--- name: "Michael Learned" canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-learned" fi1m_id: "michael-learned" imdb_id: "nm0495229" tmdb_id: 65101 wikidata_id: "Q447248" roles: ["Actor"] born: "9 April 1939" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-23T12:09:33.611120+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Michael Learned ## Identity Michael Learned - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-learned - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** michael-learned - **IMDb ID:** nm0495229 - **TMDB ID:** 65101 - **Wikidata ID:** Q447248 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Learned, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0495229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65101 Actor. Born 9 April 1939 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 9 April 1939, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - **Also known as:** Miss Michael Learned, 麥可·勒尼德, مایکل لرند - **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 4 Emmys (4 won) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Learned, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0495229/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65101 ## Coming up - *Wake* (2026-10-08) ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story*](https://film.one/tv/dahmer-monster-the-jeffrey-dahmer-story.md) (51) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## 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*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, deadline.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story* (2022), Fi1m 51, as Catherine Dahmer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dahmer-monster-the-jeffrey-dahmer-story.md) ## Complete filmography (57) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Wake* (2026), Actor - *Our Crossroads* (2024), as Older Barbara Fraley - *DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story* (2022), series, as Catherine Dahmer — Fi1m 51, [page](https://film.one/tv/dahmer-monster-the-jeffrey-dahmer-story.md) - *Second Acts* (2019), as Lee Marston - *The Parcel* (2014), as Beverly - *After Life* (2013), as Gloria - *An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong* (2009), as Nana Louise Hanlon - *Loggerheads* (2005), as Sheridan - *Lethal Eviction* (2005), as Elsa - *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Louise Patterson (2009) - *Scrubs* (2001), series, as Mrs. Wilk - *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Candace Lamerly - *The Alarmist* (1998), as Beth Hudler - *A Father for Brittany* (1998), as Edna Humphreys - *Pensacola: Wings of Gold* (1997), series, Actor - *A Walton Easter* (1997), as Olivia Walton - *Profiler* (1996), series, as Helen Waters - *Promised Land* (1996), series, Actor - *A Walton Wedding* (1995), as Olivia Walton - *The American Revolution* (1994), series, as Abigail Adams - *The Secret World of Alex Mack* (1994), series, as Ghost of Paradise Valley - *A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion* (1993), as Olivia Walton - *Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story* (1993), as Vivian Emery - *Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story* (1991), as Judy Smart - *Aftermath: A Test of Love* (1991), as Irene - *Keeping Secrets* (1991), as Marion Mahoney - *Gunsmoke: The Last Apache* (1990), as Mike Yardner - *Living Dolls* (1989), series, as Trish Carlin - *Roots: The Gift* (1988), as Amelia Parker - *Hothouse* (1988), series, as Dr. Marie Teller - *Wiseguy* (1987), series, Actor - *All My Sons* (1987), as Kate Keller - *Mercy or Murder?* (1987), as Skipper - *Picnic* (1986), as Rosemary Sidney - *A Deadly Business* (1986), as Ann - *Power* (1986), as Gov. Andrea Stannard - *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Maria Hudson - *Who's the Boss?* (1984), series, Actor - *The Parade* (1984), as Rachel Kirby - *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Sister Millicent Domenica — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md) - *Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain* (1982), as Olivia Walton - *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Kate Keller - *Nurse* (1981), series, as Mary Benjamin - *A Christmas Without Snow* (1980), as Zoe Jensen - *Touched by Love* (1980), as Dr. Bell - *The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons* (1980), Actor - *Off the Minnesota Strip* (1980), as Hughlene Johansen - *Nurse* (1980), as Mary Benjamin - *Little Mo* (1978), as Eleanor 'Teach' Tennant - *Widow* (1976), as Lynn Caine - *It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy* (1974), as Janet Walters - *Hurricane* (1974), as Lee Jackson - *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor - *The Waltons* (1972), series, as Olivia Walton - *Wojeck* (1966), series, as Nina Eden - *Festival* (1960), series, as Irena - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Mike Yardner, May Lassiter ## Gallery - ![Michael Learned](https://film.one/media/person/1319516/gallery-637570321b41.jpg) Michael Learned — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Waltons_1972.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![SERIES A WINNER—It was a night for The Waltons at Emmy awards show. The story about a depression family in the Blue Ridge Mountains was named best drama series (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/1319516/gallery-9cf005eb4052.jpg) SERIES A WINNER—It was a night for The Waltons at Emmy awards show. The story about a depression family in the Blue Ridge Mountains was named best drama series (1973) — Rick Browne, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Robert_L._Jacks%2C_Michael_Learned%2C_Richard_Thomas_and_Lee_Rich_with_their_Emmys_for_The_Waltons.jpg/1280px-Robert_L._Jacks%2C_Michael_Learned%2C_Richard_Thomas_and_Lee_Rich_with_their_Emmys_for_The_Waltons.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Primetime Emmy Awards — 4 won - 1982: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *nurse* - 1976: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *The Waltons* - 1974: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *The Waltons* - 1973: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *The Waltons* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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