Thursday, December 8, 2022

Helen Slayton-Hughes obit

‘Parks and Recreation’ Actress Helen Slayton-Hughes Dies at 92

 

She was not on the list.


The Parks and Recreation community has lost one of its own as star Helen Slayton-Hughes has died. The actress who memorably portrayed Ethel Beavers was 92 years old.

Slayton-Hughes’ death was reported on December 8 by her family on her Facebook page in a message to fans. “To the friends and fans of our beloved Helen,” the statement began. “Helen passed away last night. Her pain has ended but her fierce spirit lives on. Thank you for the love and support of her and her work. Rest sweet one.”

No cause of death was revealed at this time, but a video memorializing Slayton-Hughes and her career was shared. Slayton-Hughes made an impact by portraying the rough and gruff court stenographer Ethel Beavers who worked on the fourth floor of Pawnee’s city hall in NBC‘s hit comedy Parks and Rec.

Among Slayton-Hughes’ other television credits are roles on Single Parents, Fresh Off the Boat, The Middle, New Girl, Parenthood, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Burning Love, Raising Hope, Desperate Housewives, True Blood, My Name Is Earl, Arrested Development, That’s So Raven, The West Wing, Malcolm in the Middle, NYPD Blue, and Nash Bridges among others.

She also had a role in the 2005 Oscar-nominated film Good Night, and Good Luck which featured an all-star cast including George Clooney, David Strathairn, Jeff Daniels, Patricia Clarkson, and Alex Borstein among others.

Most recently on television, Slayton-Hughes reunited with Parks and Rec‘s creator Mike Schur for an appearance on the Peacock comedy Rutherford Falls. She also featured in a number of recent Netflix movies including the Amy Poehler-directed flick Moxie as well as He’s All That and her last project The Curse of Bridge Hollow which starred Marlon Wayans, Priah Ferguson, and Kelly Rowland.

Filmography

Film

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1980      Mafia on the Bounty       Selma   

1982      Shoot the Moon               Singer  

2003      Gossip   Sophie Short film

2005      Good Night, and Good Luck         Mary    

2006      I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With        Mrs. Moskowitz               

2006      Being the Tooth Fairy     Tooth Fairy         Short film

2008      The Onion Movie              'Yarn-it-All' Employee    

2008      A Pig's Ear                           Short film

2010      Crazy on the Outside      Grandma            

2010      Hesher Mrs. Rosowski  

2010      Lesbian Homecoming     Feminist Book Club Member       Short film

2014      Veronica Mars   Mrs. Barnes       

2015      Homage to Erik Satie's Laundress              Laundress/Narrator        Short film

2016      The Gift of the Magpie   Mavis Turner      Short film

2017      CASH     Mrs. Patterson Short film

2018      Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot       Woman on Bus

2018      The Invisible Mother       Mona   

2019      Klaus     Several (voices)                

2019      I Am Evelyn Rose              Jan         Short film

2021      Moxie   Helen   

2022      The Curse of Bridge Hollow          Victoria                

Television

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1981      The Princess and the Cabbie        Valerie Bertinelli's BART Nemesis              Television film

2000      Nash Bridges      Gertrude Jorgensen        Episodes: "Jump Start", "Rock and a Hard Place"

2001-2002          Power Rangers Time Force           Elderly Lady        Episodes: "Frax's Fury", "Dawn of Destiny"

2001      The Drew Carey Show    Eighty-Year-Old Woman                Episode: Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour

2001      Judging Amy       Coffee Shop Patron         Episode: "Crime and Puzzlement"

2003      The West Wing Marion Cotesworth-Haye             Episode: "Privateers"

2003      Carnivàle             Scripture-Reading Lady Episode: "Milfay"

2003      NYPD Blue           Grace Langford Episode: "Frickin' Fraker"

2003-2004          Malcolm in the Middle   Nana/Elderly Woman     Episodes: "Malcom Dates a Family", "Stereo Store"

2004      One on One        Carol      Episode: "Sleepless in Baltimore"

2004-2005          That's So Raven                 Mildred                Episodes: "My Big Fat Pizza Party", "Dog Day After-Groom"

2006      Arrested Development Mrs. Van Skoyk Episode: "S.O.B.s"

2006      Four Kings           Helen    Episode: "Upper West Side Story"

2007      My Name is Earl                Mrs. Abernathy                 Episode: "Buried Treasure"

2007      Out of Jimmy's Head       Doris      Episode: "Detention"

2007      The Minister of Divine    Dorothy Vanderbosch    Television film

2008      Desperate Housewives Elderly Woman Episode: "The Gun Song"

2010      Pretty Little Liars              Mrs. Potter         Episode: "Keep Your Friends Close"

2011-2015          Parks and Recreation      Ethel Beavers     11 episodes

2012      Raising Hope      Harriett                Episode: "Throw Maw Maw from the House (Part II)"

2012-2013          Burning Love      Virginia/Agnes   21 episodes

2013      True Blood          Caroline Bellefleur           Episodes: "Life Matters", "Dead Meet"

2013      Brooklyn Nine-Nine         Ethel Musterberg             Episode: "The Slump"

2013      Parenthood        Edie       Episode: "Election Day"

2013      Getting On          Sandy Sayles       Episode: "Born on the Fourth of July"

2014      Men at Work      Edith      Episode: "Pre-Posal"

2014      The Greatest Event in Television History                 Lilly        Episode: "Bosom Buddies"

2014      The Night Shift Wendy Franklin                 Episode: "Second Chances"

2014      The Birthday Boys            Helen Ainsley     Episode: "Wet Dreams May Come"

2014-2015          New Girl               Mrs. Raws           Episodes: "Coming Out", "Landline"

2015      Kroll Show           Doris      Episode: "Body Bouncers"

2017      The Middle         Eleanor                 Episode: "Swing and a Miss"

2018      Little Big Awesome         Penelope Pitt-Plebop/Townsfolk               Episodes: "Snow Day/Rootin' For Change", "Puppy Shower/Claude the Buff Hamster"

2018      Fresh off the Boat            Dot         Episode: "Where Have All the Cattlemen Gone?"

2019      Those Who Can't              Agnes Butterpanny         Episode: "Those Who Could've"

2019      Single Parents    Diana     Episode: "Big Widow Wives"

Video Games

Year       Title       Role       Notes

2012      Guild Wars 2      Shriika/Zena Zonwoman              

2014      Murdered: Soul Suspect                Several (voices)                

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