Karen Grassle

Karen Grassle (born 25 February, 1942, in Berkeley, California) is an American actress, best known from the role of Caroline Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie TV-series. Her mother was a restaurant manager, and her father managed a gas station.

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Karen Grassle graduated from high school in 1960, serving as the student body's vice-president, and she then entered the University of California at Berkeley intending to major in English. She switched to drama, and graduated with her bachelor's degree in 1964. She received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and eventually became head of its Voice Department.

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Her first acting job in New York City was in the Gingham Tree, and she began calling herself "Gabriel Tree". Using this name, she auditioned for the role of the mother, Caroline Ingalls, in Little House on the Prairie, and won the part against 47 other candidates. Michael Landon convinced her to revert to her birth name.

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The series ran for eight seasons, from 1974 to 1982.

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She was married to Leon Russom. In 1982, she married J. Alan Radford. After the series ended, she moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where she remained active in theater. She would later become co-founder of Sante Fe?s Resource Theatre Company, also serving as the art director. Eventually, she moved back to California, where she lives with her adopted daughter.

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