Nellie was my all time favorite character! Best line, when Mother buys her the restaurant "But who's...going...to do...the COOKING?"

@gingerdurbin9425

5 жыл бұрын

Then.... the ‘help wanted’ sign

@deletedleaf2688

5 жыл бұрын

Ahahaaa! I read that hearing her voice! Perfect! 👌😂

@LilyZerep

5 жыл бұрын

😂lmao! Reminds me of one of my favorite lines when some random customer from the restaurant was demanding warm bread. Nellie gives that guy an ugly look, shouts "COMING RIGHT UP!" And throws bread at the guy, knocking him over 😂😂😂

@deletedleaf2688

5 жыл бұрын

Lily Zerep I have to find that now! 😂

@deletedleaf2688

5 жыл бұрын

Lily Zerep I kind of remember the guy who kept getting burnt food and stuff everyday, and then he was so happy when mrs ingalls started cooking 😂 I wonder if it is the same guy haha!

Allison is proof that it’s good to have a youthful soul as you get older. It’s okay to be silly and have fun.

@lindacarbone9576

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 💯 indeed age is a mind over matter an it doesn't matter if you stay happy humble excited for others kind it's however we want to grow ? just take dear sweet Betty White for example or good ole Nelly who is complete opposite of her character as an actress God bless them be happy and enjoy life never let anyone steal your thunder

@ninamartinez5171

3 жыл бұрын

@@lindacarbone9576 That's some sound advice Nina. Thank you 😊

Can we all just agree that Alison is 100% awesome and that we need more people like her in the world.

@agnesholingue994

Жыл бұрын

100% agree!❤💙

@vernareid4738

11 ай бұрын

Agree

@kimhorton9836

6 ай бұрын

Yes! I love her. She seems like so much fun!!

I had the honor of working with her back in the day for an aids benefit, she was as gracious as she is on here.

@The_Whimsical_Stenographer

3 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@Rest65432

2 ай бұрын

Met Alison at a book signing years ago She was very funny and kind. lots of good stories.

She really did a fantastic job as Nelly!

@lindacarbone9576

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 💯 she sure did. Thank you for your comment.

What a wonderful lady!!! God bless all of her work she puts toward keeping children safe!!!!

@cSsm65

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! She is wonderful and will be blessed. She is down to earth and humble too, which is great!

@bethboho9633

5 жыл бұрын

Is the woman who play the mother on little house still,alive?

@monalisasmile6629

5 жыл бұрын

@@bethboho9633 yes, both Karen Grassle and Katherine McGregor are still alive. (Caroline Ingalls and Harriet Olsen).

@lalalalalalwlla

5 жыл бұрын

@@monalisasmile6629 Katherine McGregor passed away at the end of 2018.

@monalisasmile6629

5 жыл бұрын

Vedran Iljazović oh no! Really! I had no idea! Ahhh another cast member gone! Thank you for letting me know.

The girl you loved to hate. The wheel chair scene was the best!

My grandparents lived next door to Michael Landon’s in-laws. So, I got invited to watch the filming one time. It was a location shoot. I met both Melissas. ( Laura And Mary) They were friendly and very gracious. And I met Michael Landon. He had more energy than anyone I’ve ever seen. He directed everything. He also played ping pong 🏓 all through lunch. I was amazed by how hard everyone worked.

@lindacarbone9576

3 жыл бұрын

Wow that's awesome good for you im sure that's a wonderful memorie you have like ive said i still watch little house on the Prairie today it's one of the few shows im able to enjoy the actors and actresses who didn't let hollywood go to their heads im certainly thankful to God almighty for that. Thank you for sharing your story again that's absolutely wonderful im sure you will never forget that beautiful day ? i don't know what i would have done if i was ever face to face with Michael Landon i always had the biggest crush on him grown up i used to say i was going to marry him LOL 😅 so i probably would have made a fool out of myself ? oh well lucky you i would be lying if i didn't say im a little jealous of you hahaha

@MaryEverling

Ай бұрын

Coolbeans

Out of all the actors/actresses that were on Little House on the Prairie, her interviews are the best. She is just hilarious. Makes total sense she went on to do standup comedy.

