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Laurie Walters Slade is a retired American actress, best known for playing Joanie Bradford on Eight Is Enough which aired from 1977 until 1981 on ABC. Career [ edit ] Walters made guest appearances on a number of television series through the 1980s, such as Cheers and Highway to Heaven , as well as on two Eight Is Enough reunion specials, but ...
53 Photos. Brunette Laurie Walters was born on January 8, 1947 in San Francisco, California. Laurie enrolled in Humboldt State College and originally planned on majoring in wildlife conservation. Walters switched to theater and briefly attended UC Santa Barbara. She then moved to Berkeley, California and helped form the Berkeley Repertory Theater.
- January 1, 1
- 56 sec
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Ed Gross
- Betty Buckley (Abby Bradford) When the series began, Tom Bradford (Dick Van Patten) was married to Joan, but when the actress who played her — Diana Hyland — lost her battle with cancer, the producers were left with a distinct choice.
- Dianne Kay (Nancy Bradford) Prior to starring on Eight is Enough, Dianne Kay — born March 29, 1954, in Phoenix, Arizona — made her television debut in an episode of the 1976 Saturday morning live-action TV series The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.
- Willie Aames (Tommy Bradford) Upon arriving in the world on July 15, 1960, he was given the name Albert William Upton. Willie began his career in the early 1970s by making guest appearances, making his debut on the 1971 episode of The Odd Couple, “Win One for Felix,” playing Leonard Unger, the son of Tony Randall’s Felix.
- Grant Goodeve (David Bradford) When he started singing the title song of Eight is Enough beginning with the show’s third season, Grant Goodeve found himself elevated above being merely an actor in an ensemble cast — now he was a singer.
Jan 27, 2023 · Joining the family. Laurie Walters as Joanie Bradford / Everett Collection. Even before participating in a major stepping stone for television shows, Laurie Walters participated in some big, revolutionary projects. Shortly before joining Eight is Enough, she was in 1973’s The Harrad Experiment, which followed that decade’s sexual revolution.
Laurie Walters. Actress: Warlock Moon. Brunette Laurie Walters was born on January 8, 1947 in San Francisco, California. Laurie enrolled in Humboldt State College and originally planned on majoring in wildlife conservation. Walters switched to theater and briefly attended UC Santa Barbara. She then moved to Berkeley, California and helped form the Berkeley Repertory Theater. Laurie got her ...
- January 8, 1947
Jan 11, 2023 · In the late 1990s, Walters gave up acting and became an active environmentalist, where she coordinated the volunteer program Tree People for the Los Angeles organization. Under her married name Laurie Walters Slade, she has started acting on stage again in the southern California region and directing theatrical shows in Ojai, California.
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Nov 11, 2023 · Laurie Walters played Joannie Bradford on "Eight Is Enough," and like several of her co-stars, she continued acting for a few years before shifting gears in the early 1990s. "It became clear I wasn't making the transition from ingenue to leading lady," she explained in an interview with Ojai Monthly. According to Walters, she'd had a love of ...
