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NBC owns ancillary rights and thus is the worldwide licensor for home entertainment rights as well. Sister company NBCUniversal Television Distribution (now renamed as NBCUniversal Syndication Studios since 2021) also distributes the series internationally with MGM Television handling international distribution sales. Because of its historical context and its connection to the book series, it is deemed acceptable for use by the FCC to meet federal E/I programming guidelines. The show is typically stripped (run five days a week) in syndication, which is enough to completely cover a TV station's E/I requirements and more.
Karen Grassle as Caroline “Ma” Ingalls
While he might have played the somewhat unhappily married Nels Oleson on "Little House on the Prairie" for the show's entire run, it turns out Richard Bull was quite happily married in real life. Bull's character was generally seen as quite patient, especially as he was often overrun by his wife, Harriet, and daughter Nellie. Per IMDb, Bull participated in several "Little House" specials and spin-offs and kept steadily working throughout the years. Despite that, it seems he never had consistent work to the degree that he found with "Little House," though he did appear in Michael Landon's series "Highway to Heaven."
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Richard Bull played Nels Oleson, husband of Harriet and father of Nellie and Willie, from 1974 to 1984. Prior to the show, she appeared in popular series like All in the Family and Ironside. After Little House on the Prairie, she returned to theater and mentored young actors before retiring in the early 2000s. After leading a theater company in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she joined the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Kentucky. She also appeared on TV shows like Murder, She Wrote and Hotel and played Mrs. Sutherland in the 1994 movie Wyatt Earp. "When I came on the pilot, he was extremely kind and sensitive and a good director and really gave me a chance to find my legs because [TV] was a new medium for me," she told PEOPLE.
Michael Landon starred on Highway to Heaven before dying in 1991
In November of last year, Gilbert spoke to PEOPLE about embracing aging as a former child star and shared what it means to her that fans still love Little House and her character, who was nicknamed "Half Pint." The series theme song was titled "The Little House" and was written and conducted by David Rose. The ending theme music, also written by Rose, originally appeared as a piece of incidental music in a later-season episode of Michael Landon's previous long-running series, Bonanza. Interior shots were filmed at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, while exteriors were largely filmed at the nearby Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley, where the town of Walnut Grove had been constructed. Many other filming locations were also used during the course of the series, including Old Tucson Studios and Sonora, California. Many of the exterior shots of Walnut Grove and the other Minnesota towns shown in the series include noticeable mountainous terrain in the background scenery.
Maury Dexter (who was often an assistant director) directed 21 episodes, and Leo Penn directed the remaining three episodes. Post Little House, Arngrim continued working in TV shows and was an AIDS activist after her friend and on-screen husband Steve Tracy died from the horrific disease. Her last acting credit was in 2021’s Even in Dreams and on a TV short called Livin’ On a Prairie in 2017.
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Melissa Gilbert was perhaps the most famous child actor in the world during the show’s original run. She played the role of Laura Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie and first got her start in the industry as a child actress in the 1960s. She remembers the audition process with Michael Landon, who was already hugely successful from his role of Little Joe Cartwright on Bonanza. Laura recalls walking into the audition and him having this unbelievable glow that was captivating. She told Entertainment Weekly, that, “It’s trite to say, but he had me at hello.
He also acted with his sister in the 1979 made-for-TV movie The Miracle Worker. Rachel Lindsay met her husband, Danny Sanchez, on the Little House on the Prairie set. He lived nearby and would sneak onto the set to hang out with the rest of the cast and crew. In a Hallmark Home & Family reunion special, she told the story of how they first met and then reconnected 30 years later.
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While Richards hasn't given too many interviews about her time on the show, she has seemed happy enough to have it referenced here and there. In 2016, Richards even hosted a 17-episode "Little House" marathon on COZI TV, and had all positive things to say when NBC asked how she felt after being asked to host the marathon. She said, "I was really excited. It was such a fun show to be a part of."
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Rachel Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush stopped acting completely
In an interview with Pop Culture Retro, Labyorteaux looked back at being cast in the series. Everybody wanted to work on it, they wanted to work with Landon, they knew it was such a family crew and cast, and it was something that everyone strove to work towards. "I have to say with 100 percent conviction that one of the greatest gifts of my life was being cast on Little House on the Prairie," Gilbert said in a 2022 interview with Yahoo! Entertainment.
He continued to act, write, produce and direct until he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 1991. Sadly, Landon lost his cancer battle and died at the age of 54, less than three months after he was diagnosed. These original North American DVD sets included interviews with former cast members Alison Arngrim, Dabbs Greer and Dean Butler. Later copies of these original sets were distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment following their acquisition of Imavision, but these should not be confused with the Lionsgate re-releases described below. The DVD sets sold in the United Kingdom were released by Universal Playback (a Universal Studios Home Entertainment label); this version is in PAL color and coded for region 2. Unlike the original North American DVD sets, the UK version contains mostly uncut episodes.
Doherty has openly shared her experience of living with breast cancer since her initial diagnosis in 2015. She spoke with PEOPLE in a November 2023 cover story, revealing that the Stage 4 cancer has spread to her bones. In 2023, the actor and director launched Let's Be Clear with Shannen Doherty, a podcast that reflects on her life and career.
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