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Known for movies

Erin Walton

The Waltons (1971-1981)
as Erin Walton

Heidi Hopkins as Mary McDonough

General Hospital (1963)
as Heidi Hopkins as Mary McDonough

Christie Parson

Mortuary (1983)
as Christie Parson

Robin Prentiss

Midnight Offerings (1981)
as Robin Prentiss

Short Info

Date Of BirthMay 4, 1961
SpouseDon, Rob Wickstrom, Don, Rob Wickstrom
FactCredits Ralph Waite as her favorite acting mentor/best friend.


Mary Elizabeth McDonough is an American actress, best known for her role as Erin Walton on The Waltons.

Born in Van Nuys, California, McDonough is the youngest of five children. Her mother was a homemaker and her father was an electrician. She has three older sisters and an older brother.

McDonough began her acting career at the age of 11, when she was cast as Erin Walton on The Waltons. She appeared in all 206 episodes of the series, from 1972 to 1981.

After The Waltons ended, McDonough appeared in a number of made-for-TV movies and guest-starred on several television series, including Love Boat, Fantasy Island, and Murphy Brown.

In recent years, McDonough has appeared in the films Dead Man on Campus (1998), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), and Insomnia (2002).

McDonough has been married twice. Her first marriage, to Michael J. McNamara, ended in divorce. She has two children from her second marriage, to John Cusack, whom she divorced in 2010.

McDonough currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

General Info

Full NameMary Elizabeth McDonough
Date Of BirthMay 4, 1961
ProfessionActor, Actor
NationalityAmerican, American

Family

SpouseDon, Rob Wickstrom, Don, Rob Wickstrom
ChildrenSydnee Wickstrom, Sydnee Wickstrom

Accomplishments

MoviesMidnight Offering, Lovely But Deadly, Mortuary, Snowballing, Mom, A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion, Heaven Sent, Christmas at Cadillac Jack's, Lake Effects, A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion, Mortuary, Midnight Offering, Lake Effects, Lovely But Deadly, A Walton Easter, A Walton Wedding, A Wedding on Walto...
TV ShowsThe Waltons, The Waltons

Social profile links

Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/OfficialMaryMcDonoughhttp://www.facebook.com/OfficialMaryMcDonough
IMDBhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0568169

Quotes

#Quote
1[Of Ellen Corby]: Ellen Corby was very positive, too. She was very kind of new age, as well. She did yoga, she studied in India, in a different way.
2[on her on- and off-screen chemistry with Ellen Corby, who played Grandma Esther Walton]: Ellen was not very much my grandma, she was not that stern. She had a wicked sense of humor. She was very impish and funny sometimes. Although she was very strict on us kids - on the show - about behaving. It was really like our grandparents and Will was the one that would get us trouble with and Ellen always told us 'we have to stop.'
3[If Ellen Corby didn't like working long hours on The Waltons (1971), unlike many character actresses who would work on the same show]: She loved working on the set and taught us all many things. Mostly about 'matching' at the dinner table.
4[on the comparison of The Waltons (1971) to Little House on the Prairie (1974)]: We were about three years before Little House. At the time there were no family shows like it. The Waltons kind of paved the way for others to come on the air. We were a large family living in the depression and Little House was a small family living on a prairie. There are some similarities. They both have morals and lessons that they teach in their storylines. Having three generations living under the same roof is a little bit different. Their storekeeper had a kooky wife and so did ours. We both have similar fan bases also.
5My mother read The Exorcist book in one night. You think reading my book was scary in one night? No, I woke up the next morning and my mom was frozen to the chair. Her eyes glazed over and said, 'You are not doing this movie,' and being Catholic also made it worse. I had never worked before and that was my second audition.
6[Of her memoir]: People kept saying, you have to put all your stories together. So with their encouragement I started sitting down and typing... The theme continued to be lessons learned from my families, including the Walton family. I never want anyone to feel the way I did when I was growing up, so hopefully people read this and can apply the lessons to their own lives.
7Growing up in Hollywood and striving to be perfect greatly impacted my sense of self-esteem and body issues.

Facts

#Fact
1Has one daughter Sydnee.
2Credits Ralph Waite as her favorite acting mentor/best friend.
3Her acting mentor was the late Ralph Waite.
4Suffers from lupus, blaming silicone breast implants as the source.