She's absolutely delightful.

The show was such a blessing when I was growing up. It was a wonderful show! I absolutely love her, what a hero she turned out to be.

@user-vj7sv1cr8b

Жыл бұрын

She's fifty-two that makes you 31 and you was a conservative., You must have had your own struggles?!

She has so much energy,..seems like she'd be fun to hang out with!

@thought-provokingvideos5464

4 жыл бұрын

When I was little -- 40 years ago -- she came and visited this little Montreal depanneur that was opening.. OMG she was this teenage darling and just as fun as now 😘

@jamestropicals8262

3 жыл бұрын

She really still has her Nellie voice

Shes so cute! Her look and personality.

@lindacarbone9576

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed i agree she's kinda of adorable or at least that's what i think

I hated when "Nellie" moved and the character never returned. "Nancy" was just annoying.

@Sealust50

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@LolaClo

5 жыл бұрын

Nancy was a poor copy of Nellie. She never rose to Nellie’s level

@jenniferjackson9375

5 жыл бұрын

Yes! Constantly saying “you hate me!” Ughhhh

@MissAmy2913

5 жыл бұрын

The Nellie character was maliable and had a chance for redemption; which she did once she married. Nancy didn’t have a redeemable bone in her body. One of my favorite story lines was when Nellie and her husband come back and Nellie sees how rough it was to raise her by watching her mother try to deal with Nancy.

@alieellersmith

5 жыл бұрын

UGH I forgot about Nancy, I wanted to murder her 😂😂😂 I thought Nellie was bad, Nancy is terrible

The fact people can still recognize her as Nellie Olson just shows how absolutely amazing of an actress she is. What an Icon!

I was not born when Little House originally aired but I grew up watching series in reruns and own a lot of the dvds. I love all the cast. Also, I think Michael Landon was a great man and easy on the eyes as well.

I love Allison. ❤️ Her personality and her sense of humor is just amazing :)

So sorry Allison was abused in her past. She seems like an awesome person!

@vikingrolloishot1789

2 жыл бұрын

Really omg

@LilyZerep

2 жыл бұрын

@@vikingrolloishot1789 Yeah she was molested as a child by her older brother 😔

@vikingrolloishot1789

2 жыл бұрын

@@LilyZerep wow omg I’m so sorry that happened to her I myself am a survivor also. I don’t wish it on anyone

@LilyZerep

2 жыл бұрын

@@vikingrolloishot1789 I'm so sorry that happened to you 😔

She's great. What a wonderful person. Her and Melissa really made that show.

@bailey12354

3 жыл бұрын

But which Melisa?????

@suepost9026

3 жыл бұрын

@@bailey12354 Melissa Gilbert

@JamesSmith-jq6om

2 жыл бұрын

@@bailey12354 Melissa Gilbert. Her and Alison were best friends but both have clearly said that they did not get along with Melissa Anderson at all.

@Sceneyour

2 жыл бұрын

Eugene Orowitz had nothing to do with it tho.

@Sceneyour

2 жыл бұрын

Michel Landon played a small role

Can't believe it's taken me 40+ years to find out she's such an astonishingly cool person.

Read Melissa's book "Prairie Days" too - she talks about their being best friends on the set. I loved everything about that show.

Love this so much! She does an amazing job with the same old questions she must hear millions of times over....”was that really a wig” and “were you and Laura friends” and “What was Michael Landon like” and “Didn’t you audition for Laura and Mary originally?” She has a great personality and just seems like a fun person.

Alison has always been amazing in interviews. I love her.

