Anjelica Houston gets guest role in Medium

Anjelica Houston is heading to the small screen with a guest role in the hit-series Medium.

The 'Addams Family' actress, 56, will appear alongside Patricia Arquette in the upcoming fourth series of the paranormal drama.

In the first episode, Patricia Arquette's Allison finds herself at odds with the police department and out of a job.

Angelica Houston, who plays a private investigator, offers her new way to make money from her psychic skills.

Arquette said: "She comes along at a time where I continue having these dreams; they don't stop just because I no longer work for the district attorney. "However, when I try to call people or tell them about a dream, I'm such a

Persona-non-grata that I can't really do anything with the information. "She steps in and gives me a way that I can take all of this information and have an outlet for it and help solve crimes. She's also kind of a dark character and a little bit mercenary.

"It's one thing to work for the district attorney and you make money through this whole network of crime-solving that's part of the state and the government, but it's a different thing to be asking families who've lost their children for reward money."

Arquette says she was over the moon that Houston agreed to take part in the series. She said: "It was wonderful. I've always been such a big fan of hers and I was grateful that she agreed to come on our show, but I was kind of shy of her."