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Lisa Ann Walter

Lisa Ann Walter

Known For Acting
Birthday Aug 03, 1963 (62)
Birthplace Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Lisa Ann Walter is an American actress, comedian, and television producer, best known for her roles as Chessy the housekeeper in the romantic comedy film The Parent Trap (1998) and Melissa Schemmenti on the Peabody Award-winning ABC mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary (2021–present), for which she ... received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series. She was formerly the creator and executive producer of Oxygen network reality weight-loss competition series, Dance Your Ass Off. Her other reality television work includes her stint as a judge on ABC's reality television series The Next Best Thing: Who Is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator?, and as winning celebrity editions of the game shows The Weakest Link and Jeopardy! She also created and starred in the 1996–1997 sitcom, Life's Work, and appeared in such films as Bruce Almighty, Shall We Dance, and War of the Worlds.

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Filmography

The Ladies

The Ladies

2022

as Blanche

The Right Mom

The Right Mom

2021

as Margaret Blanchette

Remember Amnesia

Remember Amnesia

2019

as Patient's Wife

Psycho Stripper

Psycho Stripper

2019

as Margot Mathison

Dependent's Day

Dependent's Day

2016

as Bette

Wish Wizard

Wish Wizard

2014

as Helga

Wedding Day

Wedding Day

2012

as Chef Cherie

Killers

Killers

2010

as Olivia

Wreckage

Wreckage

2010

as Doctor Richardson

Drillbit Taylor

Drillbit Taylor

2008

as Dolores

Entry Level

Entry Level

2007

as Kathy

Room 6

Room 6

2006

as Sgt. Burch

Coffee Date

Coffee Date

2006

as Sara

The Trouble with Dee Dee

The Trouble with Dee Dee

2005

as Dee Dee Rutherford

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

2005

as Bartender

Shall We Dance?

Shall We Dance?

2004

as Bobbie

Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty

2003

as Debbie

Early Bird Special

Early Bird Special

2001

as Janet

Get Your Stuff

Get Your Stuff

2000

as Nancy Perry

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

1998

as Chessy

Eddie

Eddie

1996

as Claudine

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The More Things Change

The More Things Change

2019

Executive Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Abbott Elementary

as Melissa Schemmenti

Episodes: 70

First Aired: Dec 07, 2021

Life's Work

as Lisa Ann Hunter

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Sep 17, 1996

Breaking News

as Rachel Glass

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jul 17, 2002

Emeril

as Cassandra Gilman

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Sep 25, 2001

Celebracadabra

as Contestant

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Apr 27, 2008

My Wildest Dreams

as Lisa McGinnis

Episodes: 5

First Aired: May 28, 1995

The Exes

as Margo

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 30, 2011

Watch Over Me

as Mabel

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 06, 2006

The Odd Couple

as Linda

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 19, 2015

Grey's Anatomy

as Shirley Gregory

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 27, 2005

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Nurse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 2000

GLOW

as Lorene

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 23, 2017

Rizzoli & Isles

as Coach JJ

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 12, 2010

Strong Medicine

as Rita Harper

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 23, 2000

9-1-1

as Delia Narwood

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 2018

The Next Best Thing

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Unknown

25 Words or Less

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Aug 06, 2018

Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 14, 1998

Hollywood Squares

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 14, 1998

Celebrity Jeopardy!

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 25, 2022

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 12, 2022

Las Vegas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2003

Modern Men

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 17, 2006

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 2009

The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 2015

Dark Side of Comedy

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 16, 2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 2022

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 16, 2009

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 10, 1996

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 2003

I Can See Your Voice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2020

After Midnight

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 17, 2024

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 2022

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

as Self - Contestant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 08, 2020

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2024 7 24 38 12
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2025 2 29 92 8
2025 3 18 73 1
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