Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor (born Dorlee Deane McGregor; January ,
â€" November , ) was an American actress, best known for her role as
Harriet Oleson in Little House on the Prairie.Katherine MacGregor was
born Dorlee Deane McGregor on January , , in Glendale, California, to
Ralph S. McGregor and Beatrice E. Willard. 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 from
Northwestern University with a major in drama and moved to New York
City in . 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. She did summer stock in Lebanon, Pennsylvania as
Dorlee Deane McGregor but switched to using the stage name Scottie
MacGregor as her acting career advanced. When she adopted the use of
Katherine as her given name is unclear but she switched from using
‘Scottie’ as she matured in age on the advice of her
manager.Beginning in the s, 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, 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 (), The Secret Storm, The Nurses, Play
of the Week (), East Side/West Side (), Mannix (â€"), Emergency! (),
Ironside (, ), and All in the Family (), as well as the two "Heroes
vs. Villains" episodes of Family Feud hosted by Richard Dawson. She
had roles in the TV movies, The Death of Me Yet (), The Girls of
Huntington House (), and Tell Me Where It Hurts ().
â€" November , ) was an American actress, best known for her role as
Harriet Oleson in Little House on the Prairie.Katherine MacGregor was
born Dorlee Deane McGregor on January , , in Glendale, California, to
Ralph S. McGregor and Beatrice E. Willard. 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 from
Northwestern University with a major in drama and moved to New York
City in . 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. She did summer stock in Lebanon, Pennsylvania as
Dorlee Deane McGregor but switched to using the stage name Scottie
MacGregor as her acting career advanced. When she adopted the use of
Katherine as her given name is unclear but she switched from using
‘Scottie’ as she matured in age on the advice of her
manager.Beginning in the s, 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, 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 (), The Secret Storm, The Nurses, Play
of the Week (), East Side/West Side (), Mannix (â€"), Emergency! (),
Ironside (, ), and All in the Family (), as well as the two "Heroes
vs. Villains" episodes of Family Feud hosted by Richard Dawson. She
had roles in the TV movies, The Death of Me Yet (), The Girls of
Huntington House (), and Tell Me Where It Hurts ().
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