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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2020 16:10:15 GMT -5
She did a great job and she played her character through many different phases. The rest basically played the same person week after week.
Thoughts up into the sky to you, Ms. Edwards.
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Post by whisper on Jul 12, 2020 18:20:29 GMT -5
They were the same people week after week, that's the reality of most lives. Cora had room to grow.. Agree she was a fine actress though.
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Post by carol on Jul 12, 2020 19:21:57 GMT -5
The kids, aside from Richard Thomas, didn't stay the same. They grew up and blossomed into adulthood in front of us and changed season by season. As they matured so did their characters and storylines.
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Post by patriciaanne on Jul 12, 2020 20:19:39 GMT -5
She did a great job and she played her character through many different phases. The rest basically played the same person week after week. Thoughts up into the sky to you, Ms. Edwards. I think she played her brilliantly. Cora Beth was a multi-layered character. I often wonder how much of Cora Beth's "development" was pure script-writing and how much was influenced by Ronnie's interpretation of the character. I bet it was a healthy balance of both.
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Post by Easton on Jul 12, 2020 20:33:54 GMT -5
Corabeth's first appearance on the show was nothing like her second. Sure, the character 'grew', but she also became a completely different person from one episode to the next. Orma Lee was a different character, but still, it was just Corabeth on caffeine.
Personally, I liked the original Corabeth best. The 'new' Corabeth was too much like one of my aunts. She was annoyingly phoney in a 'keeping up appearances' kind of way.
The only other thing I've seen Ronnie in was Star Trek: TNG, 'Thine Own Self'. Still Corabeth with a big wig and alien makeup.
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Post by gja195004 on Jul 15, 2020 16:05:35 GMT -5
As I said in my comments on June 21, the entire Walton Ensemble was very talented. Ronnie Claire was one of my favorite actors too, she did an excellent job of portraying CoraBeth. The others were Judy Norton and Tom Bower together. I always enjoyed and looked forward to episodes where they appeared-just not enough episodes. I loved the way the scripts were written to always show Mary Ellen as always a loving and caring mother-the same as her parents and grandparents. In other words John Curtis was never a burden, considering she was very young. Thank you.
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Post by boatwright on Jul 21, 2020 21:07:31 GMT -5
Will Geer and Ralph Waite were the best actors on the show, imo.
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Post by willie on Jul 25, 2020 18:46:28 GMT -5
Will Geer and Ralph Waite were the best actors on the show, imo. Agreed
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Post by willie on Jul 25, 2020 18:47:21 GMT -5
She did a great job and she played her character through many different phases. The rest basically played the same person week after week. Thoughts up into the sky to you, Ms. Edwards. I feel like you are a lot like her,no?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2020 19:54:41 GMT -5
Ronnie or Corabeth? I don't know much about Ronnie. Corabeth, no. I am most like the character of ME.
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Post by nedandres on Jul 27, 2020 0:08:12 GMT -5
As good as Ronnie Claire Edwards was, most of the actors on THE WALTONS held a candle to her. Each role was different and challenging to play in its own way. It is well-known that Ellen Corby did not get along with Edwards because she felt that Corabeth challenged Grandma by adding another "unlikable" character to the ensemble. I think that both of them added dimensions to the show that would not have existed otherwise. Unfortunately both Corby and Edwards are no longer with us.
