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Lisa Ann Walter
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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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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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Grey's Anatomy
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
9-1-1
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Celebrity Family Feud
Strong Medicine
Rizzoli & Isles
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Kelly Clarkson Show
After Midnight
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Las Vegas
I Can See Your Voice
The Odd Couple
Dark Side of Comedy
Celebrity Jeopardy!
GLOW
Hollywood Squares
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
Drillbit Taylor
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
War of the Worlds
Killers
Bruce Almighty
The Parent Trap
Shall We Dance?
Abbott Elementary
Emeril
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