Michael Learned won three Emmys for her role as Olivia Walton on The Waltons, but looking back, her feelings about the show are complicated. Learned, 86, opened up about her time on the show on the ...
Learned said she never regretted her decision to leave The Waltons. "They didn't know what to do with me...as an actor, it was just boring," she admitted. She recalled that as she bid farewell to the ...
For decades, the parents on The Waltons brought cheer to fans with their steady, honest love. Michael Learned, who played matriarch Olivia, recently revealed that she intentionally kept her ...
Elevator humiliation: Michael Learned says two well-known actresses mocked her and 'The Waltons' in an elevator, leaving her feeling humiliated. Lingering regret: She admitted she wishes she had ...
Michael Learned and Jane Kean from "MARILYN ... MADNESS & ME Celebrates Opening at El Portal Theatre". Photographed September 27, 2013.
Michael Learned explained in a new interview that she’s never regretted leaving The Waltons after season 8, but still wonders if she should have signed on for the series at all The show ran from 1972 ...