Laurie Walters

Laurie Walters Slade is an American retired actress. She became known as Joanie Bradford on the ABC series Eight Is Enough, which ran from 1977 to 1981. Laurie Walters went nude as Sheila Grove in her first screen role, The Harrad Experiment in 1973. She was born on January 8, 1947, in San Francisco, California. She returned for the film's sequel and later guested on Cheers and Highway to Heaven. She also joined two Eight Is Enough reunion specials, and she has not acted on television since 1993. Under her married name, she later acted in plays and directed theater productions in Ojai, California. She also ran film acquisitions for the subscription service Ironweed Films.