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'''Alison Arngrim''' (b. January 18, 1962) is a [[New York]] born actress and stand up comedian. She is best known for playing [[Nellie Oleson Dalton]] on ''[[Little House on the Prairie]]''.
 
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==Biography==
Arngrim appeared in guest roles on television series such as ''The Love Boat'' and ''Fantasy Island''. She was also a frequent panelist on the short-lived [[NBC]] game show MatchGame/Hollywood Squares Hour. She made a comedy record album in which she portrayed first daughter Amy Carter.
 
 
'''Alison Arngrim''' is a [[New York]]-born actress and stand up comedian. She is best known for playing [[Nellie Oleson Dalton]] on ''[[Little House on the Prairie]]''.
   
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==Personal Life==
She currently does charity work in addition to performance. She focuses on AIDS issues and on child abuse, speaking frequently for and lobbying with the group PROTECT. In 2004, she came out as an incest survivor on ''Larry King Live''. Although she refused to name her attacker, she clarified that it was neither of her parents. She also revealed that the attacker was apprehended, but the courts were unable to prepare charges as the statute of limitations had run out.
 
 
Alison married musician Robert Paul Schoonover on November 6, 1993. They live in Los Angeles.
   
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She currently does charity work in addition to performance. She focuses on AIDS issues and on child abuse, speaking frequently for and lobbying with the group PROTECT.
Alison's father, Thor Arngrim, was a well-known Hollywood manager. Her mother, Norma MacMillan, was a well-known voice actress, who provided the voices for characters on ''Casper the Friendly Ghost'', ''Gumby'', ''Davey and Goliath'', and many other animated programs. Her brother Stefan Arngrim was also a child actor.
 
   
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In 2004, she came out as an incest survivor on ''Larry King Live''. Although she refused to name her attacker, she clarified that it was neither of her parents. However, in 2010, Arngrim published her autobiography, titled [[Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated]]. In the book, she publicly identified her childhood attacker as her older brother, Stefan.
Alison married musician Robert Paul Schoonover on November 6, 1993. They live in Los Angeles.
 
   
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Arngrim regularly keeps in contact with her friend Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie. She occasionally appears at Little House on the Prairie reunion events and autograph shows.
==Credits==
 
* ''Room 222'': Beth
 
* ''Throw Out the Anchor!'': Stevie
 
* ''Fantasy Island'': Lisa Blake
 
* ''The Love Boat'': Becky Daniels
 
* ''I Married Wyatt Earp'': Amy
 
* ''For the Love of May'': Jude
 
* ''The Last Place on Earth'': Party Toast
 
* ''Surge of Power'': Cameo
 
* ''Deal, Le'': Edith
 
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
* [http://www.hgd.com/alison/ Official site]
 
* [http://www.hgd.com/alison/ Official site]
 
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036274/ IMDb]
 
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036274/ IMDb]
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* [http://www.nndb.com/people/883/000110553/ NNDB]
   
 
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Latest revision as of 02:04, 14 July 2012

Alison Margaret Arngrim
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Personal Information
Sex/Gender: Female
Born: January 18, 1962
Series Information

Biography

Alison Arngrim is a New York-born actress and stand up comedian. She is best known for playing Nellie Oleson Dalton on Little House on the Prairie.

Personal Life

Alison married musician Robert Paul Schoonover on November 6, 1993. They live in Los Angeles.

She currently does charity work in addition to performance. She focuses on AIDS issues and on child abuse, speaking frequently for and lobbying with the group PROTECT.

In 2004, she came out as an incest survivor on Larry King Live. Although she refused to name her attacker, she clarified that it was neither of her parents. However, in 2010, Arngrim published her autobiography, titled Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated. In the book, she publicly identified her childhood attacker as her older brother, Stefan.

Arngrim regularly keeps in contact with her friend Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie. She occasionally appears at Little House on the Prairie reunion events and autograph shows.

External links

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