I did love Michael.She did a excellent job portraying Olivia.She was a compassionate and understanding Mom and wife.

Love the Walton's..best show ever with morals and values and I miss the memories of childhood.

I love Michael so much. Thank goodness she was there for Ellen at key times and carrying her to her final resting place. With other TV programs, you think of all of the personal issues with cast members during and after the show's run. Yet the Walton cast is as wholesome as the show they created. I don't think it is an accident the warmth people feel around the world when watching the Walton's. These were good people looking out for each other, both in the roles they played and in real life.

If it weren’t for The Walton’s, I would never have known what a loving family was. I thank God for this show…still my favorite after all these years!

😊😊😊 I love Olivia’s Walton so much. Great to get to know Michael. Wishing her and her family all good things ❤

Thank heaven for the cast of the Waltons and for Earl Hamner

Beautiful memories of Ellen Corby, such a fine actress and character on the show. Thank you Michael. Also sweet memories of Patricia Neal. You both played Mama in your own perfect way.

I just love this interview. I still watch the Walton's and it has aged well with time. Michael Learned is a beautiful soul. Thank you for this interview.

In my opinion Michael, she should be one of one the top tv mums of all time.

I still watch. Every season, every episode!

Thank you for this series Ross. The Waltons are special to so many here in the U.S. and around the world. I clearly recall sitting in front of our B&W TV at age 13 in December of 1971 and watching (what turned out to be) the pilot for "The Waltons" TV series, "The Homecoming". I subsequently watched the show as it played out over the next nine years. It's good to see the actors as they are in 2023 and to hear their reminiscences. Thank you again.

Such a beautiful, lovely lady! I watch The Waltons every day and derive so much peace from it.💖💖💖

Love the Waltons, still watching all the reruns, each episode had a morale.

How I love that woman! Thank you for interviewing her. I would watch/listen to her anytime!

So gracious and lovely. Thank you so much for interviewing Micheal.

You were the mom everyone wanted Michael.

Superb interview of a wonderful actress. For me, the Waltons was the best show ever to have graced our tv screens!!

Michael is a New Englander! I'm from Vermont. It's so good to see Michael so many actors I grew up watching are gone and so are most of the people I knew. I'm a 63 year old orphane who now looks forward to going home to the Lord's kingdom.

Michael, this was a wonderful interview; thank you Ross; Love the Waltons; always!

Absolutely wonderful interview with a beautiful woman. Ross, you're the best! Such a warm and lovely fella. 🙂🙏

❤ I watch The Waltons everyday unless I have an appointment to go to I absolutely love this wonderful show

What a wonderful interview. Have loved The Walton's 50 years ago and still watch today. Thank you Michael Learned. Could listen to more. Such a good interviewer (love your accent).

I really enjoyed this! Thanks!

Still watch the show every night. Wholesome TV is a rarity today. Thank you!

Great interview!

Wonderful interview! She is still beautiful and mentally very sharp.

Judy Norton made the Applesauce cake on one of her KZfaq videos! 😃

I never got to see The Waltons when I was a child, but am watching it now with my husband. Absolutely LOVE it!! ❤❤❤

I've been a fan of Ms. Learned since her appearances on Gunsmoke and other tv westerns..

She was one of my first TV mum crushes from the late 70s. A true Hollywood icon. Luv her.

Michael is still just as gorgeous as she ever was ❤ Loved her role as Mom (Olivia) in the Waltons...everyone on the show was cast perfectly !!! She was a perfect mate for Ralph ( John) and we could feel the love between them just like eith Will and Ellen .!!! Wish we were having new episodes still as we need the family values to learn from and teach our families what real unconditional love looks like ❤❤ Thank you for your role and for giving us so many beautiful family TV nights together

This was such a great interview. Michael is such a lovely caring woman. I grew up watching the show. It was one of those shows the whole family sat around and watched. This makes me want to go back and rewatch.

I have watched The Walton’s since I was a child. Now I record it and watch it every evening. I don’t think I can ever get enough are tired of it. I love every one of the cast. I don’t ever say anything on the comments just thought I would today.

