Katherine MacGregor(1925-2018)

Actress

Katherine MacGregor in Ngôi Nhà Nhỏ Trên Thảo Nguyên (1974)

Best known for her performance as the nasty, gossiping, greedy and arrogant Mrs. Harriet Oleson on the TV series Ngôi Nhà Nhỏ Trên Thảo Nguyên (1974). Katherine (Scottie) MacGregor could not appear in the final feature length episode "The Last Farewell" because she was on a pilgrimage in India.

Before moving to Los Angeles in 1970 Ms. Mac Gregor worked as a stage actress on Broadway, off Broadway and in regional theatre in and around New York City.

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Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Richard Bull, Sidney Greenbush, Jonathan Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, and Katherine MacGregor in Ngôi Nhà Nhỏ Trên Thảo Nguyên (1974)

Ngôi Nhà Nhỏ Trên Thảo Nguyên

7.5

TV Series

Harriet Oleson

The Student Nurses

5.3

Miss Boswell(as Scottie MacGregor)

1970

Mannix

7.4

TV Series

Nurse
Nurse Evans(as Scottie MacGregor)

Play of the Week

7.3

TV Series

Maria(as Scotty McGregor)

Credits

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Short
- 2014
Ngôi Nhà Nhỏ Trên Thảo Nguyên
7.5
TV Series
- Harriet Oleson
- 1974–1983
Ironside
6.9
TV Series
- Irma
- Mrs. Pyle (as Scottie MacGregor)
- 1972–1974
Tell Me Where It Hurts
6.8
TV Movie
- Marge (as Scottie MacGregor)
- 1974
All in the Family
8.4
TV Series
- Nurse (as Scottie MacGregor)
- 1973
The Girls of Huntington House
6.4
TV Movie
- Nurse Rose Beckwith (as Scotty MacGregor)
- 1973
Emergency!
7.9
TV Series
- Myrna Scudder (as Scottie MacGregor)
- 1972
Mannix
7.4
TV Series
- Nurse
- Nurse Evans (as Scottie MacGregor)
- 1970–1971
The Death of Me Yet
7.0
TV Movie
- Nora Queen (as Scottie MacGregor)
- 1971
The Young Lawyers
7.1
TV Series
- Mrs. Brady (as Scottie MacGregor)
- 1971
The Traveling Executioner
6.3
- Alice Thorn (uncredited)
- 1970
The Student Nurses
5.3
- Miss Boswell (as Scottie MacGregor)
- 1970
East Side/West Side
8.4
TV Series
- Grace Morrison (as Scottie MacGregor)
- 1963
Armstrong Circle Theatre
7.7
TV Series
- Gypsy
- 1961
Play of the Week
7.3
TV Series
- Maria (as Scotty McGregor)
- 1959

Personal details

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Alternative names
- Scottie MacGregor
Born
- January 12, 1925
- Glendale, California, USA
Died
- November 13, 2018
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
Spouses
Parents
Other works
Handful of Fire (1958). Drama. Written by N. Richard Nash. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Robert Lewis. Martin Beck Theatre: 1 Oct 1958- 4 Oct 1958 (5 performances). Cast: Miriam Acevedo [credited as Myriam Acevedo], Jeanne Barr, Dario Barri, Leonardo Cimino, Joan Copeland, James Daly (as "Manuel"), Jesus De Jerez, William Edmonson, Jorge Gonzales, Gene Gross, Louis Guss, Alex Hassilev, Thomas E. Infante, Neil Laurence, Katherine MacGregor, Roddy McDowall (as "Pepi"), Kay Medford (as "Sylvi"), Robert Nieves, Thelma Pelish, Angel Rigau, Mark Rydell (as "Young Man"), Jake Sitters, Irving Winter. Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).

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Trivia
Before moving to Los Angeles, California (1970), Ms. MacGregor worked as a stage actress on Broadway, off Broadway and in regional theatre in and around New York City.

Quotes
I look for the humor of Mrs. Oleson. She was originally painted as just black-and-white mean. Anyone that mean has to be a fool. So I began mixing farce into it. I think the audience counts on seeing Mrs. Oleson fall on her fanny and get her comeuppance.