An Inspector Calls - wikipedia An Inspector Calls Jump to : navigation , search This article is about the play . For other uses , see An Inspector Calls ( disambiguation ) . An Inspector Calls Written by J.B. Priestley Date premiered 1945 Place premiered Moscow , Soviet Union Original language English Subject A mysterious inspector interrogates a wealthy English family about their responsibility for the death of a young working class factory girl . Genre Drama Setting The Birlings ' home in Brumley , England ; April 1912 An Inspector Calls is a play written by English dramatist J.B. Priestley , first performed in 1945 in the Soviet Union and in 1946 in the UK . It is one of Priestley 's best known works for the stage , and is considered to be one of the classics of mid-20th century English theatre . The play 's success and reputation has been boosted in recent years by a successful revival by English director Stephen Daldry for the National Theatre in 1992 , and a tour of the UK in 2011 -- 2012 . The play is a three - act drama , which takes place on a single night in April 1912 , focusing on the prosperous upper middle - class Birling family , who live in a comfortable home in the fictional town of Brumley , `` an industrial city in the north Midlands '' . The family is visited by a man calling himself Inspector Goole , who questions the family about the suicide of a young working - class woman , Eva Smith ( also known as Daisy Renton ) . The family is interrogated and revealed to have been responsible for the young woman 's exploitation , abandonment and social ruin , effectively leading to her death . Long considered part of the repertory of classic `` drawing room '' theatre , the play has also been hailed as a scathing critique of the hypocrisies of Victorian / Edwardian English society and as an expression of Priestley 's socialist political principles . The play is studied in many schools in the UK as one of the prescribed texts for the English Literature GCSE ( General Certificate of Secondary Education ) examination . Contents ( hide ) 1 Plot 2 Characters 2.1 Inspector Goole 2.2 Eva Smith / Daisy Renton 2.3 Sheila Birling 2.4 Eric Birling 2.5 Arthur Birling 2.6 Sybil Birling 2.7 Gerald Croft 2.8 Edna 3 Criticism and interpretation 4 Productions 5 Adaptations 5.1 Film 5.2 Television 5.3 Radio and audio 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links Plot ( edit ) At the Birlings ' home in April 1912 , Arthur Birling - a wealthy mill owner and local politician - and his family are celebrating the engagement of daughter Sheila to Gerald Croft , the son of one of Birling 's competitors , Croft Limited . In attendance are Arthur 's wife Sybil and their adult children Sheila and Eric . Eric , the younger , has a drinking problem that is discreetly ignored . After dinner , Arthur speaks about the importance of self - reliance . He talks about his impending knighthood and about how `` a man has to look after himself and his own . '' A man calling himself Inspector Goole arrives , interrupting the evening and explaining that a woman called Eva Smith has killed herself by drinking strong disinfectant . He implies that she has left a diary naming names , including members of the Birling family . Goole produces a photograph of Eva and shows it to Arthur , who acknowledges that she worked in one of his mills . He admits that he dismissed her from Birling & Co. 18 months ago for her involvement in an abortive workers ' strike . He denies responsibility for her death . Sheila enters the room and is drawn into the discussion . After prompting from Goole , she admits to recognising Eva as well . She confesses that Eva served her in a department store , Milwards , and Sheila contrived to have her fired for an imagined slight . She admits that Eva 's behaviour had been blameless and that the firing was motivated solely by Sheila 's jealousy and spite towards a pretty working - class woman . Sybil enters the room and Goole continues his interrogation , revealing that Eva was also known as Daisy Renton . Gerald starts at the mention of the name and Sheila becomes suspicious . Gerald admits that he met a woman by that name in the Palace Bar . He gave her money and arranged to see her again . Goole reveals that Gerald had installed Eva as his mistress , and gave her money and promises of continued support before ending the relationship . Arthur and Sybil are horrified . As an ashamed Gerald exits the room , Sheila acknowledges his nature and credits him for speaking truthfully but also signals that their engagement is over by handing the ring , that Gerald had bought for her , back to him . Goole identifies Sybil as the head of a women 's charity to which Eva had turned for help . Despite Sybil 's haughty responses , she eventually admits that Eva , pregnant and destitute , had asked the committee for financial aid . Sybil had convinced the committee that the girl was a liar and that her application should be denied . Despite vigorous cross-examination from Goole , Sybil denies any wrongdoing . Sheila begs her mother not to continue , but Goole plays his final card , making Sybil declare that the `` drunken young man '' who had made Eva pregnant should give a `` public confession , accepting all the blame '' . Eric enters the room , and after brief questioning from Goole , he breaks down , admitting that he drunkenly raped Eva before meeting up with her several times later and then stole £ 50 ( equivalent to $4,464 in 2015 ) from his father 's business to help her when she became pregnant . Arthur and Sybil are upset by this , and the evening dissolves into angry recriminations . The implication resulting from Goole 's questioning is that each of the people there that evening had contributed to Eva 's despondency and suicide . He reminds the Birlings that actions have consequences , and that all people are intertwined in one society , saying , `` If men will not learn that lesson , then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish '' , alluding to the impending World War . Goole then leaves . Gerald returns , telling