Wendie Malick (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model, known for her roles in various television comedies. She starred as Judith Tupper Stone in the HBO sitcom Dream On, and as Nina Van Horn in the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me!, for which she was nominated for two Primetime Emmys and a Golden Globe Award.
She also starred as Victoria Chase in the TV Land comedy series Hot in Cleveland. She is also known for her recurring role as Gayle Buchannon on Baywatch as well as Ronee Lawrence on the final season of Frasier. Malick also played many character roles in films, including Scrooged, The American President, Racing Stripes, and Confessions of a Shopaholic, has made over 50 guest appearances on television shows, primarily on comedies, and starred in a number of made-for-television films. She also works as a voice actress for animation, notably voicing Eda Clawthorne on the Disney Channel animated series The Owl House and Beatrice Horseman on the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman.
Early life
Malick was born on December 13, 1950, in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Gigi, a former model, and Kenneth Malick (1920–2021),[1][2] who worked in sales.[3] Her paternal grandfather, Ayad Malick, was an Egyptian from a Coptic Christian family who met her grandmother Sarah Belle Float, a Pentecostal missionary, in 1913.[4] Her other ancestry is French, German, and English.[5] She graduated from Williamsville South High School in 1968. Malick is an alumna of the William Esper Studio for the performing arts in Manhattan, New York City.[6]
Career
Early career
Wendie Malick posing at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, in 1972, Malick began fashion modeling for the Wilhelmina modeling agency. She left to work for Republican Congressman Jack Kemp.[7] She soon left Washington, D.C., to pursue a career in stage and screen. She began working as an actress in 1982 in the film A Little Sex. The same year, Malick auditioned for the role of Diane Chambers in the NBCsitcomCheers,[8] but lost the part. She later was cast as a regular in ABC medical drama series Trauma Center. The series was cancelled after a single season. In 1986, Malick guest starred as Cecile's henchwoman in the 5,559th episode of Another World. In the late 1980s, Malick began her career in television comedies. She had a recurring role on Kate & Allie as Allie's ex-husband's new wife and played a supporting role in the 1988 film Scrooged as Bill Murray's sister-in-law.
From 2005 to 2006, Malick starred opposite John Stamos in the ABC comedy series Jake in Progress. Malick was to be part of the cast of the series Modern Men, but due to a Jake in Progress renewal, her role on Modern Men was recast with Jane Seymour. Both Jake in Progress and Modern Men were cancelled in 2006. Also in 2005, Malick starred as Clara Dalrymple in the film Racing Stripes. In 2005 and 2006, she provided the voice of Burdine Maxwell in the animated series Bratz. In late 2006 and early 2007, she starred in another short-lived comedy series, Big Day on ABC. Starting in 2005, Malick did voice work on radio and television ads for Marshalls department stores. Malick guest-starred on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Law & Order in 2005. In film, she appeared in Waiting..., Adventureland, and Confessions of a Shopaholic as the instructor of the "Shopaholics Anonymous" group, Miss Korch.
Malick, Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, and Betty White in August 2012
In April 2011, Malick became the celebrity spokesperson for Budget Rent a Car in a series of online and television ads.[20] Malick starred in the 2013 Hallmark original film After All These Years based on the book by best-selling author Susan Isaacs.[21]
After Hot in Cleveland, Malick landed the role in the CBS action comedy-drama series Rush Hour, based on the film franchise of the same name.[22] The series was cancelled after one season. Malick later joined the cast of Fox drama series Pitch in a recurring role as Maxine Armstrong.[23] In 2016 she appeared as Sebastian Lund's (Rob Kerkovich) mother, Sylvia in the fourth episode of NCIS: New Orleans.[24] From 2016 to 2021, she had a recurring role of lead character' mother in the ABC comedy series, American Housewife. Malick also appeared on Mom, Grace and Frankie, This Is Us, Modern Family, and Physical.
From 2014 to 2020, Malick had a recurring voice role playing the titular character's mother Beatrice in the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman. In 2018, she received Annie Awards nomination for her voice acting.[25] From 2018 to 2020, she also had a recurring role as rancher Lisa Neumann on Netflix comedy series The Ranch. In 2020, she was cast as the voice of Eda Clawthorne on The Owl House.
Malick played Shailene Woodley's character mother in the 2019 romantic drama film Endings, Beginnings, and title role in the 2020 Lifetime thriller Deranged Granny.[26] In 2022, she set to appear in a multiple features, include Mack & Rita starring Diane Keaton,[27]A Little White Lie, The Re-Education of Molly Singer,[28] and the leading role in the musical drama Mother of All Shows.[29]
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