Helen Slayton-Hughes dies aged 92: Parks and Recreation star's family pay tribute - Daily Mail

Parks and Recreation star Helen Slayton-Hughes has died aged 92, her household announced connected Thursday.

The beloved actress, who played the feisty Ethel Beavers connected the deed show, passed distant connected Wednesday - a origin of decease has not been revealed.

Paying tribute to the star, her family's connection read: 'Helen passed distant past night. Her symptom has ended but her fierce tone lives on. 

'Thank you for the emotion and enactment of her and her work. Rest saccharine one.'

Helen played tribunal stenographer Ethel successful the fashionable governmental satire mockumentary sitcom from 2011-2015.

The prima won an service of fans with her hilarious and barbed putdowns, starring alongside Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt and Aubrey Plaza successful 11 episodes.

Her quality agreed to get adopted by Chris and Aubrey's characters arsenic their grandma successful 1 comic occurrence of the iconic show.

The prima made her last nationalist quality connected October 8 erstwhile she attended The Curse Of Bridge Hollow Netflix Special Screening. 

The drama fearfulness movie - successful which she played Victoria - marked her last role.

Helen earned a Bachelor's grade successful Drama from Syracuse University, and a Master's successful Communications from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). 

Her household is filled with performers, including Game Of Thrones prima Peter Dinklage, who is simply a archetypal cousin, erstwhile removed.

Her vocation saw her walk much 4 decades acting successful signifier productions, appearing successful implicit 200 plays and and musicals.

The turning constituent came erstwhile she was formed successful a 2 occurrence stint connected Nash Bridges (1996) portion appearing astatine Berkeley Stage successful the San Francisco Bay Area.

Aged 70, Helen moved to LA to gain wealth arsenic an histrion and secured high-profile stints in shows including Arrested Development, My Name Is Earl, Desperate Housewives, New Girl and That's So Raven. 

In aboriginal years the prima did not dilatory down, successful 2020 she wrote philharmonic Songs of Limberlost, based on the best-selling novel, A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter and worked connected a abbreviated film.

The prima is survived by 4 children and six grandchildren. She was joined for galore years but ne'er publically revealed her husband's identity.