While Michael Learned is best known as the kindly matriarch ... Learned is forever grateful to have played Olivia Walton for seven seasons, but at 85, she's had many other projects since then ...

Olivia is John Walton’s wife and the mother of John ... violence, and bad manners. Michael Learned, also called Miss Michael Learned in the opening credits, played the loving mother, Olivia.

Learned was credited as “Miss Michael Learned,” just so viewers weren’t confused about who was playing Walton family mom Olivia Walton. But at the Emmys ceremony, her name still managed to ...

There is one strong reason why Michael Learned decided to reprise her role as Olivia Walton — the strong mother of seven warm and intelligent children on Walton’s Mountain in Virginia — in ...

Michael Learned is always up for a challenge. The actress, best known for playing beloved matriarch Olivia Walton in “The Waltons,” is starring in a new film titled “Second Acts,” which ...

Ralph Waite was determined to make an unforgettable impression on his TV wife Michael Learned. It was 50 years ago that "The Waltons," a series ... about my character Olivia," Learned explained ...

What I hear a lot is that people learned from it — “I learned how ... TVLINE | The episode that stuck with, and upset, me as a kid was when Olivia contracted polio. Ohhh….

By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer Michael Learned — or “Miss Michael ... Three of those came for her work on The Waltons; she played matriarch Olivia Walton on the CBS drama, which ran for ...

declared a voice from the audience in response to seeing eight cast members from the hit series "The Waltons" up in front of fans on Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. Michael Learned (Olivia ...

Personally, the highlight of my holiday TV viewing experience was reexperiencing 1971 made-for television movie “The Homecoming: A Christmas Story,” which was the precursor to classic family ...

Bottom line from left: Kami Cotler as Elizabeth Walton, Michael Learned as Olivia Walton, Ralph Waite as John Walton, Judy Norton as Mary Ellen Walton. episode: “The Yearning”. Image dated ...

Ralph Waite was determined to make an unforgettable impression on his TV wife Michael Learned. It was 50 years ago that “The Waltons ... about my character Olivia,” Learned explained ...