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Ingalls Family
There are many ''Little House on the Prairie'' characters, appearing in various forms of media in the ''Little House on the Prairie'' media franchise. Television series characters The Ingalls family The in-laws Townsfolk One-shot characters Season one *Episode 6 **Miss Amy Hearn (played by Josephine Hutchinson) *Episode 7 **Olga Nordstrom (played by Kim Richards) *Episode 9 **Abel Makay (played by Dirk Blocker) *Episode 11 **Tinker Jones (played by Chuck McCann) *Episode 14 **Jonathan (played by Ernest Borgnine) *Episode 17 **Kate Thorvald (played by Anne Archer) *Episode 19 **Willie O'Hara (played by Red Buttons) *Episode 20 **Graham Stewart (played by Johnny Lee) **John Stewart (played by Harris Yulin) *Episode 21 **Trudy Coulter (played by Julie Cobb) **Joseph Coulter (played by Alan Fudge) *Episode 22 **Jack Lame Horse (played by Robert Tessier) **Marshal Anders (played by Jack Ging) *Episode 23 **Hiram Johnson (played by Hal Bokar) **Mimi (played by Jane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little House On The Prairie
The ''Little House on the Prairie'' books is a series of American children's novels written by Laura Ingalls Wilder (b. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls). The stories are based on her childhood and adolescence in the Midwestern United States, American Midwest (Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Missouri) between 1870 and 1894. Eight of the novels were completed by Wilder, and published by Harper & Brothers in the 1930s and 1940s, during her lifetime. The name "Little House" appears in the first and third novels in the series, while the third is identically titled ''Little House on the Prairie (novel), Little House on the Prairie''. The second novel, meanwhile, was about her husband's childhood. The first draft of a ninth novel was published posthumously in 1971 and is commonly included in the series. A tenth book, the non-fiction ''On the Way Home'', is Laura Ingalls Wilder's diary of the years after 1894, when she, her husband and their daughter moved from De Smet, South Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almanzo Wilder
Almanzo James Wilder (; February 13, 1857 – October 23, 1949) was the husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the father of Rose Wilder Lane, both noted authors. Biography Early life Almanzo James Wilder was born on February 13, 1857 at Wilder Homestead outside Malone, New York, as the fifth of six children born to farmers James Mason (1813–1899) and Angelina Albina (née Day) Wilder (1821–1905). His siblings included Laura Ann (1844–1899), Royal Gould (1847–1925), Eliza Jane (1850–1930), Alice Maria (1853–1892), and Perley Day Wilder (1869–1934). As part of her '' Little House'' series of semi-autobiographical novels, Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote a book titled ''Farmer Boy'' about Wilder's childhood in upstate New York; he would subsequently become a recurring character in the later ''Little House'' books in which his wife wrote about their courtship and subsequent marriage, in '' The Long Winter'', ''Little Town on the Prairie'', ''These Happy Golden Years'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Hagen
Kevin Hagen (April 3, 1928 – July 9, 2005) was an American actor best known for his role as Dr. Hiram Baker on NBC's ''Little House on the Prairie.'' Early life Hagen was born in Chicago, Illinois, to professional ballroom dancers, Haakon Olaf Hagen and Marvel Lucile Wadsworth. After his father deserted the family, Hagen was raised by his mother, grandmother, and aunts. As a 15-year-old, he relocated to Portland, Oregon, where one of his aunts had taken a teaching job. Hagen attended Portland's Jefferson High School. His family returned to Chicago, and he attended Oregon State University in Corvallis and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, from which he received a degree in international relations. Hagen spent a year in law school at the University of California, Los Angeles, and was employed by the U.S. State Department in West Germany then spent two years in the United States Navy. He also taught ballroom dancing for Arthur Murray. At ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherri Stoner
