Kami Cotler (born June 17, 1965) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as young Elizabeth Walton, which she played in the series The Waltons,Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 – Present (first edition), page 667, Ballantine, 1979 and the television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)Maltin, Leonard, Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide, 1991 Edition, page 517, Plume, 1990 which inspired it, as well as a number of later Waltons reunion productions.
Biography Born in Long Beach, California on June 17, 1965,Dye, David (1988). Child and Youth Actors: Filmographies of Their Entire Careers, 1914-1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 45. . Cotler reduced her acting roles while she attended the University of California, Berkeley, earning a degree in Social Sciences.
During the 1990s, Cotler spent five years teaching in Nelson County, Virginia, the county where The Waltons creator Earl Hamner Jr. was born and raised.Person, James E. Jr. & Person, James E. Sr., Earl Hamner: From Walton’s Mountain to Tomorrow, page 259, Cumberland House Publishing, 2005 Cotler returned to California in 2001 and took a position teaching 9th grade at Environmental Charter High School. In 2004, Cotler accepted the job as co-director of the Ocean Charter School, a position held until 2007 when she started her own educational consulting business. She served as the founding Principal of Environmental Charter Middle School, an educational facility in southern Los Angeles County, California.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story Elizabeth Walton TV film which inspired The Waltons1972 Me and the Chimp Kitty Reynolds 13 episodes1972 The Heist Wendy Craddock TV movie1972–1981 The Waltons Elizabeth Walton 212 episodes1980 The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons Elizabeth Walton / Herself TV movie 1982 A Wedding on Walton's Mountain Elizabeth Walton TV movie 1982 Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain Elizabeth Walton TV movie 1982 A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain Elizabeth Walton TV movie 1993 A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion Elizabeth Walton TV movie 1995 A Walton Wedding Elizabeth Walton TV movie 1997 A Walton Easter Elizabeth Walton TV movie 2018 Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane Townsperson TV movie (uncredited)
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