The Waltons
1972
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Michael Learned. Actress: The Waltons. Four-time Best Actress Emmy Award winner Michael Learned was born on April 9, 1939 in Washington, D.C. The oldest of six daughters of a U.S. State Department employee, she was raised on her family's farm in Connecticut.
Michael Learned Interview: "The Waltons" Reunion and 50th Anniversary. Four-time Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned is best known as Olivia Walton in The Waltons, a long-running CBS series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II.
Michael Learned Interview: How Race Relations Impacted "Waltons" Icon. Michael Learned is best known for her television role as Olivia Walton in The Waltons, the popular and critically-acclaimed 1970s series about a rural family in Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. The Waltons first aired on television September 14, 1972 ...
Michael Learned will always be known for her role as Olivia Walton in the iconic family drama The Waltons, which is celebrating its 50 th anniversary this year. She was nominated for six Emmy Awards as Lead Actress in a Drama, winning three times for her role as Olivia Walton. After the seventh season, she left the show.
Highlights. Full Interview. Shows. Topics. Professions. Genres. People. About this interview. In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Michael Learned speaks of her early life and theatrical training. She recalls early roles on Canadian television and acting on stage in San Francisco in a production of Private Lives directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
The actress Michael Learned (b. 1939) is chiefly known for her role as the matriarch Olivia Walton in the tv-series The Waltons. For her performance on the show, she was awarded with the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series three times.
Michael Learned chats with ET about her iconic career and role on ‘The Waltons,’ as the series celebrates its 50th anniversary.
