Karen Trust Grassle (/É¡ræsliË / GRASS-LEE; born February , ) is an
American actress, known for her role as Caroline Ingalls in the NBC
television drama series Little House on the Prairie.Karen Trust
Grassle was born in Berkeley, California to Frae Ella (née Berry) and
Eugene Frederick Grassle on February , . She is the elder of two
daughters. Her mother was a school teacher, and her father owned and
operated a small realty business in Ventura. As a teenager, she
studied ballet, acted in school plays, sang in the Baptist choir, and
was vice president of the student body her senior year. She graduated
from Ventura High School in . She attended H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial
College (Tulane University, â€") and then transferred to the
University of California, Berkeley. She graduated with BA degrees in
in English and in Dramatic Art. She received a Fulbright Fellowship to
the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in London. She
apprenticed at the Actor's Workshop of San Francisco in -.After
summers at the Stanford Contemporary Workshop playing leads and two
summers at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival playing classical roles,
her first professional engagement was a season at the Front Street
Theatre, Memphis, TN. upon return from London. While living in New
York City, she worked at resident and stock theatres throughout the
country, also appearing on PBS in original works and on networks in
three soap operas. She made her Broadway debut in the short-lived
play The Gingham Dog. Grassle played in Butterflies Are Free on
Broadway (as stand-by with Gloria Swanson, Rosemary Murphy, etc.) as
well as at the Elitch Theatre in Denver, Colorado, in June , along
with Maureen O'Sullivan and Brandon deWilde, who was killed before
leaving town after the performances ended.Grassle starred in the
Shakespeare in the Park "Cymbeline." with Christopher Walken, Sam
Waterston, and Bill Devane.
American actress, known for her role as Caroline Ingalls in the NBC
television drama series Little House on the Prairie.Karen Trust
Grassle was born in Berkeley, California to Frae Ella (née Berry) and
Eugene Frederick Grassle on February , . She is the elder of two
daughters. Her mother was a school teacher, and her father owned and
operated a small realty business in Ventura. As a teenager, she
studied ballet, acted in school plays, sang in the Baptist choir, and
was vice president of the student body her senior year. She graduated
from Ventura High School in . She attended H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial
College (Tulane University, â€") and then transferred to the
University of California, Berkeley. She graduated with BA degrees in
in English and in Dramatic Art. She received a Fulbright Fellowship to
the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in London. She
apprenticed at the Actor's Workshop of San Francisco in -.After
summers at the Stanford Contemporary Workshop playing leads and two
summers at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival playing classical roles,
her first professional engagement was a season at the Front Street
Theatre, Memphis, TN. upon return from London. While living in New
York City, she worked at resident and stock theatres throughout the
country, also appearing on PBS in original works and on networks in
three soap operas. She made her Broadway debut in the short-lived
play The Gingham Dog. Grassle played in Butterflies Are Free on
Broadway (as stand-by with Gloria Swanson, Rosemary Murphy, etc.) as
well as at the Elitch Theatre in Denver, Colorado, in June , along
with Maureen O'Sullivan and Brandon deWilde, who was killed before
leaving town after the performances ended.Grassle starred in the
Shakespeare in the Park "Cymbeline." with Christopher Walken, Sam
Waterston, and Bill Devane.
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