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Helen Slayton-Hughes

Acting

Born October 30, 1930 · Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA

Died December 7, 2022

Biography

Helen Slayton-Hughes was an actress and writer. She was best known for playing Ethel Beavers in Parks and Recreation.

Filmography36 titles

Malcolm in the Middle

2000as Elderly Woman

The West Wing

1999as Marion Cotesworth-Haye

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013as Ethel Musterberg

Pretty Little Liars

2010as Mrs. Potter

Parks and Recreation

2009as Ethel Beavers

Desperate Housewives

2004as Elderly Woman

Arrested Development

2003as Mrs. Van Skoyk

Carnivàle

2003as Scripture-Reading Lady (uncredited)

My Name Is Earl

2005as Mrs. Abernathy

The Middle

2009as Eleanor

True Blood

2008as Caroline Bellefleur

New Girl

2011as Mrs. Raws

Raising Hope

2010as Harriett

Burning Love

2012as Virginia

That's So Raven

2003as Mildred

The Greatest Event in Television History

as Lilly

Moxie

2021as Helen

Fresh Off the Boat

2015as Dot

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005as Mary

Power Rangers

1993as Elderly Lady

Single Parents

2018as Diana

Hesher

2010as Mrs. Rosowski

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

2018as Woman on Bus

Veronica Mars

2014as Mrs. Barnes

Men at Work

2012as Edith

Nash Bridges

1996as Gertrude Jorgensen

The Curse of Bridge Hollow

2022as Victoria Hawthorne

He's All That

2021as Teacher

Rutherford Falls

2021as Aunt Ida

The Drew Carey Show

1995as Eighty-Year-Old Woman

Getting On

2013as Sandy Sayles

Shoot the Moon

1982as Singer

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

2006as Mrs. Moskowitz

Crazy on the Outside

2010as Grandma

The Invisible Mother

2018as Mona

Little Big Awesome

as Penelope Pitt-Plebop (voice)