Kami Cotler
Cotler at The Waltons 40th Anniversary in 2012
Born (1965-06-17) June 17, 1965
Long Beach, California
OccupationActress
Years active1971–2011

Kami Cotler (born June 17, 1965) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as young Elizabeth Walton, which she played in the series The Waltons, and the television film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) which inspired it, as well as a number of later Waltons reunion productions.

Biography

Cotler reduced her acting roles while she attended the University of California, Berkeley, earning a degree in Social Sciences.[1] Her first teaching job was at a small rural Virginia school in the Blue Ridge Mountains, much like the fictional one she attended on The Waltons. Cotler returned to California in 2001 and took a position teaching 9th grade at Environmental Charter High School. In 2004, Cotler accepted the job as co-director of the Ocean Charter School, a position held until 2007 when she started her own educational consulting business. She served as the founding Principal of Environmental Charter Middle School, an educational facility in southern Los Angeles County, California.[2] Cotler is a past board member of the American Montessori Society.

In addition to working as an educator, Cotler ran her own boutique travel company and managed a San Francisco cafe. She has reprised her role as the youngest Walton child in each of the Waltons' reunion movies and she occasionally makes speeches and personal appearances. In 2010, Cotler was seen on a Waltons cast reunion and series retrospective that aired on cable network INSP. She is married and has two children.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971The Homecoming: A Christmas StoryElizabeth WaltonTV film which inspired The Waltons
1972The HeistWendy CraddockTV movie
1972Me and the ChimpKitty Reynolds13 episodes
1972–1981The WaltonsElizabeth Walton212 episodes
1979Family FeudHerselfEpisode: "Dukes of Hazzard vs. The Waltons "
1980The Waltons: A Decade of the WaltonsElizabeth Walton / HerselfTV movie
1982A Wedding on Walton's MountainElizabeth WaltonTV movie
1982Mother's Day on Walton's MountainElizabeth WaltonTV movie
1982A Day for Thanks on Walton's MountainElizabeth WaltonTV movie
1993A Walton Thanksgiving ReunionElizabeth WaltonTV movie
1995A Walton WeddingElizabeth WaltonTV movie
1997A Walton EasterElizabeth WaltonTV movie
2010A Walton's Family ReunionHerselfDocumentary special

References

  1. ↑ "Board and Administration bios". Environmental Charter Schools. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Kami Cotler bio". Cherryblossom Festival Committee website. 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2012.


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