Cast & creator
Helen Slayton-Hughes
Best known for Desperate Housewives, The West Wing, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Helen Slayton-Hughes was an actress and writer. She was best known for playing Ethel Beavers in Parks and Recreation.
13
film credits
32
television credits
45
1980–2022 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (45)
Showing 45 of 45 credits
Desperate Housewives
Elderly Woman
2004
The West Wing
Marion Cotesworth-Haye
1999
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Ethel Musterberg
2013
Pretty Little Liars
Mrs. Potter
2010
The Middle
Eleanor
2009
Malcolm in the Middle
Nana
2000Malcolm in the Middle
Elderly Woman
2000
Parks and Recreation
Ethel
2009Parks and Recreation
Ethel Beavers
2009
New Girl
Mrs. Raws
2011
True Blood
Caroline Bellefleur
2008
The Drew Carey Show
Eighty-Year-Old Woman
1995
Arrested Development
Mrs. Van Skoyk
2003
My Name Is Earl
Mrs. Abernathy
2005
That's So Raven
Mildred
2003
Nash Bridges
Gertrude Jorgensen
1996
Fresh Off the Boat
Dot
2015
Raising Hope
Harriett
2010
Power Rangers
Elderly Lady
1993
One on One
Carol
2001
Carnivàle
Scripture-Reading Lady (uncredited)
2003
Single Parents
Diana
2018
Burning Love
Virginia
2012Burning Love
Agnes
2012
Men at Work
Edith
2012
Getting On
Sandy Sayles
2013
Oliver Beene
Mrs. Carroll
2003
Rutherford Falls
Aunt Ida
2021
Little Big Awesome
Penelope Pitt-Plebop (voice)
2018Little Big Awesome
Penelope Pitt-Plebop / Townsfolk (voice)
2018
Four Kings
Helen
2006
He's All That
Teacher
2021
The Greatest Event in Television History
Lilly
2012
The Curse of Bridge Hollow
Victoria Hawthorne
2022
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Mary
2005
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
Woman on Bus
2018
Veronica Mars
Mrs. Barnes
2014
Hesher
Mrs. Rosowski
2010
Moxie
Helen
2021
Crazy on the Outside
Grandma
2010
Shoot the Moon
Singer
1982
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Mrs. Moskowitz
2006
Mafia on the Bounty
Selma
1980The Princess and the Cabbie
Joanna's BART Nemesis (uncredited)
1981
The Invisible Mother
Mona
2018