Lisa Waltz
Encyclopedia
Personal life
Waltz was born and raised in Limerick, Pennsylvania. She attended Spring-Ford Area High School in Royersford, PennsylvaniaRoyersford, Pennsylvania
Royersford is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, northwest of Philadelphia, on the Schuylkill River. The town drew its name from the location of a ford across the Schuylkill River, which happened to be adjacent to land owned by the Royer family...
, and Carnegie-Mellon University.
Career
She has appeared in several television series, including My So-Called LifeMy So-Called Life
My So-Called Life is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It originally aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995 and was distributed by The Bedford Falls Company with ABC Productions. Set at the...
, Boston Legal
Boston Legal
Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC...
, CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
, Frasier
Frasier
Frasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...
, Inconceivable
Inconceivable
Inconceivable is an American primetime television medical drama, which was broadcast on NBC. The program premiered on September 23, 2005. The show revolved around the professional and personal lives of those who work at the Family Options Fertility Clinic. The clinic is run by its co-founders ...
, Side Order of Life, Ask Harriet
Ask Harriet
Ask Harriet is a short-lived American television situation comedy that ran for one season in 1998 on FOX. Ask Harriet was created by David Cassidy, Jonathan Prince, and Billy Riback. Cassidy also wrote and performed the theme song.-Synopsis:...
, The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
, The Agency, X Files and Castle
Castle (TV series)
Castle is an American comedy-drama television series, which premiered on ABC on March 9, 2009. The series is produced by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios. On January 10, 2011, Castle was renewed for a fourth season...
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Waltz currently plays Melinda Bauer, the mother of Kiefer Bauer and wife to Warren Bauer, on General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
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Filmography
- RecklessReckless-In film, television and stage:* Reckless , directed by Victor Fleming* Reckless , a 1951 Spanish film* Reckless , starring Aidan Quinn and Daryl Hannah* Reckless , featuring Mia Farrow...
(1984) - Brighton Beach MemoirsBrighton Beach MemoirsBrighton Beach Memoirs is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon, the first chapter in what is known as his Eugene trilogy. It precedes Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound.-Characters:*Eugene Morris Jerome, almost 15...
(1986) - Pet Sematary Two (1992)
- Stone SoupStone soupStone Soup is an old folk story in which hungry strangers persuade local people of a town to give them food. It is usually told as a lesson in cooperation, especially amid scarcity. In varying traditions, the stone has been replaced with other common inedible objects, and therefore the fable is...
(1993) - The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1993)
- RoswellRoswell (1994 film)Roswell is a 1994 television movie based on the alleged true story from the testimony of hundreds of witnesses about the U.S. military capture of a flying saucer and its alien crew following a crash near the town of Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947....
(1994) - My So-Called LifeMy So-Called LifeMy So-Called Life is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It originally aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995 and was distributed by The Bedford Falls Company with ABC Productions. Set at the...
as Hallie Lowenthal (1994–1995) - Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge (1995)
- Red Ribbon BluesRed Ribbon BluesRed Ribbon Blues is a 1996 comedy-drama with classic heist/caper elements. Written and directed by Charles Winkler, the film played the gay and lesbian film festival circuit in 1996.-Synopsis:...
(1996) - "FrasierFrasierFrasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...
" (1998) - Ask HarrietAsk HarrietAsk Harriet is a short-lived American television situation comedy that ran for one season in 1998 on FOX. Ask Harriet was created by David Cassidy, Jonathan Prince, and Billy Riback. Cassidy also wrote and performed the theme song.-Synopsis:...
as Melissa Peters (1998) - The Odd Couple IIThe Odd Couple IIThe Odd Couple II is the 1998 sequel to 1968's The Odd Couple. The movie reunites Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in their last film together.- Plot :...
as Hannah Unger (1998) - Starry Night (1999)
- The AgencyThe AgencyThe Agency may refer to:* A nickname for the Central Intelligence Agency* The Agency * The Agency * The Agency * The Agency * The Agency...
as Patrice DeAllo (2001–2002) - InconceivableInconceivableInconceivable is an American primetime television medical drama, which was broadcast on NBC. The program premiered on September 23, 2005. The show revolved around the professional and personal lives of those who work at the Family Options Fertility Clinic. The clinic is run by its co-founders ...
as Ellen Gilley (2005) - Yours, Mine and OursYours, Mine and Ours (2005 film)Yours, Mine & Ours is a 2005 film starring Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo. Directed by Raja Gosnell, it was released on November 23, 2005, and is a remake of the 1968 film of the same name, starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda...
(2005) - Side Order of Life as Dr. Rain (2007)
- Knuckle Draggers (2009)
- Head Over Spurs in Love (2010)
- General HospitalGeneral HospitalGeneral Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
as Melinda Bauer (2010–present)