Alison Arngrim : Biography, Pictures, Photos, Trivia, Address, Filmography (Little House on the Prairie)

. Her signature "Nellie Oleson curls" were a wig, which was held so tightly to her head that her scalp bled.

. She often fainted on the Little House set because the show taped in California's Simi Valley, where the temperature was routinely 100+ degrees.

. Worked as a poster model for 3 years after leaving Little House

. Attended Dana Plato's 1999 funeral

. Following the AIDS-related death of the Little House husband, actor Steve Tracy, she began working as an AIDS activist. She regularly volunteered at AIDS Project Los Angeles and at Tuesday's Child, a family-oriented AIDS organization.

. Good friends with Melissa Gilbert

. Her husband is a musician

. Is currently taking acting classes and has a small role in the upcoming independent film The Last Place on Earth. She also routinely appears as a stand-up comic in LA clubs. [February 2000]

. In Little House on the Prairie, her character of Nellie Oleson was renowned for making life miserable for Laura Ingalls (Melissa Gilbert). Reportedly, at a parade many years after the show's run had come to an end, a fan threw a can of orange soda at Alison Arngrim's head screaming: "I hate you for all the things you did to Laura!"

. Is a vegetarian.

. Originally auditioned for the role of Laura Ingalls on "Little House on the Prairie" (1974).

. Is an activist for molested children.

. After being passed over for the roles of Laura and Mary Ingalls in "Little House on the Prairie", she won the part of "Nasty" Nellie Oleson on the spot, after playing mean so convincingly in her audition

. Calls the character she played in Little House On The Praire, Nellie Olsen, "The living embodiment of PMS."

. Selon elle "Avec la stand-up, tu es tout seul, pas d'accessoires, pas de décor ou quoi que ce soit d'autre. Si tu te plantes, c'est entièrement de ta faute, mais si tu réussis, c'est entièrement grâce à toi-même...et j'aime ça !".