Pictures

Mary Beth McDonough
Mary Beth McDonough
Mary Beth McDonough
Mary Beth McDonough
Judy Norton, Kami Cotler, Mary Beth McDonough, Ralph Waite
Judy Norton, Kami Cotler, David W. Harper, Mary Beth McDonough, Eric Scott, Ralph Waite, Jon Walmsley
Richard Thomas, Judy Norton, Kami Cotler, David W. Harper, Mary Beth McDonough, Eric Scott, Jon Walmsley

Movies

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Monster Hunters USA and Day Care Center2015ShortMom Daily
The Costume Shop2014Jessica's Mom
Lake Effects2012TV MovieElizabeth
The New Adventures of Old Christine2006-2009TV SeriesMrs. Wilhoite
Christmas at Cadillac Jack's2007TV MovieMadge
Where There's a Will2006TV MovieDr. Burton (as Mary McDonough)
Boston Legal2006TV SeriesJanice Warner
American Dreams2004TV Series
Will & Grace2002TV SeriesMom
The West Wing2002TV SeriesBeth
The Division2001TV SeriesMrs. Berwin
Walker, Texas Ranger1999TV SeriesJill Allen
Ally McBeal1999TV SeriesAttorney Gloria Stepp
The Pretender1998TV SeriesMrs. Falk
Diagnosis Murder1998TV SeriesColleen Akins
One of Those Nights1997Andrea Harris
ER1997TV SeriesJean Twomey
A Walton Easter1997TV MovieErin Walton Northridge (as Mary McDonough)
Promised Land1996TV SeriesClaire's Mother
Picket Fences1996TV Series
The Secret World of Alex Mack1995TV SeriesBetsy Phillips
A Walton Wedding1995TV MovieErin Walton Northridge (as Mary McDonough)
Heaven Sent1994Kathy Chandler (as Mary McDonough)
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion1993TV MovieErin Walton Northridge (uncredited)
Bodies of Evidence1993TV SeriesSarah Gentry
Mom1991Alice (as Mary McDonough)
The Making of Me1989ShortWife / mother of newborn
Hunter1989TV SeriesVera Donovan
Funland1987Kristin Cumming (as Mary McDonough)
New Love, American Style1986TV Series
Waiting to Act1985Linda
Impure Thoughts1985Sister Juliet
Snowballing1984Karen Reed (as Mary McDonough)
Mortuary1983/IChristie Parson (as Mary McDonough)
The Love Boat1982-1983TV SeriesAbby Foster / Laura Barber
A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain1982TV MovieErin Walton Northridge
Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain1982TV MovieErin Walton
A Wedding on Walton's Mountain1982TV MovieErin Walton
The Other Victim1981TV MovieZemack's girl friend
The Waltons1971-1981TV SeriesErin Walton
Midnight Offerings1981TV MovieRobin Prentiss
Lovely But Deadly1981Denise (as Mary McDonough)
The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons1980TV MovieErin Walton / Herself
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story1971TV MovieErin (as Mary McDonough)
General Hospital1963TV SeriesHeidi Hopkins as Mary McDonough

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
For the Love of May2000Short

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
For the Love of May2000Short

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Creampuff1998Short associate producer

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Home & Family2015-2016TV SeriesHerself
Earl Hamner Storyteller2015DocumentaryHerself
Oprah: Where Are They Now?2015TV SeriesHerself
Lifestyle Magazine2015TV Series documentaryHerself
Teens Wanna Know2012TV SeriesHerself - Guest
Today2011TV SeriesHerself
The Actor's Journey2011Video documentaryHerself
The Actor's Journey for Kids2011Video documentaryHerself
A Walton's Family Reunion2010TV Movie documentaryHerself - Actress - Hostess (as Mary McDonough)
TV total2004TV SeriesHerself
Biography2003TV Series documentaryHerself
Star Dates2003TV SeriesHerself
After They Were Famous2002TV Series documentaryHerself
TV Road Trip2002TV Movie documentaryHerself (The Waltons)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show1999TV SeriesHerself
The Walton Legacy1997TV Movie documentaryHerself - Actress
John & Leeza from Hollywood1993TV SeriesHerself
Circus of the Stars #51980TV Special documentaryHerself (as Mary Elizabeth McDonough)
Beat the Clock1979TV SeriesHerself - Guest Contestant (1979) (uncredited)
All-Star Family Feud Special1979TV SeriesHerself - Celebrity Contestant
CBS: On the Air1978TV Mini-Series documentary
Family Feud1976TV SeriesHerself - Contestant
Dinah!1976TV SeriesHerself
Celebrity Bowling1975TV SeriesHerself
Merv Griffin and the Christmas Kids1973TV MovieHerself (as Mary McDonough)

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Confessions of a Horror Baby2011TV Series

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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