Then: Judy Norton-Taylor
Before Judy Norton-Taylor got the role of Mary Ellen Walton on The Waltons, she did not have a lot of acting credits just yet. At the age of 13, she began to practice Scientology and even became a minister of the church. Her character was the eldest daughter in the family. She was initially an angsty, rebellious young girl who would eventually blossom into a mature woman. Mary Ellen became a nurse and a then a doctor before she married a physician and had a child. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, he would suffer from injuries and change so much they got a divorce.
Then: Judy Norton-Taylor
Now: Judy Norton-Taylor
After her time on The Waltons, many people continued to think of her as a child actress even though she was already in her twenties by then. She wanted to get away from the wholesome image she had, which led her to pose for Playboy in 1985. Six years after that, she walked down the aisle with Randy Apostle, with whom she had a child called Devin. Unfortunately, they divorced in 2001. Norton-Taylor recently directed, wrote, and starred in the Canadian series called Bluff. Aside from that, she is married to Robert Graves and travels between the U.S. and Canada regularly. Norton-Taylor is an athlete who skydives, horse jumps, skis, and plays tennis. It seems like she can do anything since she also sings. In 2016, she released and a CD called Reflections.
Now: Judy Norton-Taylor
