training Program at Southern Methodist University, receiving her Master of Fine Arts in Acting. She moved to Los Angeles and was seen onstage playing Touchstone in As You Like It, Mary the Maid in The Bald Soprano, and Jaquenetta in Love's Labor's Lost at The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. During The Bald Soprano's run, she crashed the auditions for a TNT re-make Arnold Schwarzenegger was directing, and he hired her for her first on-camera role, playing an Assistant Director, working with scene partners Kris Kristofferson, Dyan Cannon, and Tony Curtis. Soon after, John McTiernan cast her to play a scene with Arnold in Last Action Hero, and Rob Reiner cast Wendle to play a funny airline agent opposite Elijah Wood in North, written by Alan Zweibel. Wendle went to the Sundance Film Festival with the film The Party Favor, a short by writer/director Lisa Udelson, where she worked with Heidi Swedberg and David Schwimmer. The film received highest praise and awards at numerous festivals.

Wendle has enjoyed playing wonderful character roles for many years. Some of her favorite roles have been storm-chaser Haynes in the movie Twister, break-dancing artist Rita, with Matthew McConaughey in Ron Howard's film EDtv, George Clooney's secretary in the Coen Bros film Intolerable Cruelty, and the A.D. in Jake Kasdan's film The TV Set, where she worked with David Duchovny, Willie Garson and Sigourney Weaver. She played a passionate, hilarious Eco-warrior on Weeds, and an annoyingly insensitive gadgets expert with Jennifer Garner on Alias, working with J.J. Abrams. She had the tremendous pleasure of working with Robin Williams, Nastassja Kinski and Steve Valentine on Ivan Reitman's film Father's Day, and the first-time experience of her scene being cut out. She had hilarious roles as a snobby saleswoman on Ellen and as an upset wife on Drew Carey. She played a no-nonsense nurse with Bernie Mac on his show, and enjoyed playing the officious Assistant, Susie, to lawyer Jackie Childs on the Seinfeld finale. Wendle guest-starred as a talented fashion photographer on Glee and an all-green artist on the web series Whole Day Down, starring Patrick Breen and Willie Garson. Working with George Lopez on his TVLand Show Lopez, Wendle enjoyed playing his next door landlady in three episodes.

She has shot over two dozen terrifically funny national commercial roles, including Dr. Scholl's, EA Sports with Wayne Gretzky, Toyota, Hulu, Telezapper, Target, IBM, Korbel, Equifax, Progressive Auto Insurance among others, working with highly talented commercial directors. Wendle is also a Voiceover artist, recording animation characters and commercials including PSA's for the US Dept. of Energy, American Lung Association and Regional Water Authority.
BornJune 29
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    Known for

    Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton in Twister (1996)
    Twister
    6.6
    • Haynes
    • 1996
    Matthew McConaughey in Edtv (1999)
    Edtv
    6.1
    • Rita
    • 1999
    George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
    Intolerable Cruelty
    6.3
    • Miles' Receptionist
    • 2003
    William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
    Shameless
    8.5
    TV Series
    • May

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    Actress



    • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
      Shameless
      8.5
      TV Series
      • May
      • 2021
    • Lopez (2016)
      Lopez
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Jane
      • 2017
    • Whole Day Down (2011)
      Whole Day Down
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Marta Kirk
      • 2015
    • Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Kevin McHale, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Amber Riley, and Heather Elizabeth Morris in Glee (2009)
      Glee
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Barbara Brownfield
      • 2013
    • Leigh-Allyn Baker, Eric Allan Kramer, Jason Dolley, Bridgit Mendler, Bradley Steven Perry, and Mia Talerico in Good Luck Charlie (2010)
      Good Luck Charlie
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Jeter
      • 2010
    • Joely Fisher, Brad Garrett, and J.B. Smoove in 'Til Death (2006)
      'Til Death
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Mindy
      • 2010
    • Angie Dickinson, Laura Leighton, and Shanley Caswell in Mending Fences (2009)
      Mending Fences
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Joan Payne
      • 2009
    • Jada Pinkett Smith in Hawthorne (2009)
      Hawthorne
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Technician
      • 2009
    • Life (2007)
      Life
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Medical Examiner
      • 2008
    • Mary-Louise Parker in Weeds (2005)
      Weeds
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Eco-Warrior Jane
      • 2007
    • Amanda Peet, Matthew Perry, Steven Weber, Sarah Paulson, Timothy Busfield, D.L. Hughley, Bradley Whitford, and Nate Corddry in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006)
      Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Deb
      • Writer #2
      • 2006–2007
    • The TV Set (2006)
      The TV Set
      6.5
      • A.D.
      • 2006
    • Bernie Mac in The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
      The Bernie Mac Show
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Nurse
      • 2006
    • George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
      Intolerable Cruelty
      6.3
      • Miles' Receptionist
      • 2003
    • Do Over (2002)
      Do Over
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Taylor
      • 2002

    Music Department



    • Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton in Twister (1996)
      Twister
      6.6
      • performer: Oklahoma (uncredited)
      • 1996

    Soundtrack



    • Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton in Twister (1996)
      Twister
      6.6
      • performer: "Oklahoma"
      • 1996

    Videos9

    Wendle on Shameless
    Demo Reel 0:43
    Wendle on Shameless
    Wendle in Twister
    Demo Reel 0:36
    Wendle in Twister
    Wendle in Twister
    Demo Reel 0:36
    Wendle in Twister
    Wendle's Demo Reel - LOPEZ, Shameless, Intolerable Cruelty, Weeds, Edtv, Twister
    Demo Reel 4:33
    Wendle's Demo Reel - LOPEZ, Shameless, Intolerable Cruelty, Weeds, Edtv, Twister
    Wendle Demo - Lopez, Twister, Weeds, Intolerable Cruelty, Edtv, Studio 60
    Demo Reel 4:29
    Wendle Demo - Lopez, Twister, Weeds, Intolerable Cruelty, Edtv, Studio 60
    Demo Reel - Intolerable Cruelty, Weeds, The TV Set, Edtv, Studio 60, Roswell
    Demo Reel 3:49
    Demo Reel - Intolerable Cruelty, Weeds, The TV Set, Edtv, Studio 60, Roswell
    Wendle on LOPEZ as Jane, George's landlady
    Demo Reel 0:59
    Wendle on LOPEZ as Jane, George's landlady

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
    • Born
      • June 29
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Relatives
        Naomi Josepher(Sibling)
    • Other works
      TV Commercial for TeleZapper (2002)
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      Wendle's sister Naomi Josepher is a dancer, who with her drummer husband Jon Payson created The Chocolate Room, a highly-acclaimed and beloved chocolate dessert café in Brooklyn.

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