Yes I decided to write about what the people of the show have been doing since the show ended. I am not going to be writing about all of them. It will just be about the main people on the show. I will be writing a little about what they have been doing since the end of the show.
This is Michael Landon he played Charles Ingalls in the show. He was the father to Mary, Laura and Carrie.
The other show he is best known for is Bonanza. After Little House on the Prairie he was in Highway to Heaven.
He was married three times and has nine children.
He was also a heavy drinker. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 1991 which also metastasized into his liver and lymph nodes. The doctor said it was terminal. On May 9,1991 he appeared on the Tonight Show to talk about his illness.
Then on July 1,1991 he passed away.
This is Karen Grassle she played Caroline Ingalls. The mother to Mary, Laura and Carrie.
She has been married three times and with second husband they adopted a little girl.
She auditioned for the part of Caroline Ingalls and she won, Michael Landon convinced her to go with her birth name for the show.
She has been in the movies Wyatt Earp and Driving Miss Daisy.
She did a little moving around when the show ended, she was in New Mexico, Kentucky and back to California.
She also has a Facebook page and I am friends with her on it.
This is Melissa Sue Anderson she played Mary Ingalls the oldest daughter.
She is married and has two children. Her and the family are living in Canada.
She was nominated for Little House on the Prairie in 1978 for best leading actress in a drama series.
She has appeared in t.v. shows like Brady Bunch, Murder, She Wrote and The Equalizer. She was also in a lot of movies up to 2007, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Dark Mansions and Marco Polo. There are more movies I just named a couple.
This is Melissa Gilbert she played Laura Ingalls she is the second daughter. In the show she was also called half pint by her dad.
She was married two times and has two boys and stepmom to two boys.
She also battled alcoholism and drug abuse.
Her parents adopted her and they divorced at age eight. Michael Landon was like a father to her off the set.
She was in a lot of movies and t.v. shows, also she was in the musical of Little House on the Prairie. Right now she is on Dancing with the Stars. She was in t.v. shows like 7th Heaven, Touch by an Angel and Providence, also some movies are The Miracle Worker, Switched at Birth and Cries from the Heart are just some of them. She also wrote her own biography called "Prairie Tale". She is also President of the actors guild, star on the walk of fame and was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame in Oklahoma.
She also has a Facebook page and I am friends with her on it.
This is Lindsey and Sidney Greenbush they played Carrie Ingalls. That is right there was two girls that played Carrie.
Lindsey was married and has a daughter. Sidney was married and her husband died no children.
Lindsey has graduated high school and she is into boxing and does very little acting. the last show she was on was Weekend Today.
Sidney has graduated high school, she is a horse lover and do
es take her horse to rodeos. She makes jewelery and sells it at the rodeos. She still does some acting the last show she was in is To Tell The Truth.
This is Victor French and he plays Mr. Edwards on the show. He is like family to the Ingalls family.
He was married two times and has two children.
He started out as a stuntman in the westerns. He was in Gunsmoke, The Walton's and in a Elvis Movie called Charro!.
After the show he was in Highway to Heaven.
In April 1989 he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer from which he died on June 15,1989.
He was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame in Oklahoma in 1998. That is nine years after he passed away. This is also the same one that Melissa Gilbert is in.
This is Richard Bull he played Mr. Oleson on the show, He owns the Mercantile.
He is married and now lives in Chicago, Illinois. Don't know if he has any children.
He started his career at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.
He was in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Mission: Impossible and Bonanza. Movies he was in High Plains Drifter, Executive Action and Witless Protection.
This is Katherine MacGregor she played Mrs. Oleson on the show.
She was married for a very short time. I don't know about any children.
After being on Little House on the Prairie she has withdrew from screen productions to do local theater acting.
She has been doing plays on Broadway.
She was not in the final episode because she was on a pilgrimage in India.
This is Alison Arngrim she plays Nellie Oleson in the show. This is the Oleson's oldest child.
She has been married twice and has no children.
She has been really busy after being on Little House on the Prairie. She was in the t.v. show I Married Wyatt Earp, Love Boat and Fantasy Island, also in movies For The Love of May, Le Deal and The Bilderberg Club.
She also recorded a comedy album called "Heeere's Amy".
She won two awards for Little House on the Prairie, Young Artist award and TV Land Award. She also wrote a biography called "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated".
This is Jonathan Gilbert he plays Willie Oleson on the show.
He is also Melissa Gilbert's little brother. They both were adopted.
He left acting to get a degree in MBA in finance from Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College. He is a stock broker in New York now.
He is in the movie Little House Years.
This is Kevin Hagen he plays Doctor Baker on the show.
He was married four times and has one child.
He was in Bonanza, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Gunsmoke, Rawhide and Perry Mason. In a movie called " Shenandoah".
He passed away on July 9, 2005.
This is Dabbs Greer he plays Reverend Alden on the show.
I don't know if he was ever married.
He was a actor and a director through his career.
T.V. shows he was in Picket Fence, Brady Bunch and Gunsmoke, movies The Little Giant, Green Mile and Con Air.
He did pass away on April 28, 2007.
This is Linwood Boomer he plays Adam Kendall on the show. This is Mary's Husband .
He is married and has four children.
He is a writer and producer, he wrote and directed Malcolm in the Middle, 3rd Rock from the Sun and the movie Big.
He won two award for Outstanding Comedy for Malcolm in the Middle and Night Court.
This is Dean Butler he plays Almanzo Wilder on the show. He played Laura Ingalls husband on the show.
He is married and no children I know of.
He is a actor and director for documentaries. He has done two documentaries for Little House Called " The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Almanzo Wilder: Life before Laura". He plans to do one more called "Pa's Fiddle".
He is the west coast correspondent for Broadway. He has appeared on broadway in West Side Story and Into The Woods. T.V. shows Love Boat, Who's The Boss and Murder, She Wrote.
There is a lot of the people I did not mention. Like the Garvey's, Ms. Beadle, Mr. Hansen, Hester-Sue, Albert, baby Grace, Nancy Oleson, James and Cassandra, Jenny and Rose Wilder.
There was only five people that stayed on during the whole series of Little House on the Prairie they are: Melissa Gilbert (Laura Ingalls), Jonathan Gilbert (Willie Oleson), Richard Bull (Mr. Oleson), Keving Hagen (Dr. Baker) and Dabbs Greer (Rev. Alden).
There are also four people that have passed away from the show: Michael Landson (Charles Ingalls), Victor French (Mr. Edwards), Kevin Hagen (Dr. Baker), Dabbs Greer (Rev. Alden).
I am sorry this is so long I just wanted to let you know what has happened with the people. I hope you enjoy this and feel free to leave any comments. Thank you for taking your time to read this!♥
