Born April 9, 1939· Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Born to a diplomatic family in Washington, D.C., raised on a Connecticut farm and later moving to Austria at eleven, she trained at the Arts Educational School in Tring, England, where she discovered theatre. Her breakthrough came as Olivia Walton on CBS’s The Waltons, a role that garnered three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and four Golden Globe nominations,…