As a kid Laura was my favorite. As an adult Mrs. Oleson and Nellie are my favorite. Mrs. Oleson was so talented. So comical, yet believable. Nellie was too. My favorite part was when Percival was teaching Nellie how to separate the eggs and she told him he should write a book "short cuts to cooking." She just kept calling him short. Then when she realized she loved him, she squat walked to make herself shorter and he thought she was mocking his height. Her growing up years were memorable, but when she got that restaurant, that was so great!

I smiled so much while I watched this my cheeks hurt.

@mrsTraveller64

5 жыл бұрын

so did the lady who is sitting behind "Nellie"...

@haroldthompson7580

5 жыл бұрын

@@mrsTraveller64 looòlip nikki unto

@mrmrsralphiesasmr777

5 жыл бұрын

Lavender Child SAME 😆😆😆😆

Still watch this show almost every single day and love it

@beaky3178

5 жыл бұрын

remembering jazziedog so do I!!

@GeorgeMaster-xg7lg

2 ай бұрын

​@@beaky3178on COZI TV.

My Mom used to say that when u hate a character on tv that it is because they are a great actress or actor. Nellie was mean but she was a good mean, I loved the whole show & I am now watching the reruns that are on tv. Nice to see the shows again.

@CrystalM1917

Жыл бұрын

Yes! To me you could tell even in character that she was nothing like Nellie in real life but also Nellie the character wasn't truly mean, she wanted to be liked and didn't know how to make people like her. On the other hand, Nancy the character was pure mean, lol. 😅 funnily enough, the actress who played her is named Allison too! Melissa and Allison must have been the top girl names in the 60s-70s.

She really has got one of the sweetest pair of eyes - very very beautiful !! Melissa and Allison are best friends in reality - they really had great fun to act in little house on the prairie. I also loved Allison in the episode the return of Nellie - what a beautiful matured young lady she had been there !! Oh I still love and watch this show - I am 60 years old now and watched it first in the 1970s. Later I watched it together with my children almost every autumn - it is so cosy and comforting !! Now I started to watch it with my grandchildren .... Lots of love from Germany !! ❤🍃

Great actresses come and go, but when you but when you can make so many people dislike you at such an early age there's real talent there. Alison's a great person. I'm glad that she is helping other children. She's the most wonderful person ever for that job.

@agoogleuser4443

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. To convince the entire world you are the polar opposite of your real personality is great acting!

Nellie Olson and her crazy mother were what made the show entirely amazing!! I would watch this show with my daughter when she was very young and I'd say to her Hey, its time for" little house" and she'd say Good, I hope Nellie Olson's in this one!

@sheilaboring1642

5 жыл бұрын

I love the interviews with Nels and Harriett.

@tamara8908

5 жыл бұрын

I still have some LHOTP VHS and a player to watch them on!

@deletedleaf2688

5 жыл бұрын

tamara I have the entire DVD set also lol I still pull them out every now and then. Vision TV still airs reruns.

I loved to hate Nellie!

@rebeccalavoy6655

5 жыл бұрын

Me too, lol! I love the role of overbearing mother in laws too 😂

@lucindamobley5492

5 жыл бұрын

I loved it when Nellie finally started being nice when she fell in love with Percival.

@lucindamobley5492

5 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Appleton Probably why they brought in Nancy. They had to even out the sweetness with her own brand of sourness.

I used to watch that show with my mom. 😢 Was nice to see Nellie! Seems like a great lady.

This woman is awesome! She also said once that Michael Landon made sure everybody on set was home by 6pm every day so they could be with their family.

I still love Little House to this day!! Even though Nellie was horrid, Alison did such an amazing job acting her character!! Can you imagine Little House WITHOUT Nellie Olsen???!!!

@lianelayman7577

5 жыл бұрын

My grandmother loved the show.

@m.e.d.7997

2 жыл бұрын

Or without Harriet.

I love her character on Little House

I couldn't help it I loved Nellie. It wasnt her fault her mom spoiled her so much. She got nice once she met a boyfriend. She just needed some love.

Love her. She is so funny. Nellie was one of my favorite characters. I never missed an episode.

