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Little House on the Prairie – 70 & 80s TV Series

Little House on the Prairie is 70s & 80s Western historical drama television series, starring Michael LandonMelissa GilbertKaren Grassle, and Melissa Sue Anderson, about a family living on a farm in Plum Creek near Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s.

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Cast

  • Michael Landon
  • Melissa Gilbert
  • Karen Grassle
  • Melissa Sue Anderson
  • Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush
  • Matthew Labyorteaux
  • Richard Bull
  • Katherine MacGregor
  • Alison Arngrim
  • Jonathan Gilbert

Series Run

September 11, 1974 – March 21, 1983

Broadcast History

NBC

Plot

The show is an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder‘s best-selling series of Little House books.

More info at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_House_on_the_Prairie_(TV_series)

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