Sherri Lynn Stoner is an American actress, animator, and writer. She also voiced Slappy in the children’s television series ''Animaniacs''. Biography She has worked extensively in animation. She was a writer and producer for such 1990s animated shows as ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' and ''Animaniacs''. She is probably best known for ''Animaniacs'', for which she created and voiced Slappy Squirrel, a grumpy retired cartoon squirrel. She lives and works in Los Angeles. She co-wrote (with Deanna Oliver) Universal's ''Casper'' and was on the writing staff of the 1996 revival of an animated ''Casper the Friendly Ghost'', also known as ''The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper''. Stoner and Oliver wrote the Disney film, ''My Favorite Martian'', based on the original 1960s TV series. Stoner served as animation reference model for Ariel in Disney's ''The Little Mermaid'' and for Belle in ''Beauty and the Beast''. Ariel frequently bites her lower lip, and this was a mannerism of Stoner' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Tracy
Steve Tracy (born Steven Crumrine; October 3, 1952 – November 27, 1986) was an American film and television actor. Tracy is best known for his role on ''Little House on the Prairie'' as Percival Dalton. Biography Life and education Tracy was born as Steven Crumrine into an Irish-German family. He attended Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, and was a student in the Theatre Department at Los Angeles City College in Los Angeles, California, as well as the Harvey Lembeck Comedy Workshop. Career Tracy is best known for his recurring role as Percival Dalton in the television series ''Little House on the Prairie'' in the early 1980s. After the end of the series, Tracy maintained a friendship with his on-screen wife Alison Arngrim (Nellie Oleson). Arngrim and Tracy were very close while filming on the set. During the series, there were rumors that he and Arngrim were having a love affair, but Arngrim says that was untrue. Arngrim has also stated that she was the only one on the set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allison Balson
Allison Balson is an American actress who is also a published singer and songwriter. Her best-known role was that of Nancy Oleson on the ''Little House on the Prairie'' series which she held between 1981 and 1983. Biography Balson portrayed Chrissy Roberts in the syndicated TV drama ''The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts'' (1980). She also appeared in the film ''Best Seller'' (1987). In 1987, Balson's song "I Wonder" was featured in the soundtrack for ''Legend of the White Horse ''Legend of the White Horse'' (original title: ''Biały smok'') is a 1987 Polish-American adventure children's film directed by Jerzy Domaradzki and Janusz Morgenstern, based on the magic realism novel '' White Horse, Dark Dragon'' by Robert C ...'' (CBS/Warner Bros.). In 2005, Balson recorded and released a limited-edition CD. In 2008, she collaborated on writing, producing, engineering, and performing a full-length album through the label Organic Time Records as the duo Allison & Stone. In 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Gilbert
Jonathan J. Gilbert (born April 28, 1967) is an American former television and film actor known for his role as Willie Oleson on the TV series ''Little House on the Prairie''. Personal life Gilbert was born on April 28, 1967. He is the adopted son of actors Barbara Cowen (née Barbara Crane) and Paul Gilbert and adopted brother of Melissa Gilbert and adopted brother of Sara Gilbert. In Melissa Gilbert's 2010 autobiography, ''Prairie Tale'', she said Paul killed himself in 1976 due to his suffering from constant pain. Barbara then married Harold Abeles, and together they had Sara Abeles, who changed her name to Sara Gilbert, even though she has no relation to Paul. In Melissa Gilbert's autobiography, she wrote that when Jonathan was in his early 20s, he moved away from California and she had no relationship with him since then, for reasons supposedly unknown to her. Her autobiography states that he is a stockbroker living in New York City. Acting career Gilbert is best known fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Arngrim
Alison Margaret Arngrim (born January 18, 1962) is an American actress and author. Beginning her television career at the age of twelve, Arngrim is a Young Artist Award– Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award honoree, best known for her portrayal of Nellie Oleson on the NBC television series ''Little House on the Prairie'' from 1974 to 1982. Early life Arngrim's father, Thor Arngrim, was a Canadian-born Hollywood manager. Her mother, Norma MacMillan of Vancouver, British Columbia, was an actress who provided the voices for characters as Casper on ''Casper the Friendly Ghost'', as Gumby on ''Gumby'', as Davey on ''Davey and Goliath'', and Sweet Polly Purebred on ''Underdog'', as well as other animated children's programs. Her brother Stefan (b. 1955) was also a child actor, perhaps best known for his role as Barry Lockridge on the Irwin Allen science fiction television series, ''Land of the Giants''. Arngrim has claimed that her brother sexually molested her from ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nellie Oleson
