Laurie Walters (born January 8, 1947 in San Francisco, California) is a former television actress, arguably best known for playing Joanie Bradford on the television "dramedy" "Eight Is Enough", which aired from 1977 until 1981 on ABC. Walters was, by several years, the oldest actor of the eight actors playing the Bradford children, even though her character, Joanie Bradford, was the third-oldest child in the family. Wikipedia
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