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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 & 43 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 / ... (39 episodes, 1974-1983)
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  Adam Kendall (35 episodes, 1978-1981)
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  Alice Garvey / ... (35 episodes, 1976-1980)
Jack Lilley ...
  Townsman / ... (35 episodes, 1974-1983)
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  Nancy Oleson (33 episodes, 1981-1983)
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  Grace Snider Edwards / ... (25 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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  John Sanderson Edwards / ... (8 episodes, 1975-1977)

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Plot Summary

A long-running drama based upon the "Little House" series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Little House on the Prairie" follows the lives of the simple, farming Ingalls family: Charles, Caroline, Mary, Laura, Carrie and then 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 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 upon the Little House books (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 community 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 family, the Garvey family and the 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 MGM acquired the show from Paramount, the crew tore up old sets that were used for MGM productions to make room for the new sets that were needed for the show. When Michael Landon removed flooring from one of the old sets, he uncovered the Yellow Brick Road from The Wizard of Oz (1939), which was still intact. Melissa Gilbert and the other kids got extremely excited when they recognised it. See more »
Goofs Featured prominently in at least two episodes ("The Monster of Walnut Grove" and "The Music Box"), restless tree branches are seen and heard immediately outside the front upstairs window, next to the girls' bed. But at no point in the show did any such tree ever exist that close to the house. 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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