the family that there may be no `` Inspector Goole '' on the police force . Arthur makes a call to the Chief Constable , who confirms this . Gerald points out that as Goole was lying about being a policeman , there may be no dead girl . Placing a second call to the local infirmary , Gerald determines that no recent cases of suicide have been reported . The elder Birlings and Gerald celebrate , with Arthur dismissing the evening 's events as `` moonshine '' and `` bluffing '' . The younger Birlings , however , still realise the error of their ways and promise to change . Gerald is keen to resume his engagement to Sheila , but she is reluctant , since he still admitted to having had an affair . The play ends abruptly with a telephone call , taken by Arthur , who reports that a young woman has died , a suspected case of suicide by disinfectant , and that the local police are on their way to question the Birlings . The true identity of Goole is never explained , but it is clear that the family 's confessions over the course of the evening are true , and that they will be disgraced publicly when news of their involvement in Eva 's demise is revealed . Characters ( edit ) Inspector Goole ( edit ) A mysterious interrogator who introduces himself as `` Inspector Goole '' , claiming that he has seen the dead body of Eva Smith / Daisy Renton earlier that day after her slow and painful suicide by swallowing disinfectant , and that he has been given `` a duty '' to investigate the Birlings ' responsibility for her death . He makes a brief reference to a diary left by Eva / Daisy although this is never seen or explicitly referred to . Throughout the play , it is suggested that Goole knows everything about Eva / Daisy 's life and the Birlings ' involvement in her death , and is interrogating the family solely to reveal their guilt rather than to discover unknown information . Both during and after his interrogation of the family , the Birlings query whether he is actually a real inspector , and a phone call made by Mr. Birling to the local police station reveals that there is no Inspector Goole in the local police force . Many critics and audiences have interpreted Goole 's role as an `` avenging angel '' or a supernatural being because of his unexplained omniscience , his prophetic final speech in which he says that humanity will learn its lesson in `` fire and blood and anguish '' ( referring to the First World War , two years after the setting of the play 1912 ) and even because of his name , which is a homophone for the word `` ghoul '' ( meaning `` ghost '' ) and is also the name of a seaside town ( which could possibly be a reference to the time period in the play when Eva Smith stays in a seaside town with money that Gerald Croft had given her ) . It is suggested in the final scene that Goole 's interrogation of the family will foreshadow a further interrogation to follow by the `` real '' police force , and that Goole 's purpose has been to warn the family in advance and encourage them to accept responsibility and repent for their bad behaviour , like The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come . Goole also forces the characters to question their very own lives , and if the ones they were living were true . In addition he also feels a responsibility to make the Birling family feel guilty for their actions . His identity remains ambiguous throughout the play . Eva Smith / Daisy Renton ( edit ) She is the unseen working class woman whom Goole claims has committed suicide whilst pregnant with Eric Birling 's baby , and who has been mistreated by each member of the Birling family and by Gerald Croft . Through reports from other characters , she is described as `` pretty '' with soft brown hair and big dark eyes , and it is explained that she has no family and must work for her living . Her beauty is commented on by all the characters . Her beauty attracts both Gerald and Eric to her , with Eric sexually exploiting her . Sheila comments disparagingly that Eva looked prettier when she wore a certain dress than Sheila did herself , and seems threatened by Eva 's beauty , confessing that if Eva had been plain she would have been unlikely to have had her fired . It is also suggested that Eva / Daisy is somewhat morally principled , as she refuses to accept stolen money from Eric , despite her dire financial situation , although about to become Gerald Croft 's mistress before he abandoned her . Eva / Daisy appears to be a victim who is judged by the ( female ) characters for not acting in a manner appropriate for someone of her class . Sheila imagines that Eva laughed at her disparagingly and so `` punishes '' her by having her fired . Sybil also criticises Eva for appearing proud and putting on airs and graces , and for being `` impertinent '' rather than being meek and grateful to her social superiors . The audience is invited to dwell on Eva / Daisy 's vulnerability and her suffering at the hands of an exploitative employer , her sexual abuse at the hands of Eric , her powerlessness caused by her sex , class , and poverty and her victimisation on the basis of a sexual double standard . At the end of the play , Gerald suggests that Eva Smith may not have been the same person but rather a collective personification of all the different working class women that the family had exploited , invented by Goole to make the family feel guilty . Yet the final phone call , announcing that a police inspector is shortly to arrive at the Birlings ' house to investigate the suicide of a young girl , leaves open the possibility that Eva Smith really did exist after all . Sheila Birling ( edit ) Sheila is the Birlings ' eldest child . She is described as a `` pretty girl in her early twenties '' , delighted about her engagement to Gerald Croft . She starts out as a playful , self - centred girl who loves attention . She also knows of Eric Birling 's heavy drinking . Throughout the play , she becomes the most sympathetic family member , showing remorse upon hearing the news of her part in the girl 's downfall , and attempting to encourage