'Little House' villain Nellie makes surprise cameo in Netflix reboot
Actress Alison Arngrim, known for playing Nellie Oleson in the original 'Little House on the Prairie', makes a surprise cameo in the new Netflix reboot. She plays a disheveled forest drifter, a stark contrast to her iconic villainous role.
Why it matters
It demonstrates how streaming services leverage nostalgia and original cast members to generate buzz for reboots of classic television properties.
Hear this story Nellie is back on "Little House on the Prairie," or at least the actress who played the OG villain in the classic series.
Alison Arngrim, who starred as haughty Nellie Oleson in NBC's "Little House" (and wrote the book about it, "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch" ), returns for a cameo in the Netflix reboot (now streaming).
Arngrim, 64, has a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it (yet still unforgettable) moment in Episode 2 of the Netflix series playing Ida, a forest drifter who meets up with Laura (Alice Halsey) and her older sister Mary (Skywalker Hughes).
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