leslie winston played ben's wife cindy on the waltons.
leslie winston played ben's wife cindy on the waltons.
who played ben's wife cindy on the waltons?
leslie winston
winston played the part of cindy, wife of ben walton (played by eric scott), in 42 episodes through the last three seasons of the series. her debut on the show was in an episode called "the outsider" (season 7, episode 20) in which ben surprises the family by introducing them to his new wife cindy, who is the episode's eponymous character. winston later played cindy in four of the series reunion tv movies from 1982 to 1993. these were "a wedding on walton's mountain" (1982), "mother's day on walton's mountain" (1982), "a day for thanks on walton's mountain" (1982) and "a walton thanksgiving reunion" (1993). she has also made appearances on "quincy m.e." and "l.a. law".
leslie winston
animals for the film, including bruno, the bear who mainly played the part of adult ben, were provided and trained by ralph helfer's africa u.s.a. animal ranch. in addition to bruno, the film included several other black bears that portrayed ben's mother, ben's mate, ben's cubs and/or ben at different stages in his life. according to trainer derrick rosaire sr. and his son derrick rosaire ii, rosaire sr. owned a trained female black bear that played ben's mother and also played ben in some scenes of the film. rosaire sr. named the bear "gentle ben" and exhibited it for years after the film at circuses, talk shows and other events.
gentle giant (film)