Revealed to the public thanks to her role as Nellie Oleson in the series Little House on the Prairieactress Alison Arngrim made some revelations about the filming in her memoirs. She particularly remembered this day when she fainted in the middle of filming.
Many years after the end of Little House on the Prairiethe series from the 1970s and 1980s is still very popular. Among the emblematic characters, there is obviously Nellie Oleson. For the purposes of her role, actress Alison Arngrim had to wear a wig which was extremely painful. Invited to the RTL studios in 2012, the woman who was a victim of incest said: “They could never get my hair to curl, so they made me wear a horrible wig that made my head bleed. That’s why I was mean!”
Heat, the number 1 enemy of filming Little House on the Prairie
In his memoirs, Confessions of a Prairie B***Alison Arngrim opened up about the filming, which was sometimes very complicated due to the heat. The filming of Little House on the Prairie took place outdoors in Simi Valley, California, known for its extreme heat, especially in the middle of summer. To this must be added the heat generated by the lights used for filming as well as the very heavy costumes to wear. The actresses notably wore tights, petticoats, boots and long-sleeved dresses.
Alison Arngrim (Little House on the Prairie) : “I was so weak it felt like I was speaking from a hospital bed”
Alison Arngrim, who spoke out about Michael Landon’s drinking, then revealed that she passed out during the filming of Little House on the Prairie. “While we were there preparing the scene, I started to feel dizzy, but I didn’t dare say anything. I didn’t want anyone to think I wasn’t good enough or that I was some kind of wimp. I was so weak it felt like I was speaking from a hospital bed“she said, before explaining that her vision began to distort. The girl then fainted. The actress was resuscitated by a doctor present on the set. The one who had a difficult relationship with Melissa Sue Anderson (Mary Ingalls) was then able to resume filming the series.
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