Did any of The Waltons date each other?
Costars Allen and Thomas developed their deep romance during filming. In fact, it was likely due to their relationship that, months later, The Waltons cast Allen to play John-Boy's romantic interest in "The Love Story," an episode that aired late in the first season.
Good night, Son. Good night, Mama. Good night, Mary Ellen. “That was something that we actually did when I was growing up,” Hamner said.
Learned told the Daily Mail they decided not to pursue the romance as it could ruin the hit series and “get messy.” Instead, Learned insisted they cherished a close friendship that lasted until Waite's death in 2014 at age 85.
Beginning in September 1972, the series subsequently aired on CBS for nine seasons. After the series was canceled in 1981, NBC aired three television film sequels in 1982, with three more in the 1990s on CBS. The Waltons was produced by Lorimar Productions and distributed by Warner Bros.
The show starred actors including Eric Scott, Mary Beth McDonough, Philip Leaco*ck, and more, and having spent so much time together over the years, it is likely that they all had a great relationship.
But the actor who portrayed Mary-Ellen Walton admits she had a bit of a crush on her on-screen sibling when they first met. In a recent video, Norton opened up about her feelings about Thomas (who played John-Boy Walton on the show) and what it was like to work with him on The Waltons.
The final episode, titled “The Revel,” aired on June 4, 1981. In the episode, John-Boy goes to New York to pursue his writing career but arrives to find that his manuscript has been rejected. His publisher's secretary gives him enough money to return home and advises him to start a new book.
Winston effectively retired as an actress in 1993, partly because of a broken elbow which incapacitated her for a year but mainly because she started a family and wished to devote her time to raising her two daughters.
The actors playing Ben and Cindy Walton both happily married but still became inseparable.
Then Curt was killed at Pearl Harbor in the 1978 season, and Mary Ellen found new love with Arlington Wescott "Jonesy" Jones (Richard Gililand) while taking premed courses. The romance was threatened when Curt was discovered not to have died after all, but the two decided their marriage had ended and divorced.
Why did they replace the original John-Boy Walton?
Instead, Thomas broke his ankle in two places and the movie filming was delayed by more than a year. Eventually, September 30, 1955 premiered in 1977, but between his motorcycle accident and that premiere date, Thomas bore the pain and continued appearing on The Waltons.
They now have two children, Katie and Clay, and no explanation is made as to whether medical advances made this possible, the children are adopted, or if Mary Ellen and Jonesy decided to risk it and she was fine during the first pregnancy so they had a second child together.
The sisters proclaimed the virtues of their father's “recipe,” which was a lot more alcoholic than they seemed to realize. Emily Baldwin always pined for her lost love, Ashley Longworth, waiting for him to return one day.
The CW's “The Waltons' Homecoming” movie reboot debuted to 957,000 viewers Sunday, according to the earliest available Nielsen data. The audience pulled in by The CW's first-ever made-for-TV film gave the network its most-watched night of the 2021-2022 season, and its largest total-viewer tally since April 14.
Being a domestic, family based drama much of the action was staged in and around the Walton family home. While the interiors were filmed on Stage 26 of the former Burbank studios, the house exterior was filmed on the jungle set.
They tied the knot in real life in nuptials officiated by Walton dad Ralph Waite, a minister in real life. “He took it very seriously and did a really terrific ceremony,” Walmsley said.
The actors playing Ben and Cindy Walton both happily married but still became inseparable. One of the earliest appearances of Cindy Brunson Walton comes in one of the most emotional episodes of The Waltons, an episode called "Founders' Day."
| Mary Elizabeth McDonough | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actress, writer |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Spouse(s) | Rob Wickstrom ( m. 1988–1996) Don ( m. 2011) |
| Children | 3 |
Actress Peggy Rea, whose notable TV roles included Lulu Hogg on "The Dukes of Hazzard" and Rose Burton on "The Waltons," has died. She was 89. Rea's decades-long career in television included appearances in numerous shows ranging from "I Love Lucy" to "All in the Family" to "MacGyver."
