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词条 Michael Learned
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

     Television  Theatre 

  3. Personal life

  4. Filmography

     Film  Television films  Television series 

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = Michael Learned
| image = Michael Learned Waltons.JPG
| imagesize =
| image_caption = Learned in a publicity photo as Olivia Walton, 1972
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|04|09}}
| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1961–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Peter Donat
|1956|1972|end=div}}
{{marriage|Glenn Chadwick
|1974|1977|end=div}}
{{marriage|William Parker IV
|1979|1988|end=div}}
{{marriage|John Doherty
|1988}}
| children = 3
}}Michael Learned (born April 9, 1939) is an American actress, known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series The Waltons (1972–1981). She has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series a record four times; three for The Waltons (1973, 1974, 1976), and one for Nurse (1982).[1]

Early life

Learned was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter and oldest child of Elizabeth Duane "Betti" (née Hooper) and Bruce Learned, a diplomat.[2] Her maternal grandfather was an attaché for the United States Embassy in Rome.[3]

She lived on a Connecticut farm with her five sisters for the first 10 years of her life. Learned said that her parents never explained why she received a masculine first name, her father telling her elusively: "if I had been a boy, I would have been called Caleb, but I was a girl, so I was called Michael."[4]

When she was 11, Learned moved to Austria, where her father worked for the U.S. State Department. At this time, she attended Arts Educational School, Tring, now Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Tring, Hertfordshire, England. During this time, she discovered the theater and decided to make acting her life's work.[5]

Career

Television

She was billed as "Miss Michael Learned" on The Waltons (which ran from 1972–1981) because she was relatively unknown at the time, and producers wished to avoid confusion among viewers about her gender. By the sixth season, as the show continued its success and after the departure of co-star Richard Thomas, producers' fear of confusion about her sex had been alleviated and the "Miss" was removed from Learned's billing. She was nominated for six Emmy Awards and won three for her role of Olivia Walton. After the end of the sixth season, she agreed to appear for one more season, on the condition that she wouldn't have to work the full nine months.[6]

Her character's abrupt disappearance was explained by Olivia developing tuberculosis and entering a sanatorium in Arizona. She made occasional guest appearances until the show's cancellation and later appeared in four of the six Waltons reunion movies made during the 1980s and 1990s. For her portrayal of Olivia Walton, Learned was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards. During her run as Olivia Walton, Learned and The Waltons co-star, Will Geer, appeared together in the 1974 made-for-TV movie, Hurricane.

Learned starred as Nurse Mary Benjamin in the hospital drama Nurse, which ran on CBS during the 1980–1981 and 1981–1982 seasons. Though the series was well received critically, it was not a ratings success and lasted only two seasons. Nevertheless, Learned was nominated for two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress and won yet another Emmy for this role in 1982. She later had starring roles in the unsuccessful 1988 drama Hothouse and 1989 sitcom Living Dolls and reprised her Waltons role for a number of television movies and reunions in the 1990s.

In 2005, Learned played Judge Helen Turner on the ABC soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live as part of the "baby switch" storyline on both shows. In the second season of The Secret World of Alex Mack, she guest-starred as a ghost who regretted the decisions of her long-estranged granddaughter, revealed at the end to be the show's main villain, Danielle Atron (Louan Gideon).

She guest-starred in Scrubs as Mrs. Wilk in five episodes from the show's fifth season. She played Shirley Smith on ABC's General Hospital. In the fall of 2011, Learned played Katherine Chancellor on the CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless, filling in for Jeanne Cooper, who was on extended medical leave from the series.[7]

Theatre

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In the late 1960s, Learned and her then-husband (Peter Donat) appeared in various roles with the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. She has appeared in many stage productions on Broadway, off Broadway, and elsewhere, including the 2006–2007 national touring production of On Golden Pond. In the fall of 2008, she starred in Innovation Theatre Works' production of Driving Miss Daisy, playing the title role of Daisy Werthen opposite Willis Burks II as Hoke and Dirk Blocker as Daisy's son Boolie.

Personal life

Learned has been married four times. Her first husband was Canadian-American actor Peter Donat, whom she married in 1956 when she was 17 years old. The marriage was dissolved in 1972. She had three sons by the marriage — Caleb, Christopher, and Lucas Donat.

Her second marriage, to Glenn Chadwick, lasted from 1975 to 1977 and ended in divorce. In 1979, she married actor-screenwriter William Parker. That marriage ended in divorce as well. Since 1988, she has been married to lawyer John Doherty; the couple resides in California.