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Post by patriciaanne on Sept 10, 2020 11:05:24 GMT -5
As good as Ronnie Claire Edwards was, most of the actors on THE WALTONS held a candle to her. Each role was different and challenging to play in its own way. It is well-known that Ellen Corby did not get along with Edwards because she felt that Corabeth challenged Grandma by adding another "unlikable" character to the ensemble. I think that both of them added dimensions to the show that would not have existed otherwise. Unfortunately both Corby and Edwards are no longer with us. I had heard that they didn't get along. I always flinch at the scene in Grandma Comes Home, when Corabeth and Ike come rolling up and Corabeth tells Grandma how wonderful it must be for her to be back in the bosom of her family -- in that saccharine sweet voice of hers. And I wonder what must have been going through Ellen's mind. I feel especially bad for Ellen's vulnerability and infirmity there. I don't think that Ellen ever had anything to worry about though. First, I never really considered Grandma unlikable. She was hard and cranky on the outside, but sweet and loving on the inside. I treasure the moments that give you a glimpse of that inner sweetness. And I loved how she didn't suffer fools and how she made up her own mind about things. And I loved her distaste of "big government." 😉 By and large she was a good judge of character, and she often said what everyone else was thinking but didn't say. (A 1930s version of a Shakespearean chorus, one might say.) Her faults -- her jealousy, her impatience, her quick temper -- make her one of the most relatable characters on The Waltons. Now Corabeth -- she was truly unlikable! Both as the simpering little waif trying to wriggle herself into the Waltons' home for a free ride AND the condescending, ungrateful, judgmental witchy witch she turns into. Still, even Corabeth has some inner qualities of merit, to Ronnie's acting credit. But I would choose Esther Walton as my friend over Corabeth Walton Godsey any day. ☺️
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Post by nedandres on Sept 11, 2020 21:59:33 GMT -5
As good as Ronnie Claire Edwards was, most of the actors on THE WALTONS held a candle to her. Each role was different and challenging to play in its own way. It is well-known that Ellen Corby did not get along with Edwards because she felt that Corabeth challenged Grandma by adding another "unlikable" character to the ensemble. I think that both of them added dimensions to the show that would not have existed otherwise. Unfortunately both Corby and Edwards are no longer with us. I had heard that they didn't get along. I always flinch at the scene in Grandma Comes Home, when Corabeth and Ike come rolling up and Corabeth tells Grandma how wonderful it must be for her to be back in the bosom of her family -- in that saccharine sweet voice of hers. And I wonder what must have been going through Ellen's mind. I feel especially bad for Ellen's vulnerability and infirmity there. I don't think that Ellen ever had anything to worry about though. First, I never really considered Grandma unlikable. She was hard and cranky on the outside, but sweet and loving on the inside. I treasure the moments that give you a glimpse of that inner sweetness. And I loved how she didn't suffer fools and how she made up her own mind about things. And I loved her distaste of "big government." 😉 By and large she was a good judge of character, and she often said what everyone else was thinking but didn't say. (A 1930s version of a Shakespearean chorus, one might say.) Her faults -- her jealousy, her impatience, her quick temper -- make her one of the most relatable characters on The Waltons. Now Corabeth -- she was truly unlikable! Both as the simpering little waif trying to wriggle herself into the Waltons' home for a free ride AND the condescending, ungrateful, judgmental witchy witch she turns into. Still, even Corabeth has some inner qualities of merit, to Ronnie's acting credit. But I would choose Esther Walton as my friend over Corabeth Walton Godsey any day. ☺️ Ditto everything you said, Patriciaane. With Grandma you always knew where you stood, which is a pillar for a friendship. Corabeth usually came across as a bit fake. She had her genuine moments, but you could never really know for sure.
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Post by Easton on Sept 12, 2020 7:12:02 GMT -5
I see Corabeth as the Hyacinth Bucket of the 70s.
I truly would like to know who it was that turned her character around in a complete 180 from the shy, insecure, socially inept 'waif' that Ike fell in live with and married to the snobby, pretentious, bossy woman she started to become in her second appearance. It was even worse that Corabeth turned Aimee into a miniature version of herself.
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Post by wacokyd on Sept 12, 2020 11:19:17 GMT -5
I see Corabeth as the Hyacinth Bucket of the 70s.
I truly would like to know who it was that turned her character around in a complete 180 from the shy, insecure, socially inept 'waif' that Ike fell in live with and married to the snobby, pretentious, bossy woman she started to become in her second appearance. It was even worse that Corabeth turned Aimee into a miniature version of herself.
Corabeth was the Jack Palance of the movie"Shane". She was put there for every one to hate. Problem is, she never went away.
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