the family to accept responsibility for their part in Eva 's death . She is shown to be not as naive as originally thought , revealing her suspicions about her fiancé 's infidelity . Despite continual criticism from her father , she becomes more rebellious toward her parents , supporting her brother against them and assisting Goole in his interrogations . At the end of the play , Sheila is much wiser . She can now judge her parents and Gerald from a new perspective , but the greatest change has been in herself : her social conscience has been awakened and she is aware of her responsibilities . The Sheila who had a girl dismissed from her job for a trivial reason has given way to one who acknowledges the wrongdoing of herself and her family . She represents the younger generation 's break from the exploitative behaviour of her class . Eric Birling ( edit ) He is the Birlings ' youngest child , often presented as awkward and embarrassed . Eric is revealed to have made Eva Smith pregnant as well as to have stolen some money from his father 's business to support Eva ( although she refuses the money once she knows it is stolen ) . An alcoholic , his drinking habits are known by everyone except his mother who wants to think of him as a child , and not accept that he is no longer her innocent child but a grown man . After the Inspector leaves , he and Sheila are the only two who feel guilty over Eva 's death . In the beginning of the play , Eric is shown as a rebellious young man who is very full of himself ; however , towards the end of the play his true personality is revealed . By the end of the story Eric has learned his lesson and feels as guilty as Sheila does for his part in Eva Smith 's death . He feels as if he can not talk to his family , especially his father , about his problems - `` You are not the kind of father that a chap could go to when he 's in trouble '' - so he bottles them up inside himself . Arthur Birling ( edit ) Arthur Birling is described as `` a heavy - muskel , rather portentous man in his middle fifties '' , husband of Sybil , and father of Sheila and Eric Birling . He represents the capitalist ruling class , repeatedly describing himself with pride as a `` hard - headed businessman '' , and the head of a patriarchal family structure , and is arguably the main subject of Priestley 's social critique . Dominant , arrogant , self - centred , and morally blind , he is insistent throughout about his lack of responsibility for Eva 's death and quotes his economic justification for firing her as being the importance of keeping his labour costs low and quelling dissent , which he says is standard business practice . Although he is authoritative and has risen to a position of economic and social prominence , he inadvertently reveals his social rank to be lower then that of his wife 's when he compliments the cook right at the start of the play , and by his continual need to assert his social importance . His status as an alderman and former Lord Mayor of Brumley is repeated several times in the play , with increasing comic effect . Early in the play , he also makes a series of thoroughly - explained and justified predictions about the future world , all of which the audience knows will not come true , such as describing the Titanic as `` unsinkable , absolutely unsinkable '' and saying that `` the Germans do n't want war '' . He appears pleased at the economic and social cachet brought by his daughter 's engagement to Gerald Croft , and resents Goole 's intrusion on the family . He remains unaffected by the details of Eva 's death , and his own concerns appear to be retaining his social standing , avoiding public embarrassment by the leaking of such a scandal , insisting that Eric accounts for and repays the stolen company money and that Sheila should ' re-consider ' her relationship with Gerald in - order for him to maintain a promised Croft - Birling merger . Sybil Birling ( edit ) Sybil Birling is the wife of Arthur and mother of Sheila and Eric Birling . She is her husband 's `` social superior '' and is keen to show him the correct etiquette that is expected from an upper - middle class family . As the leader of a women 's charitable organisation , she assumes a social and moral superiority over Inspector Goole , whose questioning style she frequently refers to as `` impertinent '' and `` offensive '' . Like her husband , she refuses to accept responsibility for the death of Eva Smith , and seems more concerned with maintaining the family 's reputation , even going so far as to lie and deny recognition of the photograph of Eva . She fearlessly expresses her prejudices against working class women , like Eva , whom she accuses of being immoral , dishonest , and greedy . It is Eva 's use of the assumed name `` Birling '' that makes Sybil turn her away from her charity and she does n't see why she did this until it is too late . Also , she seems detached from the rest of the family as she does not realise Eric 's alcohol problem ( either she 's blind to it or fails to accept it and still insists on unsuccessfully covering it up around the Inspector ) . She is around 50 years old , as mentioned in the pre-play stage directions , highlighting she belongs to the older generation . Gerald Croft ( edit ) The son of Sir George Croft of Crofts Limited , a competitor of Birling and Company , he is at the Birling residence to celebrate his recent engagement to Sheila Birling . Gerald is revealed to have known Eva and installed her as his mistress , becoming `` the most important person in her life '' , before ending the relationship . After the revelation of his affair , he is not blamed as heavily as the other characters ( Sheila commends him for his honesty and for initially showing Eva compassion , even though he is shown as cowardly and thoughtless for taking advantage of a vulnerable woman ) . He is caused to confess as soon as he shouts out in shock at hearing the name he had known Eva by ( Daisy Renton ) , allowing the Inspector to investigate Gerald 's involvement in Eva 's life . Gerald thinks that Goole is not