I luv that show - I still watch it every day

Nellie and Harriet Oleson were the spice back then on the show.

It was great seeing Alison after all these years ! Her voice still sounds like Nelly at times .. She's Beautiful 💕 And great to know they all got along so well .. She played her part very well !!

pa ingalls was a gorgeous man!

@nikiannecoleman

5 жыл бұрын

Samantha Evans He sure was.

@gkarenstratton

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. And loved it. Soo too bad what he did to his wife tho. Pretty much took himself off that pedastal. Glad she became a CHRISTian as a result ... AND Michael Jr. God really does work in people's 🤗 most horrible, painful times.

@brookehanley3659

5 жыл бұрын

I never though Karen Grassley was beautiful enough for him.

@gkarenstratton

5 жыл бұрын

@@brookehanley3659 I read that she was the only one he wanted. Saw her inner beauty and talent, portraying a sweet and good mother. He made certain that in the scripts she was treated the way he thought a woman should be.

@su-rv2uq

5 жыл бұрын

But not a nice man. He abused his children and abandoned one wife and family after another.

Every time we check our chicken barn for eggs we joke around saying "country girrrrls". Lol

@deletedleaf2688

5 жыл бұрын

MacPilly Homestead LOL I never understood that “long legged snipes” insult from that episode 🤷‍♀️

@anyajohnson4099

4 жыл бұрын

@@deletedleaf2688 that comes from the books. Since kids grow so quickly, girls had "grow stripes" which was just extra fabric folded at the bottom of dresses. When the girls grew, Caroline would lower the length of their dresses to cover their legs. However, when they went to Walnut Grove, there was no more room at the bottom of their dresses, and there was no time or money to make dresses right away. And the girls had no shoes. So, when Laura and Mary showed up to the first day of school, with very short dresses and no shoes, they were called long legged snipes.

I always knew she was a cool gal.

My fav episode: “Here come the brides” . I love it when Nellie says to the pig farmer, “I don’t know enough to be a wife, or that I’m good enough for you.” It makes her less one dimensional. She knew she was shallow and there was a human being in there trying to get out.

@haleytrent77

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!

@LilyZerep

10 ай бұрын

Yes! I loved how Nellie had little moments when she was nice and humble. When she was with Luke, that made her nicer. I loved watching her hold hands with him, smile at him and didn't even care that he was a pig farmer 🥰

She is awesome!

@dannyhuffman

Жыл бұрын

Hi Wendy hope you’re okay?

I need her energy! So glad she is not at all like her character in real life!

@octo.lina69

5 жыл бұрын

Why would she be?😂

@peggycreek449

5 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Wilson wouldn't that be terrible.!

I wanna meet her!! I loved nellie. LHOTP is my all time favorite show. Lots of likable characters, even nellie!!

@peggycreek449

5 жыл бұрын

Jacinta Morrison I really liked Nells. He was always so laid back and calm. How he ever put up with bitchy Harriet I'll never know. 😞😒

She has such great stories!! We all grew up with this wonderful show!

@cocoaorange1

3 жыл бұрын

I really liked it back in the day!

@dannyhuffman

Жыл бұрын

Hi Sharon hope you’re okay?

Thank you, Allison. ❤

Megyn Kelly sure loves Little House on the Prairie

@brookehanley3659

5 жыл бұрын

Megyn was at an age where she would have watched this when it first aired as a little girl. Started in 1974.September.

@merricat3025

5 жыл бұрын

@@brookehanley3659 on a different show she said she watched it as an adult also. I think it was when she was working as a lawyer.

@brookehanley3659

5 жыл бұрын

I think MANY adults do watch it. I know I do!!

@merricat3025

5 жыл бұрын

@@brookehanley3659 I've watched as an adult too. When I was a kid we used to call it little mouse on the ferry. My mom wanted to watch it so we used to watch it when I was growing up

@anyajohnson4099

4 жыл бұрын

I'm 17 and its my favorite show!

She looks so good!

