Susan Walters Says She Still Gets Recognized for Her Role as 'Mulva' on Seinfeld: 'That Was Iconic' (Exclusive)

Susan Walters’ Seinfeld the role proved memorable even almost 30 years later.

on Young and restless Celebration of 13,000. episode in Los Angeles, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 24, Walters, 61, talked about how her appearance on the 1996 episode of “The Foundation” cemented her in Seinfeld surrender.

When asked how it is implemented Seinfeld still follows her around, she said she has the meaningless name “Mulva” to thank for.

“It’s funny how many people still remember me for that,” she said. “Or when they do hook up, they like me a lot more, you know what I mean? Yeah. It’s funny.”

Susan Walters in ‘Seinfeld’.

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“I got it years after it aired,” she continued. “The first time I got a pilot that wasn’t even comedic because the director loved the episode so much, he said, ‘Well, let’s hire Mulva!'”

“You know what, bring it back Young and restless and you say it’s iconic. That was iconic,” she said of her Seinfeld role. “I’m really happy to have been a part of some iconic things in the entertainment industry.”

Jerry Seinfeld and Susan Walters in ‘Seinfeld’.

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As fans may recall, Walters appeared in two episodes Seinfeld. In 1993’s “The Junior Mint”, she was the “Mystery Woman” that Jerry was dating. She says in the episode that her name rhymes with a part of the female anatomy, but Jerry never bothers to learn it.

He avoids attempts to use it and tries unsuccessfully to get her to say it throughout the episode. Jerry and George think it might be something like Bovary or Mulva, or even Gipple.

Towards the end of the episode, she realizes that he doesn’t know her name. Jerry shoots in the dark and (mis)hits as Mulva. She rushes out of his apartment and kicks him. Then he remembers — her name is Dolores.

Fast forward to the 1996 episode “The Foundation”, Walters reappears as Dolores and reunites with Jerry at Monk’s, eventually realizing that he has not matured since their last interaction.

Susan Walters 2024.

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Since her appearance on SeinfeldWalters joined the cast Young and restless as Diane Jenkins from 2001 to 2004, then returned to the long-running series in March 2022 to reprise the role after Diane faked her own death.

“I felt like we just did this, you know, it didn’t feel like 20 years had passed,” she said in a 2022 episode Digest with Digest podcast. Walters appeared in more than 400 episodes of the soap opera.

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Young and restless airs weekdays at 12:30pm ET on CBS and can be streamed on Paramount+ afterward.

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