Posted on 06/15/2016 10:05:22 PM PDT by PghBaldy
Ronnie Claire Edwards, a veteran actress who is best known for playing Corabeth Godsey on “The Waltons” has died. She was 83 years old.
The Oklahoma-born actress began performing in 1963, but her most noted work was during the 1970s. She appeared on several television shows in various roles until taking the part of Corabeth on “The Waltons” in 1975. She remained with the series until 1981, appearing in over 100 episodes. She also appeared in three “Waltons” made-for-TV movies in 1982.
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I don’t remember her. But then, I was much younger when the series first aired, so naturally, I was more aware of what the kids were saying or doing than the adults. I do recall that Richard Thomas, the actor who played the oldest son John-Boy, got more attention than almost anybody. I think he was portraying the writer while living through the stories.
I haven’t heard much from Richard Thomas since then. That role may have been his artistic highpoint.
RIP.
The character was rather hardened, but who wouldn’t have been as a merchant selling essential commodities during the Depression. Good acting. The viewer understood the reality of the period better because of her interpretation of the role. RIP
RIP Corabeth!
The Waltons was the best TV show ever made in America. My parents lived the life of the Waltons kids. I truly loved that show.
G’night Corabeth.
I liked it too. Call me square but I also really liked Little House On the Prairie.
RIP
A year or two before the series started I lived in Scottsville, Virginia. When the Waltons would go “into town,” that’s the town they would go into.
He had a regular role on The Americans, but his character was murdered toward the end of the season that just ended.
Worst show ever...
The first few years of Little House On The Prairie were really good, but in the final years it jumped the shark much harder than even Happy Days did. It had to have the most miserable series finale of any TV show, but by that time almost nobody was watching anyway.
Do you remember the final episode? The townsfolk blew up all the buildings in Walnut Creek with dynamite to prevent an eeeeevil railroad baron from profiting after he somehow stole the deed to their entire town. Utterly ludicrous.
The footage of the destruction of Walnut Creek by rigging the whole town to blow was used in the series premiere of Knight Rider with KITT the black Pontiac Firebird fishtailing through the dirt outside of Olsen’s general store as Walnut Creek exploded into fireballs and wooden planks flew through the air like popsicle sticks on fire.
Hardly a fitting end to Little House On The Prairie, but that’s how they did it.
Saw her on google images and remember her. She wasn;t a bad actress, seemed to always play that straight laced lady form the ‘30’s. RIP.
I agree on your assessment of Little House on the Prairie. I watched it as a kid, but as time went on, it just got odd, unwatchable, and unbelievable. The Waltons was never a favourite program of mine, but I did watch it with my mom. It had its moments.
I loved LHOTP almost obsessively when I was little. Hard to believe I never saw the last episode. Glad I missed it.
The books were better, in my opinion, and I read them until they fell apart. Living in southern MN made visiting Walnut Grove easy. My friend’s family included me on a trip to DeSmet and my family spent a day at the house/museum in Missouri. I was probably more obsessed with the books than the show.
My oldest daughter, however, loves The Waltons. There are no shows like that anymore. It’s all fast pace and sarcastic-really the opposite of what you want your kids to see.
I read those books to my kids when they were little.
The "John-Boy" character always irritated me. Too over-the-top wholesome and overly earnest. I liked the two batty spinster sisters who made moonshine (and tried telling everybody it was just medicine). A couple of those Walton girls were good looking. Mary Ellen being one of them.
I disagree.
As a kid, my parents took over the TV and I had no choice but to watch it.
Decades later, in the mid 1990s, I worked second shift as a factory manager and when I got up at 9am, The Waltons was on one of the cable channels. Once I started watching it again, it made of lot of sense and was actually a really good show.
We watched it and liked it, yeah she was the ‘bitter’ person with her nose stuck in the air person, who because they were wealthier than the rest of the town let every one know it.
We watch RFDTV for the older family friendly shows, especially Country’s Family Reunion, and Larry’s Dinner, Vincent and Daily. Jean Sheppard, Grand Ole Opry star of Famer is in a wheel chair now and looking REAL BAD. She is 82 looking 98 now. Don’t know why she is in the wheel chair unless she broke a hip. She’d been having trouble standing for some while now.
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