Karen Grassle Now
The actress kept acting once the show came to an end. In fact, she continues to act to this day! You might have seen her in Hotel, Western Wyatt Earp, and Murder, She Wrote. She reprised her old role in a TV movie called Little House: The Last Farewell. After the turn of the millennium, she decided to focus more on theater productions instead.
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Melissa Sue Anderson As Mary Ingalls
When Melissa Sue Anderson started to play Mary Ingalls, she had a solid acting career of her own. She was just 12 years old but had already been in The Brady Bunch and Bewitched. How impressive is that? However, it is true that she only became a household name after starring in Little House on the Prairie. Aside from these shows, she was also in The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour and The Love Boat.