Hersha Parady (born May 25, 1945) is an American actress best known for her role of
Alice Garvey in ''
Little House on the Prairie''.
Life and career
Parady was born as Betty Sandhoff in
Berea, Ohio
Berea ( ) is a city in Cuyahoga County in the U.S. state of Ohio and is a western suburb of Cleveland. The population was 19,093 at the 2010 census. Berea is home to Baldwin Wallace University, as well as the training facility for the Cleveland ...
and attended
Berea High School.
She began acting locally at age 14 in Cleveland area theatrical productions.
She moved west in the early 1970s to further her acting career and landed a role opposite
Jon Voight in a touring production of
A Streetcar Named Desire.
Parady began her career in television with guest-appearances in ''
Mannix
''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a private inves ...
'', ''
Bearcats!''
and ''
The Waltons''. Hersha was considered to play Caroline Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie, but lost out to Karen Grassle. Later, in 1976 episode ''Journey in the Spring'', Paraday played Eliza Anne Ingalls, Charles' sister-in-law.
Then in 1977 she was given the role of Alice Garvey in ''
Little House on the Prairie'',
which she played until 1980 when her character was killed in a fire accidentally set by Albert Ingalls. After ''Little House on the Prairie'', she made only rare appearances in television, including ''
Kenan & Kel''.
She was once married to
Oscar-winning producer John Peverall and had one child with him. She was friends with fellow ''Little House'' actors
Katherine MacGregor,
Richard Bull, and
Dabbs Greer until their deaths. She was also once close to
Patrick Labyorteaux who played her son Andrew Garvey and his brother
Matthew Labyorteaux
Matthew Charles Labyorteaux (born December 8, 1966) is an American film, television and voice actor. In many of his credits, his last name is spelled as "Laborteaux". He is also credited as Matthew Charles for his work in animation.
He is best ...
, who played Albert Ingalls, and ''Little House'' make-up artist Whitey, and hair master Larry Germain.
Filmography
References
External links
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Hersha Parady Interview HERSHA PARADY, Alice Garvey (+Eliza Ingalls)
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1945 births
Living people
American film actresses
American stage actresses
American television actresses
Actresses from Ohio
21st-century American women