While Michael Learned is best known as the kindly matriarch on the classic '70s series The Waltons, the Emmy-winning actress is so much more than just a retro TV mom. Learned is forever grateful to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Michael Learned left The Waltons in 1979 after eight seasons, but the choice wasn’t as simple as stepping away from a job; it meant walking away from a family she had built on set and a role that had ...

Michael Learned will always have a great love for Ralph Waite. The actress, who starred as Olivia Walton in "The Waltons," recently attended The Hollywood Show, where she opened up about how she kept ...