Laurie Walters
Biography
Walters was born in San Francisco, California, and was, by several years, the oldest of the eight actors playing the Bradford children, though her character, Joanie Bradford, was the third-oldest child in the family. Walters is six months older than Betty Buckley (born July 3, 1947), who played her character's stepmother. Walters' first screen role was as Sheila Grove in 1973's The Harrad Experiment.
Walters made guest appearances on a number of other television series through the 1980s, such as Cheers and Highway to Heaven, as well as on two Eight Is Enough reunion specials, but she has not acted on television since 1993.
Walters, as of 1999, lived in Los Angeles, where she worked as an environmentalist.[citation needed] More recently, she has acted in plays in the Southern California area and directed theater productions in Ojai, California, under her married name, Laurie Walters Slade. Walters was later in charge of film acquisitions for a subscription-based film service called Ironweed Films.
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Full filmography
- Columbo (1971) as Helen Ashcroft
- The Love Boat (1977) as Roberta Potter
- The Love Boat (1977) as Laura Rogers
- Cheers (1982) as Jacqueline Bisset
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Highway to Heaven (1984)
- The Rookies (1972)
- Eight Is Enough (1977) as Joannie Bradford
- Medical Story (1975)
- Hollywood Beat (1985)
- Lottery! (1983) as Harriet Day
- The Harrad Experiment (1973) as Sheila Grove
- Famous T & A (1982) as Sheila Grove (archive footage)
- The People (1972) as Karen Diemus
- The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988) as Jane
- Warlock Moon (1973) as Jenny Macallister / Ghost Bride
- Returning Home (1975) as Wilma Parish
- Harrad Summer (1974) as Sheila Grove