THE WALTONS franchise has three Thanksgiving specials in its legacy, and they all share the warmth and joy of family.

Michael Learned is getting candid about playing the matriarch, Olivia Walton, in the popular family drama,The Waltons, which had a nine-season run until 1981. "It's hard to say. On the one hand, I ...

Judy Norton and Patrick Labyorteaux are amuse by how people can't keep their sitcom families straight. Norton, who is best known for her role as Mary Ellen Walton on The Waltons, appeared on The ...

After more than a year’s absence following a debilitating stroke in 1976, the tenacious Ellen Corby returned to her beloved role as Grandma Esther Walton in one of the most touching The Waltons ...

Sian Barbara Allen, an actress best known for her work on The Waltons, has died. She was 78. Allen’s death was announced in her online obituary, which shared that she died of Alzheimer’s in Chapel ...

Actor Lynn Hamilton, who was best known for her characters in sitcom “Sanford and Son” and historical drama “The Waltons,” has died. She was 95. A representative for the late actor, Calvin Carson, ...

Sian Barbara Allen, a Golden Globe-nominated actor who appeared in dozens of TV series including “The Waltons” from the 1970s to the ’90s and also was known for her work in the 1972 film “You’ll Like ...

Part of why The Waltons endures, especially during the holidays, is because it’s about ordinary people doing their best with what they have. Even actress Judy Norton, who played Mary Ellen, once noted ...

Actor Lynn Hamilton, who was best known for her characters in sitcom “Sanford and Son” and historical drama “The Waltons,” has died. She was 95. Calvin Carson, a representative for the late actor, ...

Judy Norton and Patrick Labyorteaux are amuse by how people can't keep their sitcom families straight. "For the record, we were there first. You guys were copycats," the host, 60, teased. "You had ...