Nellie Oleson is a fictional character in the Little House series of autobiographical children's novels written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. She was portrayed by Alison Arngrim in the NBC television show ''Little House on the Prairie'' (1974 to 1983), where her role is much expanded. Three different girls from Laura Ingalls Wilder's childhood — Nellie Owens, Genevieve Masters and Stella Gilbert — were the basis for the fictional Nellie Oleson. Character sources Nellie Owens Owens was born on August 2, 1869, two years after Laura Ingalls. Nellie's parents, William (1836–1920) and Margaret (1836–1908) Owens did, as Ingalls describes, run the local mercantile in Walnut Grove, Minnesota.Forest Grove grave draws 'Little House' lovers in Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine MacGregor
Katherine MacGregor (born Dorlee Deane McGregor; January 12, 1925 – November 13, 2018) was an American actress, best known for her role as Harriet Oleson in ''Little House on the Prairie''. She started her career on stage in New York City, in theatres off and on Broadway, credited as Scottie MacGregor. Biography Katherine MacGregor was born Dorlee Deane McGregor on January 12, 1925, in Glendale, California, to Ralph S. McGregor and Beatrice E. Willard. When Katherine was a child, her mother Beatrice moved the family to Fort Collins, Colorado, where they lived most of Katherine's early life. She graduated from Northwestern University with a major in drama and moved to New York City in 1949. She was hired by the Arthur Murray Dance Studios as a dance instructor. She studied acting under N. Richard Nash, Sanford Meisner, and Stella Adler. She did summer stock in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, as Dorlee Deane McGregor but switched to using the stage name Scottie MacGregor as her actin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bull (actor)
Richard William Bull (June 26, 1924 – February 3, 2014) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was best known for his performances as "Doc" on ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' and Nels Oleson on ''Little House on the Prairie''. Personal life Bull was born on June 26, 1924 in Zion, Illinois. After years of living in Los Angeles, he moved back to Chicago in 1994 with his wife Barbara Collentine. The couple moved to the Motion Picture & Television Fund House from Chicago in September 2012. Bull fell into acting by accident. “I never gave a serious consideration about becoming an actor. As a senior in high school, I decided to study music, but a friend suggested we attend the Goodman Theater School. In two weeks the friend dropped out, but I was hooked.” There was a three-year interruption while he served as a radio operator for the Army Air Corps, but when he was discharged in 1946 he resumed his acting studies at Goodman. Career Bull began his stage care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linwood Boomer
Linwood Boomer (born October 9, 1955) is a Canadian-American television producer, writer, and former actor. He is known for playing the role of Adam Kendall on the drama ''Little House on the Prairie'', and for creating the Fox sitcom ''Malcolm in the Middle''. Early life Boomer was born into a lower-middle class family in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the third of four sons. He was enrolled in a gifted program at school. His mother is named Eileen. He was the middle child in his household. Boomer made a show based on his life story called ''Malcolm in the Middle'', which ran on FOX from January 2000 to May 2006. Career Boomer began his career as an actor. After playing Adam Kendall on ''Little House on the Prairie'', Boomer began focusing his talents on the behind-the-scenes aspects of television. Boomer's writing and executive producing credits include ''Night Court'', '' Flying Blind'', '' The Boys Are Back'', ''Townies'', ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' and ''God, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |