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Mar 30, 2024 · 'Little House on the Prairie' ran for nine seasons starting in 1974. Here's everything to know about the cast and where they are now.
- Melissa Girimonte
- Melissa Gilbert
- Michael Landon
- Karen Grassle
- Melissa Sue Anderson
- Jason Bateman
- Dean Butler
- Alison Arngrim
After stealing the hearts of America as the young, spirited Laura Ingalls, Melissa Gilbert continued to act as an adult and starred in many TV movies. She was elected president of the Screen Actor’s Guild in 2001 and served two terms as SAG’s head honcho. Gilbert penned an autobiography, Prairie Tale: A Memoir in 2009. That same year she played the...
The main man of the little house, Charles Ingalls, or Pa, was a hard-working, honest, salt-of-the-earth kind of guy. His daughters adored him and did pretty much anything to please him. Before he became America’s favorite father figure, Michael Landon lit up the screen as Little Joe Cartwright on Bonanza. The year Bonanza ended, Landon signed on to...
When she took on the role of Ma, or Caroline Ingalls, Karen Grassle was an undiscovered newcomer. She’d been in a few plays and had bit parts on two TV shows. 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 ...
Life wasn’t easy for the eldest daughter of the Ingalls' clan. She went blind at 15, but somehow handled it all gracefully while looking impossibly pretty the whole time. Melissa Sue Anderson beat out 200 girls for the part of Mary. After the show, she continued to act in film and TV shows such as The Equalizer, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Murder...
You might not realize it, but Jason Bateman’s first acting gig was playing adopted Ingalls' son James Cooper. His sister Justine played Mallory Keaton in another 80s TV hit, Family Ties. After Little House, Bateman’s career took off, big time. He’s acted in dozens of TV shows, including the cult hit series Arrested Development, and won several awar...
Dean Butler joined the Little House cast as heartthrob Almanzo Wilder. You might remember him as the guy Nellie and Laura got in a mud wrestling match over. After years of pining away for her unrequited crush, Laura finally landed “Manly” and they lived happily ever after. In the 1980s and '90s, Butler guest starred on a bunch of TV shows, includin...
Alison Arngrim played spoiled brat Nellie Oleson, the little girl we all loved to hate. With her smug mug, her flouncing banana curls and her ritzy dresses, she was the perfect nemesis to poor little tomboy Laura. Arngrim started doing standup after Little House and dubbed her time playing Nellie as “like having PMS for seven years.” She continued ...
- Michael Landon. Originally from Queens, New York, Michael Landon was a successful actor before landing his role as the family patriarch Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie.
- Melissa Gilbert. A child actress who began her career in the late 1960s, Melissa Gilbert continues to have one of the longest careers in Hollywood. Playing the second-oldest daughter in Little House, Gilbert — while beloved for her role as Laura Ingalls — partook in several other projects while also filming for the tv show.
- Karen Grassie. Born in Northern California in 1977, Karen Grassie became an actress after studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and getting her first gig at the Front Street Theater in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Melissa Sue Anderson. Like Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson was also a child actress. At eleven years old, her role as Mary Ingalls in Little House was the start of her prolific career.
Melissa Gilbert has the most appearances of the series, a total of 190 of the 204 episodes. Michael Landon appeared in all but four episodes of seasons one through eight, but departed from being a regular part of the cast when the show was retooled as Little House: A New Beginning (season nine).
- Then: Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls. The unspoken star of Little House on the Prairie is, without a doubt, Laura! Her adventurous character consistently had something going on with her throughout the series, usually resulting with a lesson learned at the end of each plot.
- Now: Melissa Gilbert. Little House on the Prairie was far from Melissa's last promising role! She went on to appear in shows like 7th Heaven, Stand By Your Man, Sweet Justice, and more.
- Then: Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls. The head-honcho that is Charles was played by Michael Landon! Fun fact: Michael actually wrote many of the episodes throughout the series, which makes sense why his portrayal of the loving father was so well executed.
- Now: Michael Landon. Other works of Michael include Highway to Heaven and Bonanza! (You can tell he had a specific type of character he liked playing.) Sadly, Michael passed in 1991 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Jul 4, 2022 · After nine seasons on NBC, the show ended, but the family's story continued through three additional made for TV films. Here's what the Little House on the Prairie cast members have...
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After the show's finale in 1983, all the cast members went on to star in films, stage productions and other TV shows. Keep reading for a look at where the cast of Little House on the...
