Actor

1965-06-17 · United States · Female

2 series in the catalog

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

Born in Long Beach, California on June 17, 1965, Cotler reduced her acting roles while she attended the University of California, Berkeley, earning a degree in Social Sciences.

During the 1990s, Cotler spent five years teaching in Nelson County, Virginia, the county where The Waltons creator Earl Hamner Jr. was born and raised. 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.