Rare sighting of ’70s TV crush sparks online war over aging

 comment thread. “That was how it was before the trend to shave,” someone else chimed in.

The photoshoot, meant to be empowering, instead turned her into tabloid fodder.

“I was getting a lot of advice from people who were representing me at the time,” Norton said in a 2018 interview. “They felt it would be a good, positive career move. I wouldn’t say that was the case.”

“It’s one of those things that if I knew then what I know now, I wouldn’t have made the choice,” she added. “I learned a lot of lessons from it, in terms of trusting my own instincts and decisions more than other people’s, even though it seemed like they knew more than me.”

Though she hoped the Playboy shoot would shift her career, it did the opposite.

“Instead of new doors, it brought more challenges,” Norton admitted. “It is what it is. You can only go forward.”

Following the end of The Waltons, Norton briefly dabbled in mainstream television with appearances on shows like The Love Boat and game shows, but most of her work remained tied to the Walton universe — returning for holiday specials and reunion episodes throughout the ’80s and ’90s.

With on-screen opportunities drying up, Norton shifted her focus back to the stage. She wrote, directed, and performed in regional theater productions across North America — quietly keeping her career alive while staying far from Hollywood’s spotlight.

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