Some of the finest acting in that show came from Michael, Will Geer, and Ellen Corby. Among those three never a false moment or a single scene that seemed unauthentic. Incredible consistency in performance throughout all those episodes.

A true class act lady indeed.

No program has touched as many peoples lives as much as the Waltons and the series continues to do so

I loved you on the "Nurses". It was such a good show. I'm glad your second family is so close to you. I think most of the kids, like my family did, wanted you to be their mother. God bless you for all you did and who you are. ❤❤

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Thankyou so very much for caring for all of your fans. Amazing family Michael as are you still beautiful inside and out. How interesting about your fathers life..I just can't imagine anyone else playing Olivia 🎉❤

Great interview, thanks for sharing that! I grew up with the Waltons and still watch the show today so I love to see interviews with the cast members. In my opinion it was one of the best shows ever made.

You were outstanding and so very kind to Ellen

that was nice - thanks ross & michael! :)

Beautiful woman. 😍 she's the main reason I watched.

Great interview💕

What she said about the US and us being in our infancy resonated with me. I have wanted to visit the UK for some years to see all of its amazing history and visit the canals to hopefully rent a narrowboat and liveaboard for a few weeks. The bridges on those canals are fascinating to me. The markings from the ropes that the horses who towed those narrowboats left, so long ago, are still there. Now, I will get to how much Michael Learned playing Mama Walton has touched my heart over the years. It did seem as though she and Ralph Waite had true chemistry. I just thought it was brilliant acting, and I'm sure it was, but it did show through the lens. She is still a beautiful woman! My goodness, if I could look that good at that age it would be a blessing. Btw, I still go to the library and rent DVD's of The Waltons when I want to have a lazy day. I wish I had a time machine and could visit those more wholesome days. Thank you for the work you do on these wonderful videos!

Loved the show still watch reruns ❤

great video love the show

I enjoy this show 1972-2023 yup!

My father worked for the CIA too from 1947 to 1966.All my mother ever said he was always traveling,,

Good to hear that Michael and Ellen was close like their cast actors: Esther and Olivia, Mother and Grandma🌹🌹💖💖

Michael still is an unusual name for a girl! I loved it.

My fav tv mother

Listening to the theme brings a smile to my face 😊

Dear Michael, I've really enjoyed your interview. Congratulations on 45 years of sobriety. I love The Waltons and find myself identifying with the characters. I somehow identify with Ike the most. I did find you actually eating on the show. It's in Spring Fever (1978), where you and Ralph are eating sandwiches on the teeter-totter. Have a great day, Michael.

Love this show. Michael's such a lovely lady. 🎬 ❤

i love the walton's its how life is the best

Y late mother and I adored Ms. Neal .. ❤️❤️❤️♥️♥️💞

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Sweet

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Reminds me of the guy had that radio station on Hee Haw. Call letters K.O.R.N.

@JudyNortan this is amazing

Thank you for this interview with Michael. I still love the entire "family"❤️ The show endures and gave me a sense of how a loving family lived.

Ilove Mother on Walton show Sweet ontv wow

Micheal learned i just loved you on the Waltons as Mama Walton and ralph waite was a handsome guy. i always thought you both made a beautiful couple. i just love the Anniversary scene in the house where you and john renew your vowes of Marraige but at the end Richard Thomas ( AKA ) Johnboy leaves at the end to meet his Girlfriend the poet writer at the train Station but Grandpa tells him don't forget your way home . Richard replies i won't . Richard say Good night Everyone. and he drives off i cryed watching that scene. i wish the show was still on. but i do watch all the reruns and it brings me back to a time when i was growing up. ❤

Best mama ever! ❤

Liv so pretty when she was young.

Michael is a lovely woman name .

She made the show and her husband plus Richard Thomas...

Ilove Mother on Walton sweet heart Ontvattimetheshowon

Cute

Alove Women On the Walton show 70and80ontv Wow

I think Stella's last name is Luchetta. Evidently, she really took excellent care of Ellen and was a terrific person.

I have made Applesauce cake nothing is better than that if you get 1900 recipe

I would love to send Ms. Learned a letter...I would love her mailing address. Any idea where I could send a fan letter?

wHERE CAN WE WRITE Michael Learned

Why would parents name a female "Michael"?!

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