Career
Originally credited by her maiden name, Rita McLaughlin, she made her acting debut in the 1960s on The Patty Duke Show, in the uncredited role of Patty Duke"s double. Prior to that, she was also one of Don Herbert"s child assistants in the Watch Mr. Wizard television series and was featured in a television commercial for Phillips Milk of Magnesia in 1967.
Walter"s first daytime soap role was in 1966 as the original Wendy Phillips on The Secret Storm, but it would be a short stint.
She also appeared in the 1985 movie Cry From the Mountain. Today, Walter, who has been married to Reverend Norman Walter since 1976, is an optician working at Brunner Opticians in Westfield, New Jersey.
