Devon Ericson

Ericson was born in Salt Lake City[1] and was named for Devon, England.[2] Her mother, Audrey Planty,[3] won British ice-skating championships and toured with the Ice Follies in the United States. Her father was an American of Swedish descent. They separated when Ericson was 8 years old, and she moved with her mother to San Diego, where her mother operated an ice rink.[4]

As a youngster, Ericson participated in contests in speech and debate.[4] She attended the school of performing arts at United States International University in San Diego and later studied at its satellite campus at Ashdown Park, England.[5]

Ericson first performed professionally in England, acting in As You Like It and dancing in a revue.[5] She came to the United States to act in the play Pajama Tops in Philadelphia. After that, debuted on American television as John-Boy Walton's girlfriend on The Waltons.. Also on TV, she portrayed Betsy O'Neal in The Chisholms,[6] Rachel Peters in Family,[6]^:324 and Rebecca Bryan in Young Dan'l Boone.[6]^:1206 She appeared on the TV series Barnaby Jones, Police Story, Starsky & Hutch, The Streets of San Francisco,[3] Jenny Wood on Three's Company, Jane Foley on It's a Living, and Magnum, P.I. and on the miniseries Eleanor and Franklin, Studs Lonigan, Testimony of Two Men, Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century and The Awakening Land.[7]