Jessica Walter (born January 31, 1940) is an American actress. She got her start in the early 1960s on the soap opera Love of Life.
She is best known for her roles in Play Misty for Me, in which she played a psychotic stalker, Lilith, Grand Prix, The Group, Bye Bye Braverman , and Number One . These films were all made in the sixties and since then Jessica has done extensive television work. As of 2004, she now stars as the socialite mother Lucille Bluth in FOX's comedic series Arrested Development. She is married to actor Ron Leibman.