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Karen Grassle: (on acting before live audiences in the theater) The theater is the actor's medium. There's nothing between us and them. We can feel them.
Karen Grassle: (in an interview with Barnaby Marriott and speaking on acting in the "Little House on the Prairie" episode "A Matter of Faith") "A Matter of Faith" was written for me so that I could show off a greater range. I think Mike (Michael Landon) was hoping I could be nominated ... (more Karen Grassle quotes)
Karen took over the role of Daisy in the traveling production of Driving Miss Daisy when another famed TV "mother", Michael Learned (Olivia Walton of The Waltons), became ill.
Gene Grassle, Karen's father, managed a service station (later he became a realtor) and his wife worked in a restaurant. Karen's mother suffered four miscarriages before Karen's birth.
Karen was an excellent student. She was valedictorian of her high school graduating class and received a Fulbright scholarship to study... (more Karen Grassle trivia)