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Little House on the Prairie ()

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The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.
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  • Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 13 wins & 44 nominations.
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  Laura Ingalls / ... (204 episodes, 1974-1983)
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  Charles Ingalls / ... (186 episodes, 1974-1983)
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  Caroline Ingalls (182 episodes, 1974-1982)
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  Carrie Ingalls / ... (182 episodes, 1974-1982)
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  Carrie Ingalls / ... (182 episodes, 1974-1982)
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  Mary Ingalls / ... (162 episodes, 1974-1981)
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  Harriet Oleson (152 episodes, 1974-1983)
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  Nels Oleson (145 episodes, 1974-1983)
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  Willie Oleson (138 episodes, 1974-1983)
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  Dr. Hiram Baker (113 episodes, 1974-1983)
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  Nellie Oleson / ... (104 episodes, 1974-1982)
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  Albert Quinn Ingalls / ... (88 episodes, 1976-1983)
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  Reverend Robert Alden (77 episodes, 1974-1983)
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  Almanzo James Wilder (65 episodes, 1979-1983)
Ruth Foster ...
  Melinda Foster / ... (61 episodes, 1974-1983)
Brenda Turnbaugh ...
  Grace Ingalls (60 episodes, 1978-1982)
Wendi Turnbaugh ...
  Grace Ingalls (60 episodes, 1978-1982)
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  Isaiah Edwards (58 episodes, 1974-1983)
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  Jonathan Garvey (51 episodes, 1977-1981)
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  Eva Beadle / ... (45 episodes, 1974-1978)
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  Andrew 'Andy' Garvey (44 episodes, 1977-1981)
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  Lars Hanson (41 episodes, 1974-1978)
Ketty Lester ...
  Hester-Sue Terhune / ... (40 episodes, 1977-1983)
Carl Pitti ...
  Townsman / ... (40 episodes, 1974-1983)
Jack Lilley ...
  Townsman / ... (37 episodes, 1974-1983)
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  Adam Kendall (35 episodes, 1978-1981)
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  Alice Garvey / ... (35 episodes, 1976-1980)
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  Nancy Oleson (33 episodes, 1981-1983)
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  Grace Snider Edwards / ... (24 episodes, 1974-1979)
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  James Cooper Ingalls / ... (21 episodes, 1981-1982)
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  Cassandra Cooper Ingalls / ... (21 episodes, 1981-1982)
Leslie Landon ...
  Etta Plum / ... (20 episodes, 1975-1983)
Michelle Downey ...
  Susan 'Sue' Goodspeed / ... (20 episodes, 1978-1981)
Cindy Moore ...
  Tall Schoolgirl / ... (20 episodes, 1974-1977)
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  John Carter (19 episodes, 1982-1983)
Jaye Durkus ...
  Townsman / ... (19 episodes, 1974-1981)
Lindsay Kennedy ...
  Jeb Carter (18 episodes, 1982-1983)
David Friedman ...
  Jason Carter (18 episodes, 1982-1983)
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  Jenny Wilder (18 episodes, 1982-1983)
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  Eliza Jane Wilder (18 episodes, 1979-1982)
Brian Part ...
  Carl Sanderson Edwards / ... (18 episodes, 1975-1977)
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  Alicia Sanderson Edwards / ... (18 episodes, 1975-1982)
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  Sarah Reed Carter (15 episodes, 1982-1983)
Dan McBride ...
  Customer #1 / ... (12 episodes, 1978-1982)
Steve Tracy ...
  Percival Isaac Cohen Dalton / ... (11 episodes, 1980-1981)
Arnold Roberts ...
  Townsman / ... (11 episodes, 1974-1980)
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  Christy Kennedy (10 episodes, 1974-1975)
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  Hans Dorfler (9 episodes, 1974-1980)
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  Townsman / ... (9 episodes, 1978-1982)
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  Rose Wilder (9 episodes, 1982-1983)

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Plot Summary

A long-running drama based on the "Little House" book series by Laura Ingalls Wilder follows the lives of the simple, farming Ingalls family: Charles, Caroline, Mary, Laura, Carrie, Grace, and the later adopted Albert, James, and Cassandra, who settle into a quaint little house on the banks of Plum Creek near the small town of Walnut Grove, Minnesota during the late 1800s. Often narrated by Laura, the series follows her simple farm upbringing from her childhood until her adulthood with Almanzo Wilder with whom she starts a family of her own. While the series is based on the "Little House" book series (and thus the real life of author Laura Ingalls Wilder), it is a very loose adaptation, with mostly only key events and elements of fact surviving the transition from book to TV series, the most important being Mary's eventual blindness, and Laura's future. Several other fictitious (some factual) characters make up the friendly town of Walnut Grove, including teacher Miss Beadle (succeeded by two other teachers, then Laura, then Etta Plum), Dr. Hiram Baker, Rev. Robert Alden, Mr. Hanson (of the Hanson lumber mill), and the well-to-do Olesons, owners of the local mercantile, and also the primary rivals of the Ingalls family (except the Oleson patriarch). Family friends include the Edwards, Garveys, and Carters, who, in the final season, move into the Ingalls' little house. Written by Ondre Lombard

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Also Known As
  • Little House: A New Beginning (United States)
  • L.H.O.T.P. (World-wide, English title)
  • La petite maison dans la prairie (France)
  • Unsere kleine Farm (Germany)
  • La casa de la pradera (Spain)
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  • 60 min
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Trivia After the show moved to MGM studios from Paramount, the production moved onto Stage 15, the largest soundstage on the lot. When Ray Bolger guest appeared in season five he removed flooring from part of the studio where an old, defunct oil heater had been torn out and uncovered part of the Yellow Brick Road from The Wizard of Oz (1939), (in which he famously played the Scarecrow,) which was still intact. the children and cast were extremely excited when Bolger showed it to them. See more »
Goofs After 'Nellie's' restaurant is renamed 'Caroline's', the name in the window goes back and forth between the two in subsequent episodes. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Michael Landon/Carl Reiner/Joanna Cassidy/Gloria Loring (1974). See more »
Quotes Mrs. Oleson: [to her husband, who is holding a shotgun, when they catch daughter Nellie with her new husband] Nels - make her a WIDOW!
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