Kellie Waymire


Kellie Suzanne Waymire was an American stage, television, and film actress. Two of her highest-profile roles were on Six Feet Under and on .

Biography

Kellie Waymire was born in Columbus, Ohio to Jack and Vickie Waymire. She had two siblings, Tony and Rebecca. The family moved frequently living in Lake Tahoe, Nevada; Denver, Colorado; Tampa, Florida; and Houston, Texas. While living in Houston, Waymire attended Lamar High School where she became interested in acting and served as the drama club's president. Upon graduation, she attended Southern Methodist University where she won the Greer Garson Award.
Waymire completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater at SMU, later earning a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego in 1993.

Career

After graduating from college, Waymire moved to New York City. She began her television career in the role of "Emily" on the soap opera One Life to Live in 1994.
In 1997, Waymire moved to Los Angeles. She continued her career in a number of primetime television shows, including The Practice, Judging Amy, The X-Files, Wolf Lake, ', NYPD Blue, and Yes Dear.
Waymire was predominantly cast in offbeat or humorous roles. Two of her highest-profile roles were in recurring roles on Six Feet Under where she played Melissa, a prostitute, and on ' where she played Crewman Elizabeth Cutler. She had previously portrayed the role of "Lanya" in in the episode "Muse |Muse". She guest starred in the Season 9 Seinfeld episode "The Blood", playing a sickly mother who wanted someone to take care of her son in the event of her death.
In 2003, Waymire was cast as a regular in the short lived Fox sitcom The Pitts.
The series was canceled after four weeks. Among her final onscreen roles were guest spots on Friends, Everwood, and Wonderfalls, the last two of which aired after her death. She appeared in a number of feature films, including a role as "Jane" in the comedy-drama Playing by Heart.
In addition to film and television work, Waymire was active in regional theater throughout the United States. She played the lead in A.R. Gurney's play Sylvia at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre in 1996. She appeared in a revival of the Noël Coward play Present Laughter at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1998, as well as many other stage productions across the country. At the time of her death, Waymire was starring as "Anne" in the stage adaptation of Kate Crackernuts, at the 24th Street Theatre in Los Angeles.

Death

On November 13, 2003, Waymire died in her home in Venice, Los Angeles, California of cardiac arrest caused by an undiagnosed cardiac arrhythmia, likely related to mitral valve prolapse, a condition with which she had been diagnosed as a teenager. Her funeral was held on November 23, 2003, in West Milton, Ohio.
On December 8, 2003, a public memorial was held at the Ralph Freud Playhouse, Macgowan Hall at UCLA.
The Kellie Waymire Scholarship Fund was established in her honor.

Filmography

Film

Television