Elaine Hendrix and Lisa Ann Walter to reunite on Dancing With the Stars for Parent Trap performance

Elaine Hendrix will reunite with Parent Trap costar Lisa Ann Walter on Dancing With the Stars during the show's Dedication Night episode airing Oct. 14, 2025. Hendrix, 54, confirmed the reunion exclusively to PEOPLE following the Oct. 7 episode. She currently competes for the season 34 Mirrorball Trophy with professional partner Alan Bersten.

"They said Dedication Week was coming. I said, well, I need to have Lisa Ann Walter there with me," Hendrix said. Dedication Night features contestants inviting influential figures from their lives to the ballroom. Walter, 62, will serve as Hendrix's guest for the special episode.

Another 1990s television reunion will occur during the same episode. Danielle Fishel will bring Boy Meets World costar William Daniels to the ballroom. In the 1998 Parent Trap remake, Hendrix portrayed Meredith Blake, the manipulative future stepmother to twins Annie James and Hallie Parker, both played by Lindsay Lohan. Walter played Chessy, Hallie's nanny.


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The actresses have maintained a close friendship since filming concluded. Hendrix previously described Walter as her "life security blanket" in statements to PEOPLE.

"I look at her and I instantly feel calm," Hendrix added.

The Parent Trap cast has reunited multiple times over the years, including a 2021 gathering between Hendrix and Walter documented on TikTok.

DWTS performance to feature Parent Trap song

Professional dancer Alan Bersten revealed the duo will perform to music from The Parent Trap, though he declined to specify which song.

"Lisa is such a support to Elaine, and it's going to be so incredible," Bersten told PEOPLE. "I think the fans are going to lose their minds. We're dancing — I'm just going to give it away — we're dancing to a song — I won't say which song — but a song from Parent Trap, which is so incredible."

Hendrix and Bersten earn high scores on Disney Night

Hendrix and Bersten received scores of 8 across the board from judges for their quickstep to "Space Mountain" during the Disney-themed episode on Oct. 7. The pair ranked among the first four couples announced as safe from elimination.

"We worked so hard, and the thing that I wanted to do was do everything that we rehearsed so hard to do," Hendrix told PEOPLE after their performance. "We can't control so much of what happens, but we can control what we did on the dance floor, and we did it. I was just grateful and thrilled and excited, and I'm so grateful for Alan."

Bersten acknowledged the judges' observation that the pair "didn't miss a step" during their routine.

"I can train Elaine every day, but her coming out here and living up to it is what made that dance amazing," Bersten said.

Dancing with the Stars airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.