Whitney Seaver

Whitney Seaver is the main villainess from "The Photographer," episode 1.22 of Matlock.

She was played by Sherilyn Wolter.

Whitney Seaver is a model who had become the official spokesperson for a cosmetic company; with the job being worth $300,000. However, her big break was threatened by Randall Brooks, as Whitney was one of three models who were photographed nude by Brooks. She was later blackmailed by Brooks, as the photos' publication would ruin her career. Whitney was unable to pay, but after seeing Brooks arguing with his assistant, Amy Adler (who Brooks later fired), she decided to use it in a murderous scheme.

As soon as everyone had left Brooks' loft, where a party took place, the evil Whitney killed Brooks, and Amy was left as the guilty party--due to the argument and her arrival and departure from the scene in front of police. The villainess committed the murder after Amy left the loft, and she later colluded with her photographer lover, Mark Jacobs, to provide an alibi which had her participating in a photoshoot. One of her earrings was left at the scene of the murder, and enlarged photos of the earring and of Whitney wearing it at the party revealed her as the killer during her testimony. After realizing that she had been caught, Whitney was arrested for Brooks' murder.