Mary Elizabeth McDonough is an American

United States

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 actress (born May 4, 1961, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles California

California

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), best known for her role as "Erin Walton" in the series The Waltons

The Waltons

The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show centered on a family growing up in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. The series pilot was a television...

. In 1988 she married Rob Wickstrom, with whom she had a daughter Sydnee. The couple divorced in 1996. She has Lupus erythematosus

Lupus erythematosus

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, which she blames on leaking silicone

Silicone

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 breast implants. In the 2000s, she returned to television, guest-starring in such series as Boston Legal

Boston Legal

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and The New Adventures of Old Christine

The New Adventures of Old Christine

The New Adventures of Old Christine is an American comedy series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus which ran for five seasons on CBS from March 13, 2006, to May 12, 2010...

.

Filmography

1970s

• The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
• The Waltons
  The Waltons
  The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show centered on a family growing up in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. The series pilot was a television...
  
  (1972-1981)
• CBS: On the Air (1978)
• Family Feud
  Family Feud
  Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people...
  
  (1979)

1980s

• Circus of the Stars
  Circus of the Stars
  Circus of the Stars was an annual television special, broadcast by the CBS network in the United States, in which celebrities performed circus-type acts. There were 19 shows in total, the first being broadcast in 1977 and the last in 1994. Over the years the series featured many leading movie and...
  
  (1980)
• The Other Victim (1981)
• Midnight Offerings (1981)
• Lovely But Deadly
  Lovely But Deadly
  Lovely But Deadly is a 1981 action film about a cheerleader who goes undercover to fight drug dealers. The film was directed by David Sheldon, and stars Lucinda Dooling, John Randolph, and Richard Herd....
  
  (1981)
• A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982)
• Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain (1982)
• A Wedding on Walton's Mountain (1982)
• The Love Boat
  The Love Boat
  The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...
  
  (1982)
• Mortuary
  Mortuary (1983 film)
  Mortuary was a 1983 slasher film/horror movie which starred Bill Paxton, Mary Beth McDonough, David Wallace, Lynda Day George, with Michael Berryman and Christopher George in one of his final roles...
  
  (1983)
• The Love Boat
  The Love Boat
  The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...
  
  (1983)
• Snowballing (1984)
• Impure Thoughts (1985)
• Waiting to Act (1985)
• Funland (1988)
• Hunter (1989)

1990s

• Mom (1990)
• A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993)
• Bodies of Evidence (1993)
• Heaven Sent (1994)
• A Walton Wedding (1995)
• Promised Land
  Promised land
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  (1996)
• Picket Fences
  Picket Fences
  Picket Fences is a 60-minute American television drama about the residents of the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United States...
  
  (1996)
• A Walton Easter (1997)
• One of Those Nights
  One of Those Nights
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  (1997)
• ER
  ER (TV series)
  ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
  
  (1997)
• The Pretender
  The Pretender (TV series)
  The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with "the ability to become anyone he wants to be," i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work...
  
  (1998)
• Diagnosis: Murder
  Diagnosis: Murder
  Diagnosis: Murder is a mystery/medical/crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke. The series began as a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman...
  
  (1998)
• Walker, Texas Ranger
  Walker, Texas Ranger
  Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television action crime drama series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis, and starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division. The show aired on CBS in the spring of 1993, with the first season consisting of three pilot episodes. Eight full...
  
  (1999)
• Ally McBeal
  Ally McBeal
  Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
  
  (1999)

2000s

• The Division
  The Division
  The Division is an American Lifetime Television original series about a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  (2001)
• TV Road Trip (2002)
• Will & Grace
  Will & Grace
  Will & Grace was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters...
  
  (2002)
• The West Wing (2002)
• Star Dates
  Star Dates
  Star Dates is an American reality television program that aired on the E! network from 2002 to 2003.-Overview:The series consisted of ordinary people going on blind dates with B-list celebrities. Butch Patrick appeared on the first show. Other celebrities who appeared included Dustin Diamond, Kim...
  
  (2003)
• The New Adventures of Old Christine
  The New Adventures of Old Christine
  The New Adventures of Old Christine is an American comedy series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus which ran for five seasons on CBS from March 13, 2006, to May 12, 2010...
  
  (2006)
• A Walton Reunion (2010)

Writer

• For the Love of May (2000)

"Lessons from the Mountain, What I Learned from Erin Walton," Kensington, March 2011 with Beverly Nault

External links

• Mary McDonough (official site)
• Beauty and the Breast (McDonough's blog)