a police inspector , that the family may not all be referring to the same woman and that there may not be a body . Initially he appears to be correct , and does not think the Birlings have anything to feel ashamed of or worry about . He seems excited at the prospect of discovering the ' fake ' Inspector and seems almost desperate for others to believe him . Edna ( edit ) Edna is the maid at the Birling household . The character has limited contribution in the play ; however she is the only person in the play that can provide an insight into the life of Eva Smith , a character to whom Edna has a similar working - class background . It is she who opens the door to allow the Inspector into the Birlings ' lives , although she is often taken for granted and treated somewhat poorly at times , as if she were not actually there . Criticism and interpretation ( edit ) Highly successful after its first and subsequent London productions , the play is now considered one of Priestley 's greatest works , and has been subject to a variety of critical interpretations . After the new wave of social realist theatre in the 1950s and 1960s , the play fell out of fashion , and was dismissed as an example of outdated bourgeois `` drawing room '' dramas , and became a staple of regional repertory theatre . Following several successful revivals ( including Stephen Daldry 's 1992 production for the National Theatre ) , the play was `` rediscovered '' and hailed as a damning social critique of capitalism and middle - class hypocrisy in the manner of the social realist dramas of Shaw and Ibsen . It has been read as a parable about the destruction of Victorian social values and the disintegration of pre-World War I English society , and Goole 's final speech has been interpreted variously as a quasi-Christian vision of hell and judgement , and as a socialist manifesto . The struggle between the embattled patriarch Arthur Birling and Inspector Goole has been interpreted by many critics as a symbolic confrontation between capitalism and socialism , and arguably demonstrates Priestley 's socialist political critique of the perceived - selfishness and moral hypocrisy of middle - class capitalist society . While no single member of the Birling family is solely responsible for Eva 's death , together they function as a hermetic class system that exploits neglected , vulnerable women , with each example of exploitation leading collectively to Eva 's social exclusion , despair and suicide . The play also arguably acts as a critique of Victorian - era notions of middle - class philanthropy towards the poor , which is based on presumptions of the charity - givers ' social superiority and severe moral judgement towards the `` deserving poor '' . The romantic idea of gentlemanly chivalry towards `` fallen women '' is also debunked as being based on male lust and sexual exploitation of the weak by the powerful . In Goole 's final speech , Eva Smith is referred to as a representative for millions of other vulnerable working - class people , and can be read as a call to action for English society to take more responsibility for working - class people , pre-figuring the development of the post-World War II welfare state . Productions ( edit ) An Inspector Calls was first performed in 1945 in the USSR in two theatres ( Kamerny Theatre in Moscow and Comedy Theatre in Leningrad ) , as a suitable venue in the United Kingdom could not be found , due to the fact that Priestley wrote the play in one week and all the theatres in the UK had already been booked for that season . The play had its first British production in 1946 at the New Theatre in London with Ralph Richardson as Inspector Goole , Harry Andrews as Gerald Croft , Margaret Leighton as Sheila Birling , Julien Mitchell as Arthur Birling , Marian Spencer as Sybil Birling and Alec Guinness as Eric Birling . The first Broadway production opened at the Booth Theatre on 21 October 1947 and ran until 10 January 1948 . The production was staged by Cedric Hardwicke . The play was produced and performed at the Ferdowsi Theatre in Iran in late 1940s based on the translation by Bozorg Alavi . In 1986 Richard Wilson directed a production at the Royal Exchange , Manchester with Geraldine Alexander as Sheila Birling , Hugh Grant as Eric Birling and Graeme Garden as Inspector Goole . Tom Baker played Inspector Goole in a 1987 production directed by Peter Dews and designed by Daphne Dare that opened at the Theatr Clwyd on 14 April then transferred to London 's Westminster Theatre on 13 May 1987 . The cast included Pauline Jameson as Sybil Birling , Peter Baldwin as Arthur Birling , Charlotte Attenborough as Sheila Birling , Simon Shepherd as Gerald Croft and Adam Godley as Eric Birling . A revival of the play by British director Stephen Daldry opened at the National Theatre 's Lyttelton Theatre in September 1992 . It won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play , and was widely praised for making the work involving and politically relevant for a modern audience . The production is often credited with single - handedly rediscovering Priestley 's works and `` rescuing '' him from the reputation of being obsolete and class - bound , though the production had some detractors , including Sheridan Morley who regarded it as a gimmicky travesty of the author 's patent intentions . The success of the production since 1992 has led to a critical reappraisal of Priestley as a politically engaged playwright who offered a sustained critique of the hypocrisy of English society . A Broadway transfer of the production starring Philip Bosco opened at the Royale Theatre ( now the Bernard Jacobs Theatre ) on 27 April 1994 and played 454 performances . Sheila recognises a picture of Eva presented by The Inspector , as Gerald looks on . A 2012 production by OVO theatre company , St Albans , UK The Stephen Daldry production went on a tour of the UK in 2011 and 2012 , with Tom Mannion as Inspector Goole . The production returned to the Playhouse in London 's West End in November 2016 , with Liam Brennan in the name part . Adaptations ( edit ) Film ( edit ) The first film version of An Inspector Calls was produced in the United Kingdom by Watergate Productions Ltd ; the 1954 screenplay was adapted by Desmond Davis and directed by Guy Hamilton . Alastair Sim starred as Inspector Goole , renamed `` Poole '' for the film , with Jane Wenham as Eva Smith ( the character not seen in the play ) , Eileen Moore as Sheila Birling , Arthur Young as Arthur Birling , Brian Worth as Gerald Croft , Olga Lindo as Sybil Birling and Bryan Forbes as Eric Birling . It was also adapted into a comedy film in Hong Kong , released on 19 February 2015 . Television ( edit ) The first television version was shown on live BBC Television on 4 May 1948 , with a second live performance three days later . Running to 105 minutes , it was produced and directed by Harold Clayton , and starred Julien Mitchell as Arthur Birling ( reprising his role from the first British stage production ) , Mary Merrall as Sybil Birling , Joy Shelton as Sheila Birling , Derek Blomfield as Eric Birling , Alastair Bannerman as Gerald Croft , Madeleine Burgess as Edna , and George Hayes as Inspector Goole . A second BBC Television version was screened on 19 February 1961 as part of the Sunday Night Play series . Produced and directed by Naomi Capon , it starred John Gregson as Inspector Goole , Heather Sears as Sheila Birling , Nora Swinburne as Sybil Birling , William Russell as Gerald Croft , Edward Chapman as Arthur Birling , Hilda Campbell - Russell as Edna , and Alan Dobie as Eric Birling . A selection of scenes from the play were broadcast in the ITV series Conflict on 15 May 1967 . Produced by Associated Television , the 25 minute programme was directed by George More O'Ferrall , and starred Reginald Marsh as Arthur Birling , Julian Curry as Eric , Margo Andrew as Sheila , Pauline Winter as Mrs Birling , Stuart Saunders as Inspector Goole , Michael Graham as Gerald Croft , and Ann Dimitri as Edna . In 1973 , a Soviet made - for - television film Он пришел ( On prishel ) was produced , starring Vladimir Etush as Gull ( Goole ) , Irina Kupchenko as Sheila Birling and Oleg Shklovsky as Eric Birling . Also , in the Soviet Union in 1979 , a made - for - television two - part film Инспектор Гулл ( Inspector Gooll ) , was produced starring Juozas Budraitis as Gull ( Goole ) , Vladimir Zeldin as Arthur Birling and Ivars Kalniņš as Gerald Croft . A BBC Schools version of An Inspector Calls was produced in three 30 minute episodes , shown between 22 September and 6 October 1981 on BBC One . Directed by Michael Simpson , it starred Bernard Hepton as Inspector Goole , Sarah Berger as Sheila Birling , Nigel Davenport as Arthur Birling , Simon Ward as Gerald Croft , Margaret Tyzack as Sybil Birling and David Sibley as Eric Birling . It was repeated on primetime BBC One in three episodes between 17 and 31 August 1982 , and as a single 85 minute version on 2 September 1984 . An 86 - minute An Inspector Calls film was produced for BBC Television , and first screened on 13 September 2015 on BBC One . Adapted by Helen Edmundson and directed by Aisling Walsh for Drama Republic , it stars David Thewlis as Inspector Goole , Chloe Pirrie as Sheila Birling , Ken Stott as Arthur Birling , Kyle Soller as Gerald Croft , Miranda Richardson as Sybil Birling and Finn Cole as Eric Birling . Radio and audio ( edit ) The first radio production was broadcast on the BBC Home Service on 27 March 1950 in the Contemporary European Theatre series . This was followed by a BBC Light Programme production on 10 June 1953 . Adapted by Cynthia Pughe and produced by McWhinnie , it starred Frank Pettingell as Arthur Birling , Gladys Young as Sybil Birling , Angela Baddeley as Sheila Birling , David Enders as Eric Birling , Alastair Duncan as Gerald Croft , Dorothy Smith as Edna , and Richard Williams as Inspector Goole . A second version of Pughe 's adaptation was broadcast on the BBC Home Service on 12 November 1960 . Produced by Alfred Bradley and directed by Geoffrey Ost , it starred the Sheffield Repertory Company : George Waring as Arthur Birling , Ann Woodward as Sybil Birling , Jeanne Davies as Sheila Birling , Keith Barron as Eric Birling , Patrick Stewart as Gerald Croft , Geraldine Gwyther as Edna , and John Pickles as Inspector Goole . BBC Radio 4 broadcast a BBC Manchester production on 14 December 1979 . Directed by Alfred Bradley , it starred Ronald Baddilet as Arthur Birling , Derrick Gilbert as Gerald Croft , Ann Rye as Sybil Birling , Barbara Flynn as Sheila Birling , Christian Rodska as Eric Birling , Teresa Moore as Edna , Geoffrey Banks as Inspector Goole . A full - cast unabridged audio adaptation and analysis was released on audio CD and MP3 - CD in the United Kingdom by SmartPass in 2004 as part of their Audio Education Study Guides series . On 14 July 2007 BBC Radio 7 broadcast an adaptation by John Foley originally aired on the BBC World Service , starring Bob Peck as Inspector Goole , John Woodvine as Arthur Birling and Maggie Steed as Sybil Birling . The production was directed by Rosalyn Ward . A second 90 - minute BBC Radio adaptation was transmitted on BBC Radio 4 on 29 May 2010 in the Saturday Play slot . It starred Toby Jones as Inspector Goole , David Calder as Arthur Birling , Frances Barber as Sybil Birling and Morven Christie as Sheila Birling . 