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Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor (born Dorlee Deane McGregor; January 12, 1925 – November 13, 2018) was an American actress, best known for her role as Harriet Oleson in Little House on the Prairie.[SUP][1][/SUP]
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[h=2]BiographyEdit[/h]Katherine MacGregor was born Dorlee Deane McGregor on January 12, 1925, in Glendale, California, to Ralph S. McGregor and Beatrice E. Willard.[SUP][2][/SUP] When Katherine was a child, her mother Beatrice moved the family to Fort Collins, Colorado, where they lived most of Katherine's early life. She graduated fromNorthwestern University with a major in drama and moved to New York City in 1949.[SUP][3][/SUP] She was hired by the Arthur Murray Dance Studios as a dance instructor. She studied acting under N. Richard Nash, Sanford Meisner, and Stella Adler.[SUP][3][/SUP][SUP][4][/SUP] She began using thestage name Scottie MacGregor.[SUP][5][/SUP] When she adopted the use of Katherine as her given name is unclear.
Beginning in the 1950s, as Scottie MacGregor, she worked in theatre on and off Broadway in New York City and other locations in plays such as The Seven Year Itch and Handful of Fire,[SUP][3][/SUP][SUP][4][/SUP] and won such uncredited parts as "a longshoreman's mother" (On the Waterfront); "Alice Thorn" (The Traveling Executioner), and "Miss Boswell" (The Student Nurses). She appeared in numerous episodes of various television series: Love of Life (1956), The Secret Storm, The Nurses,[SUP][6][/SUP] Play of the Week (1959), East Side/West Side (1963), Mannix (1970–71), Emergency! (1972), Ironside (1972, 1974), and All in the Family (1973), as well as the two 1981 "Heroes vs. Villains" episodes of Family Feud hosted by Richard Dawson. She had roles in the TV movies, The Death of Me Yet (1971), The Girls of Huntington House (1973), and Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974).
MacGregor's best-known role from 1974 to 1983 was in NBC's Little House on the Prairie as Harriet Oleson, a general store owner's wife and a comedic part.[SUP][7][/SUP] MacGregor's favorite description of her character in Little House came in a fan letter from Minnesota in the 1970s, in which Mrs. Oleson was described as "the touch of pepper in the sweetness of the show". In 1979, due to the popularity of Little House in Spain, MacGregor was invited to Madrid, Spain, and appeared on RTVE's 625 Lineasprogram.
After Little House on the Prairie, she withdrew from screen productions in favor of local theater. She dedicated herself to theHindu religion, and to teaching acting to children at the Wee Hollywood Vedanta Players, before finally retiring in the early 2000s.[SUP][citation needed][/SUP] In 2014, she did an in-depth interview about her life and career for the book Prairie Memories by Patrick Loubatiere.[SUP][8][/SUP]
[h=2]Personal life and deathEdit[/h]She was married to actor Bert Remsen from 1949 to 1950 and to actor, director, and teacher Edward G. Kaye-Martin, 14 years her junior, from August 1969 to October 1970.
While recovering from alcoholism, MacGregor converted to Hinduism.[SUP][9][/SUP] She was unable to appear in the series finale of Little House on the Prairie, as she was on pilgrimage to India at the time of the episode's filming.[SUP][5][/SUP]
MacGregor died on November 13, 2018, at the age of 93, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.[SUP][10][/SUP] No cause was given.[SUP][11][/SUP]
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Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor (born Dorlee Deane McGregor; January 12, 1925 – November 13, 2018) was an American actress, best known for her role as Harriet Oleson in Little House on the Prairie.[SUP][1][/SUP]
| Katherine MacGregor | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dorlee Deane McGregor January 12, 1925 Glendale, California, U.S. |
| Died | November 13, 2018 (aged 93) Woodland Hills, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Scottie MacGregor |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1951–1983 |
| Spouse(s) | Bert Remsen (<abbr title="married" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">m.</abbr> 1949; <abbr title="divorced" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">div.</abbr> 1950) Edward G. Kaye-Martin (<abbr title="married" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">m.</abbr> 1969; <abbr title="divorced" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">div.</abbr> 1970) |
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[h=2]BiographyEdit[/h]Katherine MacGregor was born Dorlee Deane McGregor on January 12, 1925, in Glendale, California, to Ralph S. McGregor and Beatrice E. Willard.[SUP][2][/SUP] When Katherine was a child, her mother Beatrice moved the family to Fort Collins, Colorado, where they lived most of Katherine's early life. She graduated fromNorthwestern University with a major in drama and moved to New York City in 1949.[SUP][3][/SUP] She was hired by the Arthur Murray Dance Studios as a dance instructor. She studied acting under N. Richard Nash, Sanford Meisner, and Stella Adler.[SUP][3][/SUP][SUP][4][/SUP] She began using thestage name Scottie MacGregor.[SUP][5][/SUP] When she adopted the use of Katherine as her given name is unclear.
