Little House on the Prairie Cast Then and Now | 52 Years Later, Who's Still Alive From Walnut Grove?

#castthenandnow #happydays #classictv Little House on the Prairie (1974) cast then and now: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson, Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush, Alison Arngrim, Katherine MacGregor, Victor French, Merlin Olsen and Dean Butler - 52 years after the pilot first aired. Seven of the eleven are still with us. Ma is 84, and Pa would have turned 90 on October 31. Michael Landon built Walnut Grove and blew it up at the end, because the land had to be given back. Alison Arngrim turned a hard childhood into a cause, lost her TV husband to AIDS, and turned up as Ida in the new Netflix series this summer. Melissa Sue Anderson moved to Montreal. Karen Grassle fought Landon over a raise and made peace before he died. Lindsay Greenbush married the boy she met on the set, at the same spot. And Melissa Gilbert, Landon's "Half Pint," still asks herself: "What would Mike do?" Which Little House on the Prairie episode do you still remember, and who did you watch it with? Tell us in the comments, and tell us where you are watching from. Sources: Wikipedia for dates and credits; ABC6/Sinclair (Alison Arngrim's Netflix cameo, 2026-07-10); Hello! (Melissa Sue Anderson, 2026-09-27); Soap Central (Melissa Gilbert's tribute, 2026-07); ReMIND (Sidney Greenbush in Walnut Grove, 2026-07-25); People and Fox News (Karen Grassle); Tampa Bay Times archive (The Tonight Show, 1991); TVLine and Entertainment Weekly (the finale); viewer comments on YouTube. Chapters: 0:00 Seven of eleven, 52 years later 0:39 How Little House began 1:17 Alison Arngrim: Nellie 2:11 Steve Tracy and the hardest years 2:48 Nellie goes to Netflix 3:30 Victor French: Mr. Edwards 4:22 Highway to Heaven and the end 5:10 Melissa Sue Anderson: Mary 6:08 Mary after Walnut Grove 7:04 Katherine MacGregor: Harriet 7:46 Off camera, nothing like Harriet 8:40 Karen Grassle: Ma 9:27 The fight over a raise 10:07 Ma at 84 10:49 Merlin Olsen: Jonathan Garvey 11:33 Father Murphy and the last years 12:10 The Greenbush twins: Carrie 12:40 Married on the set 13:26 Dean Butler: Almanzo 14:12 Prairie Man 14:56 Michael Landon: Pa 15:26 Eugene Orowitz 15:57 Pa and the boss 16:28 Blowing up Walnut Grove 17:03 His last months 17:40 Melissa Gilbert: Laura 18:24 The last goodbye 18:47 Laura grows up 19:53 Who is still here 20:34 Walnut Grove never let go