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Michael Learned Left ‘The Waltons’ Because ‘It Was Just Boring’

Without Michael — which we hope is only temporary — we lose the mother figure. She was Mother Earth, Mother Courage.” Yet as ...
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Michael Learned Never Regretted Leaving “The Waltons” and Still Questions If She Should Have ‘Accepted’ the Role

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 ...
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‘The Waltons’ Star, 86, Explains Why She Left the Show: 'It Was Just Boring'

Michael Learned is getting candid about playing the matriarch, Olivia Walton, in the popular family drama,The Waltons, which had a nine-season run until 1981. "It's hard to say. On the one hand, I ...
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Beloved '70s Actress From 'The Waltons,' 86, Recalls Being Humiliated by Two A-List Stars

As matriarch Olivia Walton on the long-running series The Waltons, Michael Learned was (and continues to be) beloved by countless viewers. But as the actress recently revealed, not everybody was a fan ...