Beginning in the 1950s, as Scottie MacGregor, she worked in theatre on and off Broadway in New York City and other locations in plays such as The Seven Year Itch and Handful of Fire,[SUP][3][/SUP][SUP][4][/SUP] and won such uncredited parts as "a longshoreman's mother" (On the Waterfront); "Alice Thorn" (The Traveling Executioner), and "Miss Boswell" (The Student Nurses). She appeared in numerous episodes of various television series: Love of Life (1956), The Secret Storm, The Nurses,[SUP][6][/SUP] Play of the Week (1959), East Side/West Side (1963), Mannix (1970–71), Emergency! (1972), Ironside (1972, 1974), and All in the Family (1973), as well as the two 1981 "Heroes vs. Villains" episodes of Family Feud hosted by Richard Dawson. She had roles in the TV movies, The Death of Me Yet (1971), The Girls of Huntington House (1973), and Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974).
MacGregor's best-known role from 1974 to 1983 was in NBC's Little House on the Prairie as Harriet Oleson, a general store owner's wife and a comedic part.[SUP][7][/SUP] MacGregor's favorite description of her character in Little House came in a fan letter from Minnesota in the 1970s, in which Mrs. Oleson was described as "the touch of pepper in the sweetness of the show". In 1979, due to the popularity of Little House in Spain, MacGregor was invited to Madrid, Spain, and appeared on RTVE's 625 Lineasprogram.
After Little House on the Prairie, she withdrew from screen productions in favor of local theater. She dedicated herself to theHindu religion, and to teaching acting to children at the Wee Hollywood Vedanta Players, before finally retiring in the early 2000s.[SUP][citation needed][/SUP] In 2014, she did an in-depth interview about her life and career for the book Prairie Memories by Patrick Loubatiere.[SUP][8][/SUP]
[h=2]Personal life and deathEdit[/h]She was married to actor Bert Remsen from 1949 to 1950 and to actor, director, and teacher Edward G. Kaye-Martin, 14 years her junior, from August 1969 to October 1970.
While recovering from alcoholism, MacGregor converted to Hinduism.[SUP][9][/SUP] She was unable to appear in the series finale of Little House on the Prairie, as she was on pilgrimage to India at the time of the episode's filming.[SUP][5][/SUP]
MacGregor died on November 13, 2018, at the age of 93, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.[SUP][10][/SUP] No cause was given.[SUP][11][/SUP]
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | On the Waterfront | Longshoreman's Mother | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Love of Life | Tammy Forrest #1 | Unknown episodes |
| 1959 | Play of the Week | Maria | Episode - "The Power and the Glory" |
| 1963 | East Side/West Side | Grace Morrison | Episode - "Go Fight City Hall" |
| 1970 | The Traveling Executioner | Alice Thorn | Uncredited |
| 1970 | Mannix | Nurse Evans | Episode - "The World Between" |
| 1970 | The Student Nurses | Miss Boswell | |
| 1971 | The Young Lawyers | Mrs. Brady | Episode - "The Bradbury War" |
| 1971 | The Death of Me Yet | Nora Queen | TV movie |
| 1971 | Mannix | Nurse | Episode - "Run Till Dark" |
| 1972 | Ironside | Mrs. Pyle | Episode - "Programmed for Panic" |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Myrna Scudder | Episode - "Musical Mania" |
| 1973 | The Girls of Huntington House | Rose Beckwith | TV movie |
| 1973 | All in the Family | Nurse | Episode - "Edith's Christmas Story" |
| 1974 | Tell Me Where It Hurts | Marge | TV movie |
| 1974 | Ironside | Irma | Episode - "Amy Prentiss" (Parts 1 & 2) |
| 1974–1983 | Little House on the Prairie | Harriet Oleson | 153 episodes |
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