Four-time Best Actress Emmy Award winner Michael Learned was born on April 9, 1939 in Washington, D.C. The oldest of six daughters of a U.S. State Department employee, she was raised on her family's farm in Connecticut. The family moved to Austria when she was age 11, and it was while attending boarding school in England that she fell in love with the theater and decided to become an actress. In this article, we will talk about Michael Learned's Biography including Net Worth, Age, Birthday, Height, Weight, Family, Children etc.
Michael Learned Biography

Learned married Oscar winner Robert Donat's nephew Peter Donat, a Canadian citizen, when she was 17 years old, a marriage that lasted 17 years and produced three sons. She learned her craft while acting for the Shakespeare Festivals in both Canada and the U.S. while simultaneously raising a family. She and her husband Peter acted together with San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) in the early 1970s. Her breakthrough came when she was appearing in an ACT production of Noël Coward's "Private Lives", where she was spotted by producer Lee Rich, who cast her as Olivia Walton in his new television series about a Depression era family, The Waltons (1972).
Learned won three Emmy Awards playing the role, and another Emmy for her next foray into series TV, Nurse (1981). She escaped typecasting as Olivia Walton (although she re-prised the role that made her famous in a 1995 TV-movie reunion) while appearing on numerous shows and TV movies, including top-drawer, made-for-TV specials such as the 1986 adaptation of Arthur Miller's American Playhouse: All My Sons (1987) with co-star James Whitmore.
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Name | : | Michael Learned |
Birth Name/Full Name | : | - |
Nickname (s) | : | - |
Other Name (s) | : | Miss Michael Learned |
Gender | : | Female |
Date of Birth | : | April 09, 1939 |
Birthplace | : | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
Citizenship | : | American |
Height | : | 1.7 m |
Weight | : | - kg |
Profession (s) | : | Actress , Writer , Soundtrack |
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Michael Learned Age in 2023 and Birthday Info
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Date of Birth | : | April 09, 1939 |
Birth Place | : | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
Country | : | United States |
Age in 2023 | : | 84 years |
Next Birthday | : | 09 April, 2024 |
Horoscope(Zodic Sign) | : | Aries |
Michael Learned Height and Weight
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Height in Meter | : | 1.7 m. |
Height in Centimeter | : | 170 cm. |
Height in Feet-inches | : | 5'7" |
Weight in Kilogram | : | - kg |
Weight in Pounds | : | - lb |
Michael Learned Family (Spouse, Children, Parents, Siblings, Relatives)
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Marital Status | : | Married |
Spouse (s) | : | John Doherty (April 1991 - present) , William Parker (18 December 1979 - ?) (divorced) , Glenn Chadwick (18 October 1974 - 1977) (divorced) , Peter Donat (8 September 1956 - 14 February 1972) (divorced) (3 children) |
Children (s) | : | Traci Wald Donat , Lucas Donat |
Parents (Father and Mother) | : | - |
Relatives | : | Lily Donat (grandchild) |
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Michael Learned Net Worth in 2023
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Michael Learned Facts and Trivia
Here is the list of top facts about Michael Learned.
- Married to Canadian-American actor Peter Donat, by whom she had 3 children, until their divorce.
- Won four acting Emmy awards: three for The Waltons (1972) and one for her subsequent series Nurse (1981).
- She was originally billed "Miss Michael Learned" on The Waltons (1972) not out of ego or demand, but for the simple fact that Ms. Learned was unknown to the public at the time she won the role of Olivia and the powers that be did not want the audience to be confused about her gender.
- Eldest of six sisters, she lived on a farm during her first ten years of life.
- Stage-trained at San Francisco's ACT company where she frequently appeared with her first husband, actor Peter Donat. They married when she was 17.
- She is the godmother of Christopher Plummer's daughter, Amanda Plummer. As a matter of fact, Amanda's middle name is Michael, after her.
- Mother of 3 sons: Chris, Caleb and Lucas Donat.
- Surname is pronounced LEAR-NED (not in the same way as "you learned something").
- She was a mere 11 years older than Richard Thomas, who played her oldest child John-Boy on "The Waltons," and more than 12 years younger than Patricia Neal who originated the role of Olivia Walton (and who won a Golden Globe for it) in the TV movie pilot "The Homecoming.".
- In an obvious play on her unique name, Michael Learned once portrayed a widow named "Mike" (Yardner) on a 1973 episode of Gunsmoke.
- She was awarded the 1983 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "A Month in the Country" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- Marian Seldes, Christina Rouner and she were awarded the 1996 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance for "Three Tall Women" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- Mother-in-law of Traci Wald Donat (daughter of Helen Reddy), who married her son Lucas Donat on July 20, 1984.
- Canadian actress Sherry Miller looks just like her.
- The day when Michael Learned was born was Sunday.
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