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Katherine MacGregor lots Her Own DownfallBy JERRY BUCK AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES IAP) — Probably no actress on television has fallen on her face more often than Katherine MacGregor.Not only is she delighted at the prospect, but -he helps plot her own downfall. She plays Harriet Oleson, the mean, social climbing shrew whose wicked schemes always backfire on NBC’s LittlemKATHERINE MacGREGORHouse on the Prairie.”I look for the humor of Mrs. Oleson, said Ms. MacGregor. She was originally painted as just black-and-white mean. Anyone that mean has to be aSo I began mixing farce into it. I think the audience counts on seeing Mrs. Oleson fall on her fanny and get her comeuppance.Mrs. leson is the prairie nemesis who plagues the life of the Ingalls family, in particular Laura (Melissa Gilbert). She’s usually aidedand abetted by her daughter, Nasty Nellie, who disappears from the series this summer with the departure of actress Alison Arngrim.Mrs. Oleson’s role began to blossom in the second year of the series, which had its premiere in 1974.Ms. MacGregor said she does worry that the writers go overboard on the farce. I see myself as a good actress with good instincts. I say to Michael (Landon), ‘Trust me.’ I studied with the best teachers in the country, Sanford Meisler and Stella Adler. She taught me to go for the universal. When Mrs. Oleson falls on her rear, that's a universal.”Ms. MacGregor is a multitalented actress who spent a number of years on the stage in New York. And, while Mrs. Oleson is a harridan, the actress is an attractive and witty woman.NASHVILLE, Tenn (AP) -Alvin of the Chipmunks is stillat it.The mischievious little fellow, made famous for his inattentiveness in the Christmas standard The Chipmunk Song, is misbehaving again.So we can still say: Alvin... Alvin ...Alvin!!!!Alvin and his equally loveable brothers, Simon and Theodore, have scurried into country music with an album called Urban Chipmunk, a spoofy spinoff of Urbanmarriages and a bout with drinking, and credits her present serenity to her Hindu religion. It’s more of a philosophy of religion. she said. The philosophy behind it is incredible.After she became involved with Hinduism, she nearly gave up acting. She took a job in an art gallery and when she was offered the role in Little House,” she nearly turned it down.The book series, written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, makes only a brief mention of Mrs. Oleson Ms. MacGregor said. It said that Nellie had a birthday party and invited the Ingalls girls. l.aura picked up a doll and Nellie had a tantrum and snatched it out of her hand and tore the dress. When Laura told her mother, she asked, ‘What did the mother say?’ ‘Nothing.'I based my whole character on that What kind of mother says nothing?Janice Karman, are the voices of the Chipmunks.Bagdasarian is the son of the late David Seville, who recorded The Chipmunk Song in 1958. Seville died of a heart attack at age 52 in 1972, and his son and daughter-in-law are carrying on the Chipmunk tradition.So we now find Alvin, who still wants a hula hoop for Christmas, in love with singer Brenda Lee in Urban Chipmunk.”In fact. Alvin offers his hand (his paw?) in marriage.She has been through two‘Urban Chipmunk9Shows Alvin Is Still At It1861 'II »«nP ‘AapMnqx ‘aj^aonpv *11*0 »«1± — VOX »B»d
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