The Waltons star Mary Beth McDonough shared a romantic confession at a recent panel.
ReMind Magazine reported that McDonough, who played Erin Walton throughout the beloved show's 9 seasons until 1981, discussed kissing her castmate, Jonathan Frakes, while speaking at the MidSouth Nostalgia Festival during the weekend of June 5. Frakes, best known for his role as Commander William T. Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation, played Ashley Longworth Jr. in two 1979 episodes of The Waltons, per IMDb.
After an audience member encouraged McDonough to share if there was a co-star that caused her to feel “weak in the knees," she replied, "Jonathan Frakes!"
"We were doing a scene where we get caught kissing. The camera pans away from us to another actor and the director calls ‘Cut!’ But Jonathan and I were still kissing," said McDonough during the panel, which was held in Olive Branch, Mississippi. "'Hey, you two! Stop! Stop kissing!’ [the director yelled]. Very embarrassing. I still talk to [Frakes]. He’s my favorite person to kiss — besides my husband, of course!”
According to ReMind Magazine, McDonough said she and her Waltons castmates still have a close bond during the MidSouth Nostalgia Festival panel.
“After more than 50 years, we vacation together, our kids know each other, we go to each other’s weddings and bar mitzvahs, and now our kids are having kids," said the actress.
McDonough made similar comments about her Waltons co-stars during an August 2014 interview on the Hallmark Channel.
"We still are so close. We're together all the time. We celebrate birthdays. And unfortunately, every once in a while, a death, we'll lose someone," said McDonough during the interview.
She also shared that she and her on-screen siblings had dinner at Michael Learned's home. As fans are aware, Learned played the Waltons' matriarch, Olivia Walton.
"Mama had us all for dinner," quipped McDonough with a laugh.
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