Refreshing. She did that wonderful role and has parlayed it into a career. Good for her. I like her too.

She has bundles of energy. Love her.

I prefer listening to her than melissa gilbert. Down to earth and a pleasure to listen to.

@wingsmith9003

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed, agreed !!!!

@mike856ms

5 жыл бұрын

It's not a competition.

@phyllismontoroula6454

4 жыл бұрын

Melissa and Alison are great friends

Thank you for speaking out about child abuse ! It should not hurt to be a child... I KNOW

@dannyhuffman

Жыл бұрын

Hi Judith hope you’re okay?

I did not know that she had been sexually and physically abused as a child..that's great that she's helping with that cause because it's so important to bring awareness to it..I am a survivor of child abuse and I try to support causes that help the children and survivors when I can..I REALLY disliked that Nellie Olsen character,she was THE WORST..but I always thought Alison Arngrim was a pretty girl..and she's still pretty 😊

@wendyburke2210

5 жыл бұрын

I read her book !! if you haven't read it , i highly recommend you get it . it's fantastic !! unread it cover

@wendyburke2210

5 жыл бұрын

i read her book .her brother molested her , got her into drugs . this is s strong woman . a real survivor . the book is fantastic !!!! A+++

@carolboyce6055

5 жыл бұрын

Sexual abuse is a horrible crime, but when it happens to children, it becomes a different monster, and especially when its your own brother. Brothers are suppose to protect sisters.

@dimnedel3366

5 жыл бұрын

@@carolboyce6055 her brother do this think ? 😢

@perryscollectorscorner2380

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, her brother was Stefan Arngrim who was a member of the cast of a sci-fi tv series from the late 60's called Land of the Giants.

What a wonderful, talented women and actress and comic entertainer . Love her 💖

Yes yes yes, the wheelchair episode on Little House was my favorite. That cast was the best. I watched that show on re runs for years. Love it.

Kelly's FUNNY AND VERY Talented!!THANKYOU ALLISON FOR HELPING OUR CHILDREN!

@dannyhuffman

Жыл бұрын

Hi Beverly hope you’re okay?

Megyn is straight fan girling in this segment 😂🙌🏼🙌🏼

We love Nellie, and Alison even more.

What a great show. Nellie and Mrs. Olson had us in stitches constantly. Boy do I miss it!

Love you Alison! You were so deliciously mean! Had to edit to say, I didn't know you were sexually and physically abused, and fight for the rights of children now! I have even MORE respect for you! Blessings!

My big crush on Little House was of course Melissa Sue Anderson, but I had a thing for Nellie Olsen the bad girl

@octo.lina69

5 жыл бұрын

You're not too bad yourself😍

@TT-rz5td

4 жыл бұрын

So did you marry a Mary or a Nellie?

I like her!!

Wonderful kind woman. Now had dedicated herself to helping abused children. God bless her.

I read her book that she wrote years ago when it first came out. It's really good reading!!!!

@merricat3025

5 жыл бұрын

After reading people saying it's good book I might actually get it

@cocoaorange1

3 жыл бұрын

Many of the cast members wrote memoirs, I hope to read them someday.

Allison is a Beautiful energetic person and God Bless her.. But secretly...(I like Nellie better) 😏😏

She deserves many awards for playing Nellie. Loved that show…still watch it to this day. Lol!

She's much nicer than Melissa Gilbert.

@genevievemarie9427

5 жыл бұрын

She's so bubbly!😁

@Sealust50

5 жыл бұрын

Interestingly SO!!! Who would have thought?

@51Saffron

5 жыл бұрын

How would you know? People in interviews are not necessarily the same off screen, and some people put on a likeable persona. Unless you know her personally you really can't judge.

@ps4455

5 жыл бұрын

Melissa, is that you??

