Biography
Michael Learned is an American actress. She was born on 9 April 1939 in Washington, D.C.
Learned is best known for portraying Olivia Walton in the CBS series The Waltons (1972–1981). She won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the role and a fourth for Nurse (1981–1982). She began her career in theatre, appearing in productions at the American Conservatory Theater and Shakespeare festivals in Canada and the United States.
In 2022, she played Catherine Dahmer in the Netflix limited series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
