Intelligent, sometimes with a stern aura, yet attractive, warm and inviting, Michael Learned was a stage... (Learn more)
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Michael Learned’s Milestones
| As an adolescent, grew up in Austria while her father worked there as a US government employee | |
| Became company member of the American Conservatory Theatre, appeared in | |
| Had starring role in the CBS medical series "Nurse"; won fourth Emmy | |
| Reprised role of Olivia Walton in TV-movie reunion specials in 1993, 1995 and 1997 | |
| 1955 | Began career in show business as an apprentice at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut; met future husband Peter Donat |
| 1956 | Moved with Donat to San Francisco |
| 1971 | Moved to L.A. |
| 1972 - 1980 | Starred as Olivia Walton on TV series "The Waltons" (CBS); won three Emmy Awards |
| 1974 | Made TV-movie debut, "It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy" (ABC) |
| 1988 | Returned to series TV in the short-lived ABC medical drama "Hothouse" |
| 1989 | Starred in ABC sitcom "Living Dolls" |
| 1991 | Played Suzanne Somers mother in "Keeping Secrets"; Helen Hunt's mother'in-law in miniseries "Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story" |
| 2000 | Co-starred in the Broadway revival of "The Best Man" |
| 2002 | Appeared in the McCarter Theater production of Edward Albee's "All Over" |
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