Michael Learned of Dahmer-Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and The Waltons

One of TV's Most Respected Moms, Michael Learned
Is Now Starring in The New Ryan Murphy Netflix Series

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story &

Reuniting with her Waltons TV Family for the 50th Anniversary


Four-time Emmy winner Michael Learned is currently starring in the limited series, DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, about the serial killer, directed by Ryan Murphy and co-created by Murphy and Ian Brennan on Netflix. She joins a cast as the grandmother of the infamous killer, Catherine Dahmer, with Evan Peters as Dahmer and supporting cast including Niecy Nash, Richard Jenkins, Penelope Ann Miller, Molly Ringwald and Dylan Burnside.



*** DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story premieres exactly 50 years after Michael Learned’s iconic role of Olivia Walton on The Waltons, and represents the actress’ remarkably versatility and reinforces her Emmy winning capabilities.


For years, he took the lives of innocent victims, undetected by police. But their stories won't be erased. DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story arrives on Netflix at midnight. Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer gruesomely took the lives of seventeen innocent victims. DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is a series that exposes these unconscionable crimes, centered around the underserved victims and their communities impacted by the systemic racism and institutional failures of the police that allowed one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.