Background
Lampert was born in New York City, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants Rachil Eriss, a draper and hatmaker, and Morris Lampert, an architect and ironworker.
Lampert was born in New York City, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants Rachil Eriss, a draper and hatmaker, and Morris Lampert, an architect and ironworker.
Lampert attended New York"s High School of Music and Art, and then the University of Chicago.
She may be best remembered for her role as the title character in the 1971 cult horror film Let"s Scare Jessica to Death, as well as for starring alongside Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty in the 1961 romance film Splendor in the Grass. Personal life
After working on minor stages for several years, she performed on Broadway in a Tony-nominated performance in 1961"s Look We"ve Come Through. She scored with a pair of small but noteworthy performances in the films Pay or Die and Splendor in the Grass.
She co-starred with Gena Rowlands in John Cassavetes" Opening Night in (1977).
She was a regular in the sitcom The Girl With Something Extra and the medical drama Doctors" Hospital. During the early 1970s, she created the role of Ellie Jardin on the Columbia Broadcasting System soap, Where the Heart Is, until her character was killed off in 1972.
In 1986, she appeared in an episode of Knight Rider (season 4, "Hills of Fire"). She worked less during the 1980s and 1990s.
She appeared in roles as diverse as The Exorcist III (playing actor George C Scott"s wife), and the offbeat 1999 film, The Eden Myth, which would prove to be her last feature film role for the next decade.
Foreign several years in the 80s, Lampert appeared on-screen as the spokesperson for Goya Beans. After a ten-year absence from films, Lampert returned to acting in supporting roles in two films: The Hungry Ghosts (2009) and Zenith (2010).