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Priestley Novels Benighted ( 1927 ) Adam in Moonshine ( 1927 ) Farthing Hall ( 1929 with Hugh Walpole ) The Good Companions ( 1929 ) Angel Pavement ( 1930 ) Faraway ( 1932 ) I 'll Tell You Everything ( 1932 with Gerald Bullett ) Wonder Hero ( 1933 ) They Walk in the City : The Lovers in the Stone Forest ( 1936 ) The Doomsday Men ( 1938 ) Let the People Sing ( 1939 ) Blackout in Gretley ( 1942 ) Daylight on Saturday ( 1943 ) Three Men in New Suits ( 1945 ) Bright Day ( 1946 ) Jenny Villiers ( 1947 ) Festival at Farbridge ( 1951 ) Low Notes on a High Level ( 1954 ) The Magicians ( 1954 ) Saturn Over the Water ( 1961 ) The Shapes of Sleep ( 1962 ) Sir Michael & Sir George ( 1964 ) Lost Empires ( 1965 ) Salt Is Leaving ( 1966 ) It 's an Old Country ( 1967 ) London End ( 1968 ) Out Of Town ( 1968 ) Snoggle ( 1971 ) Over The Long High Wall ( 1972 ) Found , Lost , Found ( 1976 ) Short stories `` The Town Major of Miracourt '' ( 1930 ) Short story collections The Other Place ( 1953 ) The Carfitt Crisis ( 1974 ) Plays Time Plays series Dangerous Corner ( 1932 ) The Roundabout ( 1932 ) Eden End ( 1934 ) Laburnum Grove ( 1934 ) Cornelius ( 1935 ) Duet in Floodlight ( 1935 ) Bees on the Boatdeck ( 1936 ) Time and the Conways ( 1937 ) I Have Been Here Before ( 1937 ) People at Sea ( 1937 ) Mystery of Greenfingers ( 1937 ) Music at Night ( 1938 ) When We Are Married ( 1938 ) Johnson Over Jordan ( 1939 ) The Long Mirror ( 1940 ) Goodnight Children ( 1942 ) Desert Highway ( 1944 ) They Came to a City ( 1944 ) An Inspector Calls ( 1945 ) The Long Mirror ( 1947 ) The Rose and Crown ( 1947 ) The Linden Tree ( 1948 ) Home is Tomorrow ( 1949 ) Bright Shadow ( 1950 ) Summer Day 's Dream ( 1950 ) Dragon 's Mouth ( 1952 ) Mother 's Day ( 1953 ) Private Rooms ( 1953 ) Treasure on Pelican ( 1953 ) The Scandalous Affair of Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon ( 1956 ) The Glass Cage ( 1957 ) Poetry The Chapman of Rhymes ( 1918 ) Screenplays Sing As We Go ( 1934 ) Jamaica Inn ( 1939 ) Britain at Bay ( 1940 ) Last Holiday ( 1950 ) Non-fiction Brief Diversions ( 1922 ) Papers from Lilliput ( 1922 ) Open House ( 1927 ) Self - selected Essays ( 1932 ) English Journey ( 1934 ) Midnight on the Desert ( 1937 autobiography ) We Live In Two Worlds ( 1937 documentary ) Rain Upon Godshill ( 1939 autobiography ) British Women Go To War ( 1943 ) Margin Released ( 1962 autobiography ) Man and Time ( 1964 ) The Edwardians ( 1970 ) Particular Pleasures ( 1975 ) Instead Of The Trees ( 1977 autobiography ) Film & TV adaptations An Inspector Calls ( 1954 film ) Out of the Unknown : `` Level Seven '' ( 1966 sci - fi series ) An Inspector Calls ( 1982 film ) Lost Empires ( 1986 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=An_Inspector_Calls&oldid=806383253 '' Categories : 1945 plays Broadway plays Drama Desk Award - winning plays English plays Plays by J.B. 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Betty Lynn - wikipedia Betty Lynn Jump to : navigation , search Betty Lynn Betty Lynn and Ian Oliver Martin in 2011 Elizabeth Ann Theresa Lynn ( 1926 - 08 - 29 ) August 29 , 1926 ( age 91 ) Kansas City , Missouri , U.S. Other names Betty Ann Lynn Occupation Actress Years active 1948 - 2006 Elizabeth Ann Theresa `` Betty '' Lynn ( born August 29 , 1926 ) is a former American actress . She is best known for her role as Thelma Lou , Deputy Barney Fife 's girlfriend , on The Andy Griffith Show . She is the last surviving multi-season regular adult cast member from that series . Contents ( hide ) 1 Early life 2 USO tour 3 Acting career 4 Personal life 5 Honors 6 Filmography 7 References 8 External links Early life ( edit ) Betty Lynn was born in Kansas City , Missouri , Her mother , Elizabeth Ann Lynn , was `` an accomplished mezzo - soprano '' who taught Betty to sing and started her in the Kansas City Conservatory of Music when she was 5 years old . Lynn had little personal contact with her father , who once threatened to shoot her mother in the abdomen when she was pregnant with Lynn . After Lynn 's birth , her mother once took shelter in a locked closet with the baby as her husband threatened the two . They divorced when Lynn was 5 years old . Lynn 's grandfather , George Andrew Lynn , a railroad engineer , took on the role of father as she grew up . USO tour ( edit ) When she was 17 , Lynn auditioned to participate in United Service Organizations entertainment . At 18 she was part of a USO tour in the China Burma India Theater . She realized the gravity of the situation when a Marine gave her a pistol saying , `` You might need this . '' Her activities on the tour included visiting patients in hospitals and singing requests from a repertoire of 725 songs . She also met recently released prisoners of war from Rangoon , and she was told by a doctor , `` Most of them will be out of their minds in six months . '' Acting career ( edit ) Betty Lynn began her acting career in radio as a member of the cast on a daytime drama on a station in Kansas City . On Broadway , she acted in Walk with Music ( 1940 ) and Oklahoma ! ( 1943 ) . She was discovered in a Broadway production by Darryl F. Zanuck and signed to 20th Century Fox . A clause in her contract allowed the studio to drop her at six - month intervals , leading to recurring concerns for Lynn . She said , `` I was a redhead with freckles and did n't have a bosom . I prayed so hard they 'd keep picking me up . '' Lynn made her film debut in the 1948 film Sitting Pretty opposite Robert Young . That same year , she appeared in June Bride with Bette Davis followed by roles in Mother Is a Freshman ( 1949 ) , Cheaper by the Dozen ( 1950 ) , and Payment on Demand ( 1951 ) . Lynn replaced Patricia Kirkland in the role of Betty Blake in the CBS comedy , The Egg and I ( 1951 - 1952 ) , and she played Pearl in the ABC comedy Love That Jill ( 1958 ) . She was Viola Slaughter in the ABC Western Texas John Slaughter ( 1958 - 1962 ) . In the 1953 -- 1954 television season , Lynn was cast as June Wallace , the sister - in - law of the Ray Bolger character in the ABC sitcom Where 's Raymond ? Allyn Joslyn played her husband , Jonathan Wallace . Lynn and Joslyn left the series in its second season when it was renamed The Ray Bolger Show . After guest - starring on various television series , including Schlitz Playhouse of Stars , The Gale Storm Show , Sugarfoot , and Markham , Lynn won the role of Thelma Lou on The Andy Griffith Show . She portrayed the role regularly from 1961 until 1965 , then made a final guest appearance in one episode during the sixth season ( 1965 -- 1966 ) . Following the end of The Andy Griffith Show , Lynn continued appearing in various television and film roles . In 1986 , she reprised the role of Thelma Lou in the reunion television movie Return to Mayberry in which Thelma Lou and Barney Fife were finally