Laurie Walters

Laurie Walters Biography

Laurie Jean Walters (born January 8, 1947 in San Francisco, California) is an American former television actress, best known for playing Joanie Bradford on Eight Is Enough, which aired from 1977 until 1981 on ABC.

Career

Walters was, by several years, the oldest of the eight actors playing the Bradford children, even though her character, Joanie Bradford, was the third-oldest child in the family. Walter is six months older than Betty Buckley, (born July 3, 1947), who played her character's stepmother. Walter's 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.

According to the IMDb, Walters, as of 1999, lived in Los Angeles, where she worked as an environmentalist. 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 presently is in charge of film acquisitions for a subscription-based film service Ironweed Films, which distributes collections of critically acclaimed but hard to find independent documentaries and short films.

Filmography

Film and television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	'	Karen Diemus	TV movie
1973	'	Sheila Grove
1973	Warlock Moon	Jenny Macallister / Ghost Bride
1974	Harrad Summer	Sheila Grove
1975	Returning Home	Wilma Parish	TV movie
1975	Medical Story		Episode: "Test Case"
1975	'	Callie	Episode: "Ladies Day"
1975	Happy Days	Susan	Episode: "A Date with Fonzie"
1977	Insight	Katie	Episode: "I Want to Die"
1977-1981	Eight Is Enough	Joannie Bradford	112 episodes
1978	'	Roberta Potter	1 episode
1980	'	Laura Rogers	1 episode
1981	Fantasy Island	Lisa Bergmann	1 episode
1982	Fantasy Island	Harriet Wilson	1 episode
1983	Lottery!		Episode: "Kansas City: Protected Winner"
1985	Cheers	Jacqueline Bisset	Episode: "Bar Bet"
1985	New Love, American Style		1 episode
1987	Duet	Amanda	Episode: "Prelude" Episode: "Overture"
1987	Highway to Heaven	Michelle Raines	Episode: "Man's Best Friend: Part 1" Episode: "Man's Best Friend: Part 2"
1987	Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion	Joanie Bradford	TV movie
1988	'	Jane	TV movie
1989	'	Joanie Bradford	TV movie
1990	Columbo	Helen Ashcroft	Episode: "Murder in Malibu"
1990	Dragnet	Sara Tilson	Episode: "Living Victim"
1993	Evening Shade	Mrs. Norris	Episode: "Private School"
1999	'	The Wisdom Tree (voice)
2007	'	Teresa	Ensemble Theatre Company

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