Lisa Ann Walter Laughing All the Way!
People US|April 15, 2024
AFTER DECADES OF HUSTLING FOR ROLES, THE ABBOTT ELEMENTARY STAR FEELS LIKE SHE'S JUST HITTING HER STRIDE
DANA ROSE FALCONE
Lisa Ann Walter Laughing All the Way!

Lisa Ann Walter fills with excitement as she describes her plans for an upcoming visit to New York City. "I'm obviously going to eat," says the Abbott Elementary actor, 62, trying to recall the name of a sandwich shop she loved when she visited Italy with her four adult children last year-the family's first major trip on her dime. Previously, "I had not been able to afford taking my kids on a vacation, outside of taking them to the San Diego Zoo or a couple of days skiing locally," says Walter, who broke out as the beloved housekeeper in the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap. "Just because you're in a movie doesn't mean you're rich."

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