Parks and Recreation actress Helen Slayton-Hughes dies aged 92

Parks and Recreation actress Helen Slayton-Hughes has died on the age of 92, her household confirms in a press release.

In a tribute posted to Facebook, the put up reads: “To the friends and fans of our beloved Helen, Helen passed away last night. Her pain has ended but her fierce spirit lives on. Thank you for the love and support of her and her work. Rest sweet one.…”

Her brokers later confirmed the information to Entertainment Weekly.

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Helen Slayton-Hughes as Ethel Beavers in Parks and Recreation. (NBC)

Slayton-Hughes was finest identified for her recurring function as Ethel Beavers within the sitcom Parks and Recreation.

The actress performed the fierce and spiteful courthouse stenographer, who all the time stopped foremost lead Leslie Knope’s intense plans in her tracks.

Her first main look within the present was when she was the court docket stenographer for Ben and Leslie’s ethics trial figuring out their romantic relationship, and they later turned associates, with Ethel even invited to Leslie’s Galentine’s Day occasion.

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She was additionally identified for her roles in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Malcolm within the Middle, Arrested Development, My Name Is Earl, and New Girl, in addition to a whole lot of theatre exhibits.

Slayton-Hughes is quoted by her household in a tribute video saying, “I love doing drama but I’m always hired to do comedy.”

She additionally appeared in some drama sequence throughout her lengthy profession, together with The West Wing, NYPD Blue, Pretty Little Liars, True Blood, and Parenthood, in addition to the movies Good Night and Good Luck and the Veronica Mars film.