In a 2002 article she wrote for Daily Word, a publication of the Unity Church, Learned states that at the time she was cast in The Waltons, she had "hit rock bottom". Then, at age 32, Learned realized she was an alcoholic. Taking herself to ex-husband Peter Donat's cabin on the California coast, she decided to "get sober" and that her time there was the beginning of a spiritual journey. Learned further stated in the article that she has been sober since 1977.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1980 Touched by Love Dr. Bell
1986 Power Governor Andrea Stannard
1993 The Bruce Lee Story Vivian Emery
1997 Life During Wartime {{n/a}}
2000 For the Love of May Mary Lou Short film
2005 Lethal Eviction Elsa
2005 Loggerheads Sheridan Bellamy
2007 The Killer The Innkeeper Short film
2009 Chrissa Stands Strong Nana Louis Hanlon
2014 Unplugged Grandma Katie Short film
2014 The Parcel Beverly Short film
2014 After Life Gloria

Television films

Year Title Role Notes
1963 The Other Man {{n/a}}
1974 Hurricane Lee Jackson
1974 It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy Janet Walters
1978 Little Mo Eleanor Tennant
1980 Nurse Mary Benjamin
1980 A Christmas Without Snow Zoe Jenson
1982 Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain Olivia Walton
1984 The Parade Rachel Kirby
1986 A Deadly Business Ann
1986 Picnic Rosemary Sidney
1987 Mercy of Murder? Skipper
1988 The Gift Amelia Parker
1990 Gunsmoke: The Last Apache Mike Yardner
1991 Aftermath: A Test of Love Irene
1991 The Pamela Wojas Smart Story Judy Smart
1991 Keeping Secrets Marion Mahoney
1992 Mattie's Waltz Mattie
1993 A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion Olivia Walton
1995 A Walton Wedding Olivia Walton
1997 A Walton Easter Olivia Walton
1998 A Father for Brittany Edna Humphreys

Television series

Year Title Role Notes
1968 Wojeck Nina Eden 2 episodes
1972–1979 The Waltons Olivia Walton 168 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1973–1974, 1976)
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (1973–1976)
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1975, 1978–1979)
1973 Gunsmoke Mike Yardner Episode: "Matt's Love Story"
1973 Gunsmoke May Lassiter Episode: "A Game of Death... An Act of Love Part 2"
1973 Match Game 73 Herself Episode: "1.6"
1973–1974 Insight Sister Janet 2 episodes
1974 Police Story Linda Keitlinger Episode: "Love, Mabel"
1981–1982 Nurse Nurse Mary Benjamin 25 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
1984 St. Elsewhere Sister Millicent Domencia 2 episodes
1988 Hothouse Dr. Marie Teller 7 episodes
1989 Murder, She Wrote Maria Hudson Episode: "Trevor Hudson's Legacy"
1989 Who's the Boss? Trish Carlin 2 episodes
1989 Living Dolls Trish Carlin 12 episodes
1990 Wiseguy Rachel 2 episodes
1994 Reading Rainbow Herself Episode: "Appelemondo's Dream"
1995 The Secret World of Alex Mack Ghost of Paradise Valley Episode: "The Secret"
1998 Profiler Helen Waters 3 episodes
1998 Promised Land Dolly Carstens Episode: "The Secret of Bluestem"
2000 Wings of Gold Congresswoman Benedict Episode: "Article 32"
2000 So Graham Norton Herself Episode: "3.8"
2003 Special Victims Unit Candace Lamery Episode: "Privilege"
2005 All My Children Judge Turner Episode: "1.9044"
2005 One Life to Live Hon. Judge Turner 2 episodes
2006 Scrubs Mrs. Wilk 7 episodes
2009 Cold Case Louise Patterson '09 Episode: "WASP"
2010 General Hospital Shirley Smith 21 episodes
2011 Mr. Sunshine Maggie Episode: "The Best Man"
2011 The Young and the Restless Katherine Chancellor 13 episodes

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/michael-learned|title=Michael Learned profile|work=Television Academy|access-date=October 20, 2014}}
2. ^{{Cite book |first=Barbara J. |last=Love |title=Foremost women in communications: a biographical reference work on accomplished women in broadcasting, publishing, advertising, public relations, and allied professions|publisher=Foremost Americans Publishing Corporation|year=1970|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m5EUAQAAIAAJ&q=betti+hooper+learned&dq=betti+hooper+learned&hl=en}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/07/16/archives/elizabeth-b-hooper-is-married-in-rome-the-daughter-of-attache-at.html|title=Elizabeth B. Hooper is Married in Rome – The Daughter of Attache at the American Embassy in Italy Wed to Bruce Learned|work=The New York Times|date=July 1936|access-date=January 20, 2014}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=Olivia Walton by another name is just Michael Learned|date=26 April 1980|work=The Morning News| publisher = Ancestry.com #Newspapers.com|subscription=yes}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/41242/Michael-Learned/biography|title=Michael Learned – Biography|work=The New York Times|date=2010|publisher=New York Times|location=New York|issn=0362-4331|access-date=January 20, 2014}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Walton family will lose hard-working old Olivia|date=10 November 1978|work=Hutchinson News| publisher=Heritage Microfilm, Inc. #NewspaperARCHIVE|subscription=yes}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://soapcentral.com/yr/news/2011/1022-cooper_learned.php|title=Jeanne Cooper taking medical leave from Y&R|first=Dan J.|last=Kroll|work=Soapcentral|date=October 21, 2011|access-date=January 20, 2014}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://content.unity.org/publications/archives/dailyWord/articles/mySpiritualJourney.html|title=My Spiritual Journey|first=Michael|last=Learned|work=Daily Word|date=December 2002|access-date=January 20, 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328224647/http://content.unity.org/publications/archives/dailyWord/articles/mySpiritualJourney.html|archivedate=March 28, 2014|df=}}

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