married . In 2006 , Lynn retired from acting and relocated to Mount Airy , North Carolina , the hometown of Andy Griffith and the town on which Mayberry is believed to have been based despite Griffith 's repeated denials . Personal life ( edit ) In 1950 , Lynn bought a house in Los Angeles , with her mother and grandparents moving in . She thus took on the off - screen roles of breadwinner and caretaker . Betty Lynn Giovanna Rayburn left and Randy Rayburn Right with Betty Lynn `` Thelma Lou '' Mount Airey NC Betty Lynn has never married , although she has said she was once engaged . She makes monthly appearances at the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy to sign autographs and meet with her fans . Honors ( edit ) In 2007 , Lynn was inducted into the Missouri Walk of Fame , located in Marshfield , Missouri , and is still `` The Cats '' . On August 30 , 2016 , then - North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory granted and North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest presented Lynn with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine , the highest civilian honor in North Carolina . Filmography ( edit ) 1951 Payment on Demand ( 1951 ) Martha Ramsey Film Year Title Role Notes 1948 Apartment for Peggy Wife Credited as Betty Ann Lynn Sitting Pretty Ginger Credited as Betty Ann Lynn June Bride Babara Brinker 1949 Father Was a Fullback Constance `` Connie '' Cooper 1950 Cheaper by the Dozen Deborah Lancaster 1951 Take Care of My Little Girl Marge Colby 1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas Young Bride Alternative title : Viva Las Vegas ! 1959 Louisiana Hussy Lili Guillot Television Year Title Role Notes 1958 M Squad Susan Baines Episode : `` The Trap '' 1958 Lawman Edna Phillips Episode : `` The Oath '' 1958 Wagon Train Molly Richardson Episode : `` The Dick Richardson Story '' 1958 Bronco Molly Bailey Episode : `` Baron of Broken Lace '' 1959 Tales of Wells Fargo Mary Francis Episode : `` The Bounty Hunter '' 1959 Mickey Spillane 's Mike Hammer Mona Episode : `` Pen Pals '' 1959 Sugarfoot Sarah Sears Episode `` The Royal Raiders '' 1959 Sugarfoot Alice Fenton Episode `` The Twister '' 1960 - 1966 The Andy Griffith Show Thelma Lou 26 episodes 1960 National Velvet Barbara Howard Episode : `` Mi 's Girl '' 1963 The Farmer 's Daughter Sylvia Episode : `` The Speechmaker : Part 2 '' 1965 The Smothers Brothers Show Vera Episode : `` Here Comes the Bridegroom '' 1967 -- 1970 My Three Sons Janet / Janice ; Lois 7 episodes 1966 -- 1968 Family Affair Miss Lee 4 episodes 1969 The Mod Squad Mrs. Hill Episode : `` The Healer '' Little House on the Prairie Bridget Episode : `` If I Should Wake Before I Die '' 1978 Barnaby Jones Mrs. Russell Episode : `` Blind Jeopardy '' 1986 Matlock Sarah 4 episodes References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Oby , Jenny ( 2017 ) . Lakewood Theatre . Arcadia Publishing . p. 103 . ISBN 9781467125949 . Retrieved 24 October 2017 . Jump up ^ Robinson , Dale ; Fernandes , David ( 1996 ) . The Definitive Andy Griffith Show Reference : Episode - by - Episode , With Cast and Production Biographies and a Guide to Collectibles . McFarland . p. 267 . ISBN 0 - 7864 - 0136 - 2 . Jump up ^ Collura , Joe ( September 2017 ) . `` Betty Lynn : Barney 's Thelma Lou '' . Classic Images ( 507 ) : 68 -- 71 . ^ Jump up to : Washburn , Mark ( August 28 , 2016 ) . `` The secret life of Mayberry 's Thelma Lou '' . Miami Herald . Archived from the original on 24 October 2017 . Retrieved 25 October 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Betty Lynn Started Acting At Early Age '' . Biddeford - Saco Journal . Maine , Biddeford. April 14 , 1952 . p. 12 . Retrieved October 25 , 2017 -- via Newspapers.com . Jump up ^ `` Betty Lynn '' . Playbill Vault . Playbill . Archived from the original on 25 October 2017 . Retrieved 25 October 2017 . ^ Jump up to : Breed , Allen G. ( 2007 - 09 - 28 ) . `` ' Thelma Lou ' moves to Mount Airy after L.A. break - ins '' . news-record.com . Archived from the original on 2012 - 02 - 13 . Retrieved 2009 - 05 - 10 . ^ Jump up to : Betty Lynn on IMDb ^ Jump up to : Terrace , Vincent ( 2011 ) . Encyclopedia of Television Shows , 1925 through 2010 ( 2nd ed . ) . Jefferson , N.C. : McFarland & Company , Inc. , Publishers . p. 300 . ISBN 978 - 0 - 7864 - 6477 - 7 . Jump up ^ `` Where 's Raymond ? / The Ray Bolger Show '' . ctva.biz . Retrieved March 14 , 2011 . Jump up ^ `` Actress Who Played Thelma Lou Reminisces About Andy Griffith '' . Huffington Post . August 29 , 2013 . Jump up ^ `` Meet Thelma Lou '' . Andy Griffith Museum . September 13 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Marshfield , Missouri Cherry Blossom Fest '' . cherryblossomfest.com . Retrieved 2009 - 05 - 10 . Jump up ^ `` Lt. Gov. Honors Lynn '' . Mount Airy News . Retrieved February 27 , 2017 . External links ( edit ) Betty Lynn on IMDb Betty Lynn at the Internet Broadway Database Betty Lynn helping to donate Andy Griffith show articles to Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy , NC Interview , September , 2015 VIAF : 71176421 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betty_Lynn&oldid=838500405 '' Categories : 1926 births Living people 20th - century American actresses Actresses from Kansas City , Missouri American film actresses American radio actresses American stage actresses American television actresses 20th Century Fox contract players Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Articles with IBDb links Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 27 April 2018 , at 12 : 25 . About Wikipedia

