At 18, Norton tied the knot in the classic series and walked down the aisle in real life, over six months before her on-screen wedding. The couple enjoyed a fantastic marriage, traveling the world together. Despite their seemingly unbreakable bond, the marriage crashed earlier, leaving the pair divorced two years later.
Even though she had a nasty divorce, she still had her role as Mary-Ellen as a consolation. The show finally ended in , and Norton secured some typecast roles in other movies. However, things began to go South for the actress after she decided to appear nude in a Playboy Magazine to rid herself of the Walton image.
Norton regretted her decision terribly and confessed in an interview, stating that she would never have done it if she had known it would never go away. The actress lived with her mistakes and found love again years later. Instead, many thought she was too desperate and were alarmed at the good girl gone bad switch. Despite people's perspectives, the actress struggled, became persistent and finally outgrew the child star jinx, making a name for herself in the entertainment industry.
She became an accomplished onscreen goddess, singer, writer, and director. Norton also created a family, including a husband and a son, after several divorces. She is a doting mom, who is enjoying her achievements and making new memories that will last forever!
These days, the actress talks about her lifestyle through her online posts. She also talks about her past choices, with the aim to help people navigate their lives for the better. One of Norton's past mistakes has influenced her decision to advise younger entertainers openly.
Additionally, the former child star explained that aspiring actresses should never try too hard to prove a point that puts their integrity on the line because it never works. One essential lesson from the story is trusting personal instincts rather than relying on what others suggest or think.
Norton maintained that she would never have come up with such a solution but is happy and has learned to believe in herself more. Judy Norton became familiar with TV at the early age of six when she featured in works like "Felony Squad. Norton was born in and is a native of Santa Monica, California. She grew up to find onscreen features interesting; the actress was also keen on singing, and she portrayed it during her younger years by recording a CD with "The Waltons" cast in Mary was 24 years old when she decided that it would be a good idea for her career to undergo breast enhancement surgery.
Many other stars were already doing it at the time, and Mary believed that the risks outweighed the benefits. However, Mary ended up having a good deal of trouble as a result of her breast implants, and they were later removed. Mary has claimed that she got breast implants in order to look like the women on the hit soap opera Dallas, which had taken over television at the time. Sadly, the effect she felt upon receiving them was far from what she had intended. Mary suffered from a variety of health problems after receiving her breast implants.
Over a decade after the surgery, she set about getting the implants removed and her health problems went away. A few years after receiving her breast implants, Mary had become incredibly sick, and even started experiencing hair loss.
She eventually determined that the implants were causing the sickness, and had them removed in Mary had also been suffering from lupus beforehand, and it went into remission after the removal.
The Waltons has been off the air for four decades, but it appears as if the family may be coming back into fashion! The CW channel has recently announced plans to air a special entitled The Waltons: Homecoming, inspired by the made-for-television movie that started off the original series. Richard and the rest of the former Waltons still keep in contact, so Richard made sure that they heard the news from him first.
Recently, Judy has taken to YouTube to post vlogs about her daily life, including her thoughts on the new reboot of the show that made her famous. So it's been fun for me to go back and watch them again, remember different things about them, and I'm starting to put the puzzle pieces together," she said during one "Ask Judy" segment. Though Norton is not involved in the reboot of The Waltons "I wonder who will be playing me!
She even had the chance to reprise her role as Mary Ellen: between and , Norton appeared in at least six spin-off TV movies of The Waltons. Most recently, she has appeared as herself on a comedy web series called The Quarantine Bunch , a fictionalized "support group for former child actors" shot via Zoom during the pandemic.
Since The Waltons wrapped, Norton has made it a priority to explore her other interests outside of acting , too. Throughout the years, she has written and directed staged theater performances and served as a co-artistic director on over 40 shows for a theater in Winnipeg, Canada. Additionally, Norton shares on her website that since first singing for an audience at the age of six, she has embraced music as one of her great passions.
Professionally, she has worked on "musical theatre, concert performances, USO tours and even the occasional foray into the recording studio. Norton also shared with Outsider that she has a passion for horses and horseback riding—and it all began thanks to her work on The Waltons. I got interested because of a costumer I worked with on the Waltons who took me to a horse show and took me out to see her horse," she explained.
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