1x15 The Actress - The Waltons Episode Guide

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Episode: 01x15
Title: The Actress
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: N/A
First Aired: Jan. 04, 1973

Season 1 » Episode #15 - The Actress

Summary: When car trouble causes a famous actress to become stranded on Walton's Mountain, she is unable to hide the truth the townspeople that she is penniless. Slightly star struck, the Waltons help her raise some money to help her get to Hollywood to restart her career.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

John-Boy Walton	played by Richard Thomas
Sr.	played by Ralph Waite
Esther Walton	played by Ellen Corby
The Grandfather	played by Will Geer
Mary Ellen Walton	played by Judy Norton-Taylor
Jim-Bob Walton	played by David W. Harper
Fanny Tatum	played by Dorothy Neumann
Alvira Drummond	played by Pippa Scott
Mamie Baldwin	played by Helen Kleeb

Season 1 / Episode 15: - The Actress

Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] When I was growing up on Waltons Mountain, I used to dream of all the faraway places I would one day visit. New York City captured my imagination most completely because it was a mecca for young, aspiring artists and writers. I wasn't to stray that far from home for several years but I was due for a special preview. One day, without any warning, a New York hurricane hit our peaceful community.

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Actress Alvira Drummond tells the Waltons that she was asked to open a new theater in Atlanta by recreating Gertie Lawrence's role in the Noel Coward play "Private Lives", referring to real-life stage and screen star Gertrude Lawrence who performed as character Amanda Prynne when the play premiered on Broadway in 1931.

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