 Laurie Walters

Laurie Jean Walters Slade (born January 8, 1947 in San Francisco, California, United States) is a retired American actress, best known for playing Joanie Bradford on "Eight Is Enough", which aired from 1977 until 1981 on ABC.Walters was, by several years, the oldest of the eight actors playing the Bradford children, even though her character, Joanie Bradford, was the third-oldest child in the family.