Katherine MacGregor
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Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor (b. January 12, 1925 in Glendale, California
) is an American
television actress. She is best-known for her comic performance as Harriet Oleson from 1974 to 1983 on the NBC
television series Little House on the Prairie
.
Mrs. Oleson was at the same time both onerous and endearing to children and adults alike, as audiences watched her character practice self-aggrandizement, usually to her own detriment. After Little House on the Prairie, Katherine MacGregor withdrew from screen productions in favor of local theater.
She was briefly married to actor Bert Remsen
.
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television actress. She is best-known for her comic performance as Harriet Oleson from 1974 to 1983 on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
television series Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books...
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Mrs. Oleson was at the same time both onerous and endearing to children and adults alike, as audiences watched her character practice self-aggrandizement, usually to her own detriment. After Little House on the Prairie, Katherine MacGregor withdrew from screen productions in favor of local theater.
She was briefly married to actor Bert Remsen
Bert Remsen
Herbert Birchell "Bert" Remsen was an American actor.-Life and career:Remsen was born in Glen Cove, New York, on Long Island, the son of Helen and Winfred Herbert Remsen. He played character roles in numerous films directed by Robert Altman, including: Brewster McCloud , McCabe & Mrs...
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