@TheKonga88

5 жыл бұрын

@@genevievemarie9427 She has more bubbles than Bazooka Joe 😂😂😂😂😂😘😘😘😘😘😘🐒🐒🐒🐒🐻🐻🐻🐻😂😂😂😂

Allison and Melissa G. Should get a show again together. On cbs comedy

If you remember the 60s TV show "Land of the Giants", Alison's brother and abuser Stefan Arngrim played the little boy on that show

@sheilaboring1642

5 жыл бұрын

I read that somewhere. So glad she turned out to be a well rounded person!

Her voice is the same 🙂

@snooooopycomehome

5 жыл бұрын

I thought the same EXACT thing!

@brentcoleman1393

5 жыл бұрын

C

@lauraramone6683

3 жыл бұрын

So is Melissa Gilbert’s.

How Nellie changed after falling In love and marrying Perceval.

@m.e.d.7997

2 жыл бұрын

Great pair. Perfect for each other. He reigned her in.

@dannyhuffman

Жыл бұрын

Hi Pam hope you’re okay?

Loved Nellie. Little House on the Prairie is one of the all time greats

The girl you absolutely loved to hate because she played a villain so well😂. Many of us grew to love her❤.

I read her book and it was soooooooo good! To think I spent so many years "hating" her (-:

@cmck2021

5 жыл бұрын

The peer we love to hate!!!

@peggycreek449

5 жыл бұрын

Adanna Campbell she's one of those ppl. You love to hate. Sort of like JR. on Dallas.

I just checked out her book from the library yesterday (02/26/24). And started reading it last night.

@crmay72

2 ай бұрын

How do you like it so far? I'm thinking about ordering it online!

She seems like an awesome, genuine person. I really like her.

She's fantastic! The fact that she read for both Laura and Mary and was passed is enough to discourage anyone. But to be called back and read for "Nellie" and to be hired on the spot is difficult for any child actor. She knew that she would be disliked around the world. It was a tough hire. But she did it. To her credit, she handled it well, became a world famous villain and still talks about it fondly. She used all of her experiences to help others in need. The woman behind "Nellie Olson" is actually a very nice helpful person.

“Confessions of a Prairie B*tch” 😂 I love that title.

I loved that show as a kid I still watch it now and then. So many wonderful actors and actresses on the show. I love seeing interviews when they talk about the series and what went on with certain episodes or how the other costars were.

What a lovely person she is.

Nellie Oleson was one of my favorite characters'..she was a piece of work lol

I’m listening to her book now. I find myself laughing out loud listening to it..🤣 She wrote a really great book. Incredible..🤣

Alison Arngrim is hilarious! She used to do stand up in LA and I loved seeing her.

Nelly is one of the most memorable characters of 70s television

I know. No one could replace Nellie. Nellie had a good side on the show. Nancy though was far more evil than Nellie ever was

We love Alison and the series!

She was so great as Nellie ....perfectly mean, jealous, up to no good and trouble 😂 simply amazing! She played Nellie so well its hard for me to think shes any other personality than the one I grew up watching😂😂😂 The shows always had a lesson to be learned and meaning and these days I'm just not seeing that kind of (innocent) quality such a huge part of my childhood loved the whole cast...Amazing show! Michael Landon had a good heart as the shows reflected great quality viewing for everyone...He is missed

@Angela-zf8sn

Жыл бұрын

@@dannyhuffman what🤣😂😂

gosh, Alison seems so lovely! would enjoy meeting her and/or listening to her speak.

In the show, Nellie and Laura became friends in the later seasons right?

We need a person like her in France where children abused are, we can say, protecting by the laws... She's wonderful !

bless her

I met Alison Arngrim at a a book signing. She is absolutely funny and delightful person. I spoke French with her as I wanted to speak French with someone so I did.

Nellie is really bubbly and charismatic

She was hilarious as Nellie, especially the first episode with Percival.

Love her 🌺

Yay! My childhood!

I was bullied so I hated Nellie but as I watched her grow, I started to like her more and more. Then I wanted to find out who played her and I was so in awe that she is such a funny, happy, person with such a great personality. Knowing her and Laura were friends shows what a great actress she really was.