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Judy Norton (born January 29, 1958) [1] is an American actress and theater director who is best known for her role as Mary Ellen Walton on The Waltons television series and subsequent Waltons TV movies.
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) was not made as a pilot for a series, but it was so popular that it led to CBS initially commissioning one season of episodes based on the same characters, and the result was The Waltons. [8] Except for the Walton children and Grandma Esther Walton, the characters were all recast for the TV series.
While filming The Waltons, television series and reunion made-for-TV films, Winston became a close friend of her TV family: Judy Norton ("Mary Ellen Walton Willard") and Mary McDonough ("Erin Walton"), who played two of her sisters-in-law; the trio were known on the film set in California as "The Three Musketeers."
The Waltons is an American television series that aired for nine seasons (1972–1981) on the Columbia Broadcasting System network. A further six made-for-TV reunion movies were made and aired in the following 1980s and 1990s. Below is a list of the series / films various principal characters and the actors who played them.
TV series 1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story: Erin Walton: TV pilot for The Waltons: 1972–1981 The Waltons: Main role (213 episodes) 1979 Beat The Clock: Herself (contestant) Game show (5 episodes) 1980 The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons: Erin Walton TV film 1981 Midnight Offerings: Robin Prentiss Television film 1982 A Wedding on ...
The Waltons episode: Episode no. Season 1 Episode 24: Directed by: Philip Leacock: Story by: Earl Hamner Jr. Teleplay by: John McGreevey: Narrated by: Earl Hamner Jr. Featured music: Arthur Morton: Cinematography by: Russell Metty: Editing by: Marjorie Fowler; Michael McCroskey; Gene Fowler; Original air date: April 19, 1973 () List of episodes
The creators behind the film also have a personal connection to the story: co-writers, Jack Thorne and his wife Rachel Mason, welcomed their son Elliott via IVF, while director Ben Taylor also has ...
Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (July 10, 1923 – March 24, 2016) was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner), best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s as the creator of two long-running series, The Waltons and Falcon Crest.