Karen Grassle

Birth Name:

Karen Trust Grassle

Birth Place:

Berkeley, California, United States

Profession

Actress, Writer

Best known for her role as Caroline Ingalls in TV series "Little House on the Prairie․"
Attended Sophie Newcomb College and the University of California, Berkeley, where she received a BA in English and another in Dramatic Art
Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London
Started acting in the theater, making her stage debut in 1968
Wrote and starred in a short film to bring awareness to domestic violence
Attempted to achieve industry success by suggesting to others that she was a relative of gangster John Dillinger
Co-founded a theater company in New Mexico

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