Alison Arngrim
Author of Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated
About the Author
Alison Margaret Arngrim (born January 18, 1962 in New York, New York) is an American actress and stand-up comedian. Arngrim'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 show more Friendly Ghost, Gumby, Davey and Goliath, and many other beloved animated programs. Her brother Stefan Arngrim was also a child actor. Arngrim is possibly best known as a former child star, playing the role of Nellie Oleson in the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie. She had originally auditioned for the role of Laura Ingalls, and later Mary Ingalls, on Little House on The Prairie, but received the role of Nellie Oleson. Arngrim lives in Los Angeles now with her musician husband, Robert Paul Schoonover. In 2010, she published her autobiography, titled Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Alison Arngrim
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated (2010) — Author — 573 copies
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- 1962-01-18
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
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- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Occupations
- actor
- Relationships
- Macmillan, Norma (mother)
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- 573
- Popularity
- #43,720
- Rating
- 4.1
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- ISBNs
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This may well end up in my yearly top ten, especially as I kept laughing out loud while reading it. I've never met Ms. Arngrim (nor am I much of one to ever bother meeting celebrities) But if I had met her before this was published in a private mien, and I'm only going from what I read in the book, she may well have been someone I would have really enjoyed knowing - perhaps even to being a friend. She seems like a lot of fun.
Perhaps one day she'll write another book and we'll get to enjoy more of her literary talent.… (more)