Matt Dillon’s Love Child! Becoming Olivia Walton! Miss Michael Learned Shares the Secrets on AWOW!

Exclusive! GUNSMOKE’s Matt Dillon did more than kiss guest star Michael Learned’s character in the fan favorite episode, “Matt’s Love Story” on the long running classic. Who knew? It wasn’t until several years later when the TV movie, GUNSMOKE: THE LAST APACHE was broadcast that viewers learned that Matt Dillon was a Father!
That story is just a small part of the fascinating conversation that 4 time Emmy Winner Michael Learned has with Rob Word in the latest episode of A WORD ON WESTERNS. Miss Learned talks about her love of acting and how she landed a starring role on the popular series THE WALTONS, meeting and becoming friends with Patricia Neal (the original Olivia Walton), and what it’s like appearing as the loving grandmother on the Horror Show series, DAHMER. Recorded July 11, 2023, at The Autry.

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