Helen Slayton-Hughes
Birthday: Born in 1930-10-30 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA
Deathday: 2022-12-07
Helen Slayton-Hughes was an actress and writer. She was best known for playing Ethel Beavers in Parks and Recreation.
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Carnivàle
Character: Scripture-Reading Lady (uncredited)
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar....
Parks and Recreation
Character: Ethel
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much....
The Greatest Event in Television History
Character: Lilly
Adam Scott is determined to make the greatest event in television history by remaking the opening sequences of TV shows....
Oliver Beene
Character:
Oliver Beene is an American sitcom. Set in 1962 and 1963, the show chronicled the trials and tribulations of the 11-to-12-year-old Oliver Beene, in first person perspective. Oliver Beene's other main characters are his parents Jerry and Charlotte Beene, his brother Ted Beene, and his two friends Joyce and Michael. The narrator, an older Oliver reflecting on his experience, is voiced by David Cross. Often in episodes, the story is interrupted by flashbacks and flash-forwards....
Burning Love
Character: Virginia
Burning Love is a scripted comedy series which is a web spoof of the television shows The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor Pad. Depending on the season, the show either follows a man or a woman who is looking for the perfect mate from a pool of contestants, or has contestants living together in a mansion competing for a cash prize. Ben Stiller is executive co-producer. Season 1 showcases fireman Mark Orlando as the bachelor. Season 2 of the series, which premiered in February 2013, stars...
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Character: Ethel Musterberg
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss....
Parks and Recreation
Character: Ethel Beavers
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much....
True Blood
Character: Caroline Bellefleur
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic, blood vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides, but in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out....
The West Wing
Character: Marion Cotesworth-Haye
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life....
The Middle
Character: Eleanor
The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana....
Pretty Little Liars
Character: Mrs. Potter
Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year later, they begin receiving messages from someone using the name "A" who threatens to expose their secrets — including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew....
Men At Work
Character: Edith
Men at Work is an American comedy series that airs on TBS. The series was created by Breckin Meyer and stars Danny Masterson, Michael Cassidy, Adam Busch, James Lesure and Meredith Hagner. The series premiered on May 24, 2012 at 10 pm. TBS second season premiered on April 4, 2013 with another 10 episode season....
Little Big Awesome
Character: Penelope Pitt-Plebop (voice)
Two inseparable buddies, Gluko and Lennon, are in for a strange adventure. Not only must they get a lost little bubble back home to Bubble Land, but they need to make it back in time to stop a group of adorable yet naughty kittens from messing up Grandma's house....
Little Big Awesome
Character: Penelope Pitt-Plebop / Townsfolk (voice)
Two inseparable buddies, Gluko and Lennon, are in for a strange adventure. Not only must they get a lost little bubble back home to Bubble Land, but they need to make it back in time to stop a group of adorable yet naughty kittens from messing up Grandma's house....
New Girl
Character: Mrs. Raws
Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys—especially at home....
That's So Raven
Character: Mildred
No ordinary teenager; Raven Baxter can see glimpses of the future! Watch her schemes and misadventures as she enlists the help of friends, including best friends Eddie and Chelsea, to change life's little outcomes. Raven's younger brother, Cory, is obsessed with money and creates get-rich-quick schemes to try to earn cash....
My Name Is Earl
Character: Mrs. Abernathy
When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma....
Power Rangers
Character: Elderly Lady
A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters....
Single Parents
Character: Diana
A group of single parents lean on each other to help raise their 7-year-old kids and maintain some kind of personal lives outside of parenthood....
Rutherford Falls
Character: Aunt Ida
A small town in upstate New York is turned upside down when local legend and town namesake, Nathan Rutherford fights the moving of a historical statue....
Desperate Housewives
Character: Elderly Woman
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V....
Arrested Development
Character: Mrs. Van Skoyk
The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together....
Fresh Off the Boat
Character: Dot
A '90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother often bewildered by white culture....
One on One
Character: Carol
A sportscaster becomes a full-time dad when his ex-wife decides to accept a job out of the country and his teenage daughter, Breanna, moves in with him....
Malcolm in the Middle
Character: Nana
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family....
Malcolm in the Middle
Character: Elderly Woman
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family....
The Drew Carey Show
Character: Eighty-Year-Old Woman
Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies....
Four Kings
Character: Helen
Barry, Ben, Jason, and Bobby—four lifelong friends who affectionately refer to themselves as the “Four Kings of New York”— find their bonds to one another tested when they all move into the apartment that Ben inherited from his grandmother....
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
Character: Mary
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s....
Crazy on the Outside
Character: Grandma
A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars after getting caught committing a crime and taking the rap for his much more dangerous pal....
Burning Love
Character: Agnes
A single fireman looks to fan the flames of passion as he mingles with a pool of romantic interests in this spoof on reality dating competition shows....
Veronica Mars
Character: Mrs. Barnes
Years after walking away from her past as a teenage private eye, Veronica Mars gets pulled back to her hometown - just in time for her high school reunion - in order to help her old flame Logan Echolls, who's embroiled in a murder mystery....
The Curse of Bridge Hollow
Character: Victoria Hawthorne
A Halloween-hating dad reluctantly teams up with his teenage daughter when an evil spirit wreaks havoc by making their town's decorations come to life....
The Princess and the Cabbie
Character: Joanna's BART Nemesis (uncredited)
A young woman works to overcome her dyslexia with the help of a good-hearted cab driver....
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Character: Woman on Bus
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life....
Mafia on the Bounty
Character: Selma
A mob boss' plan to rub out his competition runs into trouble when his boat is attacked by a group of gay rights activists whose leader believes he is the legendary Captain Bligh ....
The Invisible Mother
Character: Mona
When lesbian toker Marcy returns to her grandparents' home to help care for her mentally declining grandmother, she discovers they are being terrorized by a malevolent force from a Victorian postmortem photograph....
Hesher
Character: Mrs. Rosowski
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic....
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Character: Mrs. Moskowitz
Life has its downs for James, living with his mom in Chicago at 39, an aging performer at Second City, eating and weighing too much. A woman he's been dating drops him, as does his agent, her brother. James turns down roles in local TV, roles that make him sad. Someone's remaking his favorite movie, "Marty," a role he'd love, but he doesn't even get an audition....
Moxie
Character: Helen
Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school....
He's All That
Character: Teacher
To get revenge on her ex-boyfriend, an influencer attempts to transform an unpopular classmate into prom king....