Mary Elizabeth McDonough

Mary Elizabeth McDonough
Born	Mary Elizabeth McDonough May 4, 1961 (1961-05-04) Van Nuys, Los Angeles California
Other names	Mary McDonough
Occupation	Actress

Mary Elizabeth McDonough is an American actress (born May 4, 1961, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles California), best known for her role as "Erin Walton" in the series The Waltons. In 1988 she married Rob Wickstrom, with whom she had a daughter Sydnee. The couple divorced in 1996. She has Lupus erythematosus, which she blames on leaking silicone breast implants. In the 2000s, she returned to television, guest-starring in such series as Boston Legal and The New Adventures of Old Christine.

Filmography

Actress

1970s

• The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
• The Waltons (1972-1981)
• CBS: On the Air (1978)
• Family Feud (1979)

1980s

• Circus of the Stars (1980)
• The Other Victim (1981)
• Midnight Offerings (1981)
• Lovely But Deadly (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 (1982)
• Mortuary (1983)
• The Love Boat (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 (1996)
• Picket Fences (1996)
• A Walton Easter (1997)
• One of Those Nights (1997)
• ER (1997)
• The Pretender (1998)
• Diagnosis: Murder (1998)
• Walker, Texas Ranger (1999)
• Ally McBeal (1999)

2000s

• The Division (2001)
• TV Road Trip (2002)
• Will & Grace (2002)
• The West Wing (2002)
• Star Dates (2003)
• The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006)
• A Walton Reunion (2010)

Director

• For the Love of May (2000)

Producer

• Creampuff (1998) (Associate Producer)

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)
• Mary Elizabeth McDonough at the Internet Movie Database