If you hated Nellie Oleson as a kid, you were doing it right. And the actress who played her, Alison Arngrim, is delightfully the opposite. She’s a hilarious comedy queen, a fierce LGBTQ+ activist, and runs a podcast called The Alison Arngrim Show.
She also wrote a book with the perfect title: Confessions of a Prairie Bitch. Yes, really. She spills the tea on how she got the role, and how fans still yell “Go jump in the creek!” at her—and she laughs every time.
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Alison lives in California with her husband, and she’s basically the coolest aunt you never had. Remember when Nellie tried to steal Pa’s violin? Alison would now probably hand you a microphone and say “Sing along, darling!”