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Karen Trust Grassle Wiki Biography
Karen Trust Grassle (born February 25, 1942) is an American actress, best known for her role as Caroline Ingalls, the wife of Michael Landon’s character and the mother of Melissa Gilbert’s character, in the NBC television drama series Little House on the Prairie. IMDB Wikipedia $500 Thousand 1942 1942-2-25 5′ 6″ (1.68 m) Actress Battered (1978) Berkeley California Cocaine: One Man’s Seduction (1983) February 25 Karen Grassle Net Worth Karen Trust Grassle Little House on the Prairie (1974) Pisces U.S. Writer Wyatt Earp (1994)
Karen Trust Grassle Quick Info
Full Name
Karen Grassle
Net Worth
$500 Thousand
Date Of Birth
February 25, 1942
Died
April 20, 1924, De Smet, South Dakota, United States
Place Of Birth
Berkeley, California, U.S.
Height
5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Profession
Actress, Writer
Education
Ventura High School, University of California, Berkeley
Nationality
American, American
Spouse
Scott T. Sutherland, Charles Ingalls
Children
Lily Radford, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mary Ingalls, Carrie Ingalls, Grace Ingalls, Freddy Ingalls
Wyatt Earp, Cocaine: One Man’s Seduction, Harry’s War, Crisis in Mid-Air, Little House on the Prairie
TV Shows
Little House on the Prairie
Karen Trust Grassle Quotes
No. I never tell people how old I am. As an actor, it’s not in my interest.
[on the importance of having the right chemistry of either a series’ or a co-star]: No. Of course, it’s more fun if you and the other person work well together, but it’s not a requirement. I mean, you’re acting. You can have difficulties with each other because of ego or insecurity or advertising and billing, things that can annoy people or hurt their feelings, but you don’t let it get in the way of the work. That’s the thing.
Well, yes! But you have to put the work first. It can be quite painful if you don’t feel appreciated by your partner, or if you’re supposed to be wildly attracted to them and you’re not. But so what? We get to be actors. We are lucky to be able to work.
Karen Trust Grassle Important Facts
Good friend of Michael Landon.
She now lives in Pacific Palisades, California, with her adopted daughter, Lily. [2005]
Appearing in a commercial for “Premier” bathrooms. [January 2009]
She is a staunch liberal Democrat.
Played the mother of 5 children on Little House on the Prairie (1974), but never had any biological children of her own.
When she came to LA in 1973 for a never-completed movie project, she was calling herself “Gabriel Tree”, and it was under this name that she beat out 47 other actresses for the role of “Caroline Ingalls” in the long-running TV drama Little House on the Prairie (1974) (co-star Michael Landon convinced her to revert back to her given name of Karen Grassle).
In the late 1960s – hoping to boost her career, briefly changed her professional name to Kay Dillinger, claiming to be the illegitimate offspring of the notorious 1930s bank robber (who died ten years before she was born!).
She was known as the miracle baby in her family because, previous to her birth, her mother had 4 miscarriages.
Her father, Gene Grassle, ran a gas station and her mother managed a restaurant.
Her first New York break was the play “The Gingham Tree.” She had to borrow a dollar from a friend to go to the audition!
After Little House on the Prairie (1974) ended, she was featured as a guest star on various television shows and toured the country performing in numerous plays. Later on, she moved to Louisville, Kentucky, to continue her work in the theater. She was the co-founder and artistic director of Santa Fe’s Resource Theatre Company and starred in “Wit” at the Arizona Theater Company.
Won the role of Caroline Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974) out of 47 other actresses who also auditioned.
Inducted (as a cast member of Little House on the Prairie (1974)) into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1998.
2002 – Appeared on the “Memorable TV Moms” version of Weakest Link (2001), along with June Lockhart (Lassie (1954), Lost in Space (1965)), Jo Marie Payton (Family Matters (1989)), Pat Crowley (Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1965)), Janet Hubert (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)), Alley Mills (The Wonder Years (1988)), Carol Potter (Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)) and Beverly Garland (My Three Sons (1960)). Potter won.
A long-involved advocate for women’s rights, she wrote and co-starred in the mini-movie Battered (1978), which dealt with the issues of domestic violence.
Best known for her role as Caroline Ingalls, Michael Landon’s ranch wife on the TV series Little House on the Prairie (1974) for eight seasons.
Trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Graduated class valedictorian from Ventura High School in 1959.
Graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1964
Karen Trust Grassle Filmography
Title
Year
Status
Character
Role
Lasso
2017
post-production
Lillian
Actress
Where’s Roman?
2015
Short completed
Mysterious Woman (rumored)
Actress
My Greatest Teacher
2012
Aunt Dorothy
Actress
Tales of Everyday Magic
2012
Aunt Dorothy
Actress
Wyatt Earp
1994
Mrs. Sutherland
Actress
Murder, She Wrote
1987-1988
TV Series
Fay Hewitt / Christine Stoneham
Actress
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
1985
TV Movie
Ellen Foster Holland
Actress
Little House: The Last Farewell
1984
TV Movie
Caroline Ingalls
Actress
Hotel
1983
TV Series
Susan Walker
Actress
Cocaine: One Man’s Seduction
1983
TV Movie
Barbara Gant
Actress
Little House on the Prairie
1974-1982
TV Series
Caroline Ingalls
Actress
The Love Boat
1981
TV Series
Paula
Actress
Harry’s War
1981
Kathy
Actress
Little House Years
1979
TV Movie
Caroline Ingalls
Actress
Crisis in Mid-air
1979
TV Movie
Betsy Culver
Actress
Battered
1978
TV Movie
Susannah Hawks
Actress
The President’s Mistress
1978
TV Movie
The President’s Mistress / Donna Morton
Actress
Emily, Emily
1977
TV Movie
Terry
Actress
Gunsmoke
1974
TV Series
Fran
Actress
Love of Life
1951
TV Series
Bonnie Draper (early ’70s)
Actress
Battered
1978
TV Movie
Writer
Home & Family
2015
TV Series
Herself
Self
A Day in the Life of Little House
2015
Documentary
Herself
Self
Extra
2014
TV Series
Herself – Little House on the Prairie / Herself
Self
Today
2014
TV Series
Herself
Self
The Little House Phenomenon: A Place in Television History