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Per her professional profiles online, she tapped her Hollywood background for her current work in media and entertainment litigation. Richards has used her platform to spread awareness for breast cancer, a disease that took her mother’s life. Richards, who is on the “First Families” list of CHLA for donating over $100k, continuously raises funds for the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles through various initiatives and events.
Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
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After the show ended in 1983, nearly everyone in the cast moved on to new projects. However, the Ingalls family was never far from their hearts, and cast members have given numerous interviews over the years about their time on the show. Here's a look into what the core cast ended up doing after the show ended, and what impact "Little House" continued to have on them. For those of us of a certain age, "Little House on the Prairie" will always be emblazoned in our hearts and souls. The feel-good, surprisingly progressive TV series ran from 1974 to 1983 and imparted moral lessons on courage, standing up for the underdog, and always doing what is right and what benefits others. As noted by the official "Little House on the Prairie" website, the show was based on a series of books penned by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Karen Grassle
In fact, Today notes that she even missed filming the show's final episode because she was out of the country on a religious journey. Katherine MacGregor came on board "Little House on the Prairie" while at the height of her stage career; in the years that preceded the show, she starred in several theatrical productions that toured the United States. She told the Santa Cruz Sentinel that moving from New York to Hollywood wasn't the immediate success she imagined. As she put it, according to the "Little House on the Prairie" website, it was difficult to get the right roles.
List of Little House on the Prairie characters
He later joined the cast as Albert, the adopted son of Charles and Caroline, a character created for the series. Labyorteaux's brother also appeared as Laura's friend, Andrew "Andy" Garvey. After Little House on the Prairie, Arngrim guest starred on The Love Boat and Fantasy Island. Her solo show, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, premiered in New York in 2002 and has toured globally. In 2023, she mounted a new production of the play during the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Rachel Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush stopped acting completely
As a young woman, Charlotte married Henry Newton Quiner from Connecticut. She was the first woman in her family to travel west, living in Ohio and Indiana before settling in the frontier town of Brookfield, Wisconsin. Charlotte Wallis Tucker was born on May 25, 1809, in Roxbury, Massachusetts (a suburb of Boston). Her mostly fictionalised story was described in the four-book series The Charlotte Years by Melissa Wiley. Some of the episodes written by Michael Landon were recycled storylines from ones that he had written for Bonanza. Of the 204 episodes, Michael Landon directed 87 episodes; producer William F. Claxton directed 68 episodes, while co-star Victor French helmed 18 episodes.
Jason Bateman as James Cooper Ingalls
Charles shows up at one of Danforth’s church services and reveals the truth. They find that some of their old classmates are very successful, but wealth doesn’t necessarily equal happiness or a good marriage. And both Caroline and Charles are propositioned by former married classmates. In alphabetical order, the main or notable cast members, along with the character they portrayed. Despite appearances, in the years that followed the end of "Little House," Melissa Gilbert revealed that the relationship with her on-screen niece had broken down dramatically. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
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He told Variety (via VisionTV), "Michael Landon was somebody who had a huge influence on me in the way he led that set as a director, as an exec producer, as a writer and actor and as somewhat of a father figure for me." Michael Landon had a career on the small screen that ran into three decades. Becoming a household name by starring in Crossroads, Telephone Time, and I Was a Teenage Werewolf, his career kick-started with a bang.
Melissa Gilbert (Laura Ingalls)
As fans of both the "Little House on the Prairie" TV show and books know, one day Laura Ingalls grows up, gets married, and becomes Laura Ingalls Wilder. The man she married, Almanzo Wilder, was also portrayed on the television show. Dean Butler joined the show in its sixth season, and he told the Daily Planet that being cast as Laura Ingalls' future husband was an incredible opportunity. He said that one of the things about being on the show was that there was very little pressure on him to make sure things went well. Among those who have left a lasting impact on Gilbert is the late Michael Landon, who not only played Ingalls patriarch Charles, a.k.a. "Pa," but also produced the series as well as directed and wrote many episodes.
Little House explored many different themes including frequently portrayed ones of adoption, alcoholism, faith, poverty, blindness, and prejudice of all types, including racism. Some plots also include subjects such as drug addiction (e.g. Albert's addiction to morphine), leukemia, child abuse, animal abuse, and even rape. Although predominantly a drama, the program has many lighthearted and comedic moments, as well. Sidney, on the other hand, has not appeared in anything since the 1983 series Hambone and Hillie. Bateman has been married to Amanda Anka, daughter of crooner Paul Anka, since 2001.
His journey as a star continued even after Little House on the Prairie ended. Landon starred in the hit show Highway to Heaven as a probationary angel who named himself, none other, than Jonathan Smith. His co-star was Victor French who had previously co-starred on Little House with Landon. Unfortunately, Michael Landon died in 1991 from pancreatic cancer, but we owe much of the authenticity of Little House to Michael and his vision.
Little House on the Prairie was loosely based on Laura Ingall Wilder's iconic Little House book series about her childhood growing up in the Midwest in the late 1800s. The show aired over 200 episodes and a handful of specials during its nine-season run and was lauded for both its performances and compelling depiction of adolescence and family issues at the time. There are multiple DVD sets which are noticeably different from one another. The original DVD sets sold in the U.S. and Canada were released in conjunction with NBC Enterprises (later NBC Universal in 2004) by Imavision Distribution, a company based in Quebec. A majority of the episodes in the original North American DVD versions had scenes cut from the episodes—these were derived from the syndicated television versions by Worldvision Enterprises, the series' former distributor. Other episodes (especially in Season Eight) were time compressed and are NTSC-converted video prints from UK PAL masters, while others were derived from 16MM syndication prints, also from Worldvision.
“I wanted to be clear about what it was like for me to work with Michael Landon on Little House, what it was like to work with Wilford Brimley on Our House, to talk about the days. What was it like to be on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine when you're in your early twenties? Dean Butler portrayed the character Almanzo Wilder, who later married Laura. Almanzo, lovingly called "Manly" by Laura, also attracted the attention of Nellie Oleson and other young ladies in Walnut Grove.
Grassle reasoned that audiences still connect to the show because "people are finding values, comfort and message that they long for." "When we did the show, we went, 'Yeah, this is a really good show, Oh, it seems to be a hit, that's nice.' But the idea that 50 years later, people would still be excited about it, it's absolutely mind-blowing," Arngrim said. "Good Morning America" caught up with cast members Melissa Gilbert (Laura), Karen Grassle (Laura's mother Caroline) and Alison Arngrim (Laura's nemesis, Nellie Oleson) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series and discuss its lasting legacy. When she took on the role of Ma, or Caroline Ingalls, Karen Grassle was an undiscovered newcomer. Despite her lack of credits, she auditioned to play Laura Ingalls' no-nonsense mom and won the part. After Little House ended its run, Grassle said adios to Hollywood and moved to New Mexico where she opened Santa Fe’s Resource Theater Company.
