{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/31510/helen-slayton-hughes",
  "name": "Helen Slayton-Hughes",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/31510/helen-slayton-hughes",
  "knownForDepartment": "Acting",
  "description": "Helen Slayton-Hughes was an actress and writer. She was best known for playing Ethel Beavers in Parks and Recreation.",
  "birthDate": "1930-10-30",
  "deathDate": "2022-12-07",
  "birthPlace": "Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA",
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/d4hYE6VxRD7iPWgHTYpiG2CqhR.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0805658"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "10 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 693,
      "title": "Desperate Housewives",
      "year": "2004",
      "role": "as Elderly Woman",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.896,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/sywYmV9c9Vj2U7ocqNyfDt2pz3r.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/693/desperate-housewives-2004"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 2004,
      "title": "Malcolm in the Middle",
      "year": "2000",
      "role": "as Nana",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8.462,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uftxEWbn3OSykTy4DX4BrdVeiuv.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/2004/malcolm-in-the-middle-2000"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 688,
      "title": "The West Wing",
      "year": "1999",
      "role": "as Marion Cotesworth-Haye",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8.255,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/yqDWr5NAE7m1IWrygYwLyEB6pN0.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/688/the-west-wing-1999"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 48891,
      "title": "Brooklyn Nine-Nine",
      "year": "2013",
      "role": "as Ethel Musterberg",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8.213,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/A3SymGlOHefSKbz1bCOz56moupS.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/48891/brooklyn-nine-nine-2013"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 1422,
      "title": "The Middle",
      "year": "2009",
      "role": "as Eleanor",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.578,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/u6FluiFx3ocVS0MgZszfpPKXT2p.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/1422/the-middle-2009"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 97,
      "title": "The Drew Carey Show",
      "year": "1995",
      "role": "as Eighty-Year-Old Woman",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.517,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/cWboJ8Cfi5NgHoENAB0gYtgZHkR.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/97/the-drew-carey-show-1995"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 1420,
      "title": "New Girl",
      "year": "2011",
      "role": "as Mrs. Raws",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.36,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8oCqMlKKomCArVtyOjRzMN6g40Z.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/1420/new-girl-2011"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 31917,
      "title": "Pretty Little Liars",
      "year": "2010",
      "role": "as Mrs. Potter",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.97,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/aUPbHiLS3hCHKjtLsncFa9g0viV.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/31917/pretty-little-liars-2010"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 10545,
      "title": "True Blood",
      "year": "2008",
      "role": "as Caroline Bellefleur",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.618,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ktEp6fzL4xzCWsSVtrcH8JaQNQy.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/10545/true-blood-2008"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 8592,
      "title": "Parks and Recreation",
      "year": "2009",
      "role": "as Ethel",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8.04,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5IOj62y2Eb2ngyYmEn1IJ7bFhzH.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/8592/parks-and-recreation-2009"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 4589,
      "title": "Arrested Development",
      "year": "2003",
      "role": "as Mrs. Van Skoyk",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.931,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/p4r4RD7RsNcJVoz0H6z3dBoTBtW.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/4589/arrested-development-2003"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 2317,
      "title": "My Name Is Earl",
      "year": "2005",
      "role": "as Mrs. Abernathy",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.659,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/57shLTTkHvhLUhyP1t0lNZPoAxD.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/2317/my-name-is-earl-2005"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 61692,
      "title": "Fresh Off the Boat",
      "year": "2015",
      "role": "as Dot",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.193,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/o8ekdtv98EnrymVLw3VJ2WoFBoM.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/61692/fresh-off-the-boat-2015"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 474,
      "title": "Nash Bridges",
      "year": "1996",
      "role": "as Gertrude Jorgensen",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.656,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/hJeHSCFoxWN2Pt2lg56CKOi9g87.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/474/nash-bridges-1996"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 4602,
      "title": "That's So Raven",
      "year": "2003",
      "role": "as Mildred",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.224,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8pSH9b3XKKLBhdlsK9bz0AWYc7C.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/4602/that-s-so-raven-2003"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 2328,
      "title": "Power Rangers",
      "year": "1993",
      "role": "as Elderly Lady",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.08,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qx3SJlAp2RK656TusqKx1qEqVMW.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/2328/power-rangers-1993"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 32815,
      "title": "Raising Hope",
      "year": "2010",
      "role": "as Harriett",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.425,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uoQlWrYVERlifyUjDVUHiSu2ELo.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/32815/raising-hope-2010"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 431,
      "title": "One on One",
      "year": "2001",
      "role": "as Carol",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.889,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/wrPeock4PW1VV2bw8k1TuGet8hX.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/431/one-on-one-2001"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 185,
      "title": "Carnivàle",
      "year": "2003",
      "role": "as Scripture-Reading Lady (uncredited)",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5pKvfZ3qLuKJd8PQfKcPxN9jTO9.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/185/carnivale-2003"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 81127,
      "title": "Single Parents",
      "year": "2018",
      "role": "as Diana",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qL2MIOtTNLEKXGFZ0oKBqwbujIi.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/81127/single-parents-2018"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 42548,
      "title": "Men at Work",
      "year": "2012",
      "role": "as Edith",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.612,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/roh8cMRx6BJhiwNNJwxFmQ9M6Bf.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/42548/men-at-work-2012"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 57756,
      "title": "Getting On",
      "year": "2013",
      "role": "as Sandy Sayles",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.3,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3QZcTGSu3txafurQ2zEcYK03WFJ.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/57756/getting-on-2013"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 4306,
      "title": "Oliver Beene",
      "year": "2003",
      "role": "as Mrs. Carroll",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8.273,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/5dTw5Nawhl5gv8cxj8ESEhGUamW.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/4306/oliver-beene-2003"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 44189,
      "title": "Burning Love",
      "year": "2012",
      "role": "as Virginia",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.321,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zVSpYSuACSvqLDBFL35ZmlWDzQU.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/44189/burning-love-2012"
    }
  ]
}