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Throughout the show, Mary Ellen often showed a maternal, independent side, and surprised if not frightened her grandmother at the fact that she wanted to become a doctor. Attending school and taking care of out of town families that needed assistance, Mary Ellen became a nurse. After meeting Dr. Spencer, and quickly becoming engaged to marry, Mary Ellen started a job working for Dr. Curtis ...
- John Curtis Willard
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- John Curtis Willard
<tabber>General information= John Curtis Williard is a character on The Waltons. He is the first child of Mary-Ellen & Curtis Willard and first appeared in the episode, The Grandchild. |-|List of appearances= The Grandchild (debut) |-|Gallery=
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Mary Ellen Walton is a main character on The Waltons. She is portrayed by actress Judy Norton Taylor. She is the eldest daughter and third child of John and Olivia Walton.
In the early seasons, Mary Ellen was a tomboy drama queen: she always wanted everything to go her way and was constantly teased by her brothers for this. She would play baseball with the boys, and would often get into fights with other kids. She had aspirations to become rich, famous, and have the ability to travel anywhere in the world, leaving the "boring lifestyle" on Walton's Mountain behind. But, as she got older and she graduated from high school, she realized that her dream of becoming a nurse was the most important to her and so she stayed on Waltons mountain and pursued her nursing career.
In 1938, a year after she entered nursing school, Mary Ellen fell in love and became engaged to David Spencer, an intern at the hospital she worked in. Six weeks after their engagement, Mary Ellen called off the engagement after becoming attracted to the new doctor on Waltons Mountain, Dr. Curtis Willard. Mary Ellen also realized that she was marrying David Spencer for the wrong reasons and that her love for him was not enough to get them through the hard times in life, as well as the good times.
About a week after breaking her engagement with David Spencer, Dr. Curtis Willard, the new doctor, proposes to Mary Ellen in front of the whole Walton clan. Although she didn't say 'yes' outright, Mary Ellen accepts his proposal and a few weeks later, in April 1938 after her eighteenth birthday, marries Dr. Curtis Willard in "The Wedding" episode.
Two years after her marriage to Curt, in July 1940, Mary Ellen gives birth to a healthy son, John-Curtis Willard, her only child with Curt. Approximately one month after the birth of John Curtis, Curt was called to serve in the army as a doctor. After hearing this news, Mary Ellen became hurt and afraid of being away from her husband and that something bad might happen to him. Mary Ellen's parents, John and Olivia Walton, see that Mary Ellen is going through a difficult time and as a result bring her and John Curtis to come and live with them, until Curt returns from the army. Curt stayed in the army until September 1941, when he was transferred to Pearl Harbor Hawaii, and three months later Mary Ellen was notified that Curt was killed while treating members of the US army. However, four years later, in October 1945, just after Mary Ellen became engaged to her future husband, Jonesy, a woman claiming to know her late husband Curt, says that Curt is still alive and now lives in Florida. Mary Ellen finds out this is true and visits Curt in Florida and comes to the realization that she and Curt could never be in love again and so she and Curt arrange a divorce. Two years later, In March 1947, Mary Ellen and Jonesy get married and have two children, Clay Matthew Jones, and Katie Jones, together.
Despite her vibrant personality, Mary Ellen becomes extremely mature in later seasons, often being the voice of reason behind her siblings. |-|List of appearances=
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Her first name is probably a hinting to Jesus' mother in the Bible.
Her middle name is a christian girl name.
Nov 28, 2023 · Willard, Curtis He was played by Tom Bower in the episode of December 7, 1941, including the attack on Pearl Harbor. He is later revived (played by Scott Highlands) after being declared a soldier’s death in the attack. Although John Curtis was a popular character on The Waltons, he never appeared in the show’s special.
This first Walton child is known throughout the series as "John-Boy," is born in 1916 (according to the television show's chronology), and is the eldest son and child of Olivia Walton (née Daly) and John Walton Sr. John-Boy is based on creator / author Earl Hamner Jr (1923–2016), who narrates the opening and closing of each episode as the present-day adult John-Boy Walton. The main ...
The Wedding: Part 1: Directed by Lawrence Dobkin. With Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby. Mary Ellen is engaged to Dr David Spencer and they plan the wedding.
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He later married and raised a family in California. In real life, Richard Thomas decided to leave The Waltons in 1977 after five seasons, though he returned afterwards for guest appearances. Mary Ellen, the oldest girl (Judy Norton), became a nursing student and married Dr Curtis Willard (Tom Bower).
