Then: Mary Elizabeth McDonough
Mary Elizabeth McDonough actually had her breakthrough when she played Erin Esther Walton on The Waltons. She played the fourth-born kid of John and Olivia. She was close to Mary Ellen, but they fought often like regular sisters. Erin was a bit of a romantic who struggled to find her place. She is not a scholar like John-Boy, an instrumentalist like Jason, or book-smart like Mary Ellen. After she finished high school, she went to business school and later became the executive manager at a plant during the war. Erin had relationships, though they often ended badly like her marriage to the unfaithful Paul Northridge. In the last reunion movie, she was working as a school principal.
Then: Mary Elizabeth McDonough
Now: Mary Elizabeth McDonough
When The Waltons wrapped up, Mary Elizabeth McDonough guest starred on popular television shows such as Ally McBeal, Boston Legal, ER, The Love Boat, Texas Ranger, Walker, The West Wing, and Will & Grace. She was cast in the recurring role of Mrs. Wilhoite on The New Adventures of Old Christine,/em>. Apart from acting, she also appears in several international and syndicated radio shows like Get Focused Radio alongside Kate Hennessy. She was once married to Rob Wickstrom, with how she had a daughter named Sydnee. Unfortunately, they got a divorce in 1996. She is a lupus erythematosus sufferer and claims the condition comes from leaking silicone implants.
Now: Mary Elizabeth McDonough
