Laurie Walters
Born
January 8, 1947 (78 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
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.
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
Jane
1988

Hollywood Beat
(1 episode)
1985

Highway to Heaven
(2 episodes)
1984

Cheers
Jacqueline Bisset · (1 episode)
1982

Famous T & A
Sheila Grove (archive footage)
1982

The Love Boat
Roberta Potter · (1 episode)
1977

The Love Boat
Laura Rogers · (1 episode)
1977

Eight Is Enough
Joannie Bradford · (112 episodes)
1977

Returning Home
Wilma Parish
1975

Harrad Summer
Sheila Grove
1974

Warlock Moon
Jenny Macallister / Ghost Bride
1973

The Harrad Experiment
Sheila Grove
1973

The Rookies
(1 episode)
1972

The People
Karen Diemus
1972

Columbo
Helen Ashcroft · (1 episode)
1971