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List of Little House on the Prairie characters - wikipedia List of Little House on the Prairie characters Jump to : navigation , search There are many Little House on the Prairie characters , appearing in various forms of media in the Little House on the Prairie media franchise . Contents ( hide ) 1 Television series characters 1.1 The Ingalls family 1.1. 1 The in - laws 1.2 Townsfolk 1.3 Non-recurring characters 1.3. 1 Season one 1.3. 2 Season two 1.3. 3 Season three 1.3. 4 Season four 1.3. 5 Season five 1.3. 6 Season six 1.3. 7 Season seven 1.3. 8 Season eight 1.3. 9 Season nine 1.3. 10 Post-series movies 1.4 Animals 2 Ingalls 's and Wilder 's genealogy 2.1 The Ingalls family 2.2 The Quiner family 2.2. 1 Charlotte Tucker 2.2. 2 Martha Morse 2.3 The Wilder family 2.4 The Day family 3 Neighbors , friends and acquaintances 3.1 Real people 3.2 Characters based on real people 4 References 5 External links Television series characters ( edit ) Main article : Little House on the Prairie ( TV series ) The Ingalls family ( edit ) Name Seasons No. of episodes Portrayer Character summary Charles Ingalls 1 -- 9 161 Michael Landon Farmer ; husband and father Caroline Ingalls 1 -- 8 172 Karen Grassle Wife and mother Laura Ingalls Wilder 1 -- 9 190 Melissa Gilbert Second daughter ; Later Almanzo 's wife and Rose 's mother ; nicknamed `` Half - pint '' by Charles and `` Beth '' by Almanzo Mary Ingalls 1 -- 8 133 Melissa Sue Anderson Oldest child Carrie Ingalls 1 -- 8 164 Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush Third daughter Charles Ingalls Jr . Unknown Baby son , died as an infant Grace Ingalls 5 -- 8 60 Wendi and Brenda Turnbaugh Fourth daughter Albert Quinn Ingalls 5 -- 9 89 Matthew Labyorteaux Adopted son James Cooper / Ingalls 7 -- 8 21 Jason Bateman Adopted after parents were killed in a wagon accident Cassandra Cooper / Ingalls 7 -- 8 21 Missy Francis Same as above The in - laws ( edit ) Name Seasons No. of episodes Portrayer Character summary Almanzo Wilder 6 -- 9 65 Dean Butler Farmer ; Laura 's husband ( season 7 ) ; Rose 's father ; Nicknamed `` Manly '' by Laura Adam Kendall 4 -- 8 35 Linwood Boomer Teacher of the blind ; Mary 's husband ( season 5 ) Adam Kendall Jr . 6 Unknown Adam and Mary 's son ; dies in fire with Alice Garvey Jenny Wilder 9 18 Shannen Doherty Almanzo 's niece , whom he gets custody of after his brother / her father Royal dies Rose Wilder 8 -- 9 17 Jennifer and Michele Steffin Almanzo and Laura 's daughter Eliza Jane Wilder 6 -- 8 14 Lucy Lee Flippin Teacher ; Almanzo 's older sister Townsfolk ( edit ) Name Seasons No. of episodes Portrayer Character summary Nels Oleson 1 -- 9 147 Richard Bull Mercantile proprietor ; husband and father Harriet Oleson 1 -- 9 153 Katherine MacGregor Mercantile proprietor ; wife and mother Nellie Oleson 1 -- 9 104 Alison Arngrim Oldest child of Nels and Harriet Willie Oleson 1 -- 9 140 Jonathan Gilbert Son of Nels and Harriet Nancy Oleson 8 -- 9 33 Allison Balson Adopted daughter of Nels and Harriet Percival Dalton / Isaac Cohen 6 -- 7 11 Steve Tracy Nellie 's husband Rachel Brown Oleson 9 Sherri Stoner Willie 's wife Dr. Hiram Baker 1 -- 9 113 Kevin Hagen Town physician Reverend Robert Alden 1 -- 9 76 Dabbs Greer Church minister Melinda Foster 1 -- 9 61 Ruth Foster Post office manager Isaiah Edwards 1 -- 3 , 6 , 8 -- 9 52 Victor French Charles 's best friend Grace Snider Edwards 1 -- 6 23 Bonnie Bartlett / Corinne Camacho Wife of Isaiah Edwards John Sanderson Edwards 2 -- 4 8 Radames Pera Oldest child adopted by Isaiah & Grace Edwards Alicia Sanderson Edwards 2 -- 3 , 5 , 8 19 Kyle Richards Youngest child , Adopted daughter of Isaiah & Grace Edwards Carl Sanderson Edwards 2 -- 4 19 Brian Part Middle child adopted by Isaiah & Grace Edwards Matthew Rogers 9 5 Jonathan Hall Kovacs Young boy that is taken care of by Isaiah Edwards ( season 9 ) Jonathan Garvey 4 -- 7 51 Merlin Olsen Farmer ; husband and father Alice Garvey 4 -- 6 33 Hersha Parady Wife and mother ; teacher ; dies in fire with Adam Kendall Jr . Andy Garvey 4 -- 7 43 Patrick Labyorteaux Son of Jonathan and Alice Eva Beadle Simms 1 -- 4 45 Charlotte Stewart School teacher Adam Simms Joshua Bryant Miss Beadle 's husband Lars Hanson 1 -- 5 41 Karl Swenson Lumber mill owner ; a founder of Walnut Grove Hester - Sue Terhune 4 -- 9 40 Ketty Lester Head of the school for the blind John Carter 9 19 Stan Ivar Blacksmith ; husband and father Sarah Carter 9 15 Pamela Roylance Starts a newspaper ; wife and mother Jeb Carter 9 18 Lindsay Kennedy Older son of John and Sarah Jason Carter 9 18 David Friedman Younger son of John and Sarah Susan Goodspeed 4 -- 7 16 Michelle Downey Student at the school for the blind Etta Plum 9 15 Leslie Landon School teacher Christy Kennedy 1 -- 2 10 Tracie Savage Schoolgirl Sandy Kennedy Robert Hoffman Schoolboy ; Christy 's brother Hans Dorfler 1 -- 4 , 6 9 Jim Jeter Resident of Walnut Grove ; a stable - owner Bill Anderson 6 -- 9 6 Sam Edwards Banker of Walnut Grove Joe Kagan 4 -- 5 , 7 5 Moses Gunn Aging boxer who retires to farm life in Walnut Grove Judd Larrabee 4 -- 5 5 Don `` Red '' Barry Resident of Walnut Grove Mrs. Amanda `` May '' Whipple 1 -- 4 5 Queenie Smith Resident of Walnut Grove ; local seamstress Mr. Kennedy Wayne Heffley Resident of Walnut Grove ; father of Christy and Sandy Mrs. Kennedy 1 -- 2 Eileen Ryan ( season 1 ) , Janice Carroll ( season 2 ) Resident of Walnut Grove ; mother of Christy and Sandy Ebenezer Sprague 2 -- 3 Ted Gehring Banker of Walnut Grove Houston Lamb 6 -- 7 Dub Taylor Works and lives at the school for the blind in Sleepy Eye Henry Riley 4 -- 9 15 Dan McBride recurring role - customer in Nellie 's Restaurant arguing Kezia Horn 4 -- 5 Hermione Baddeley Resident of Walnut Grove and friend of Laura and Albert Non-recurring characters ( edit ) This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it . Season one ( edit ) Episode 6 Miss Amy Hearn ( played by Josephine Hutchinson ) Episode 7 Olga Nordstrom ( played by Kim Richards ) Episode 9 Abel Makay ( played by Dirk Blocker ) Episode 11 Tinker Jones ( played by Chuck McCann ) Episode 14 Jonathan ( played by Ernest Borgnine ) Episode 19 Willie O'Hara ( played by Red Buttons ) Episode 20 Graham Stewart ( played by Johnny Lee ) John Stewart ( played by Harris Yulin ) Episode 21 Trudy Coulter ( played by Julie Cobb ) Joseph Coulter ( played by Alan Fudge ) Episode 22 Jack Lame Horse ( played by Robert Tessier ) Marshal Anders ( played by Jack Ging ) Episode 23 Hiram Johnson ( played by Hal Bokar ) Mimi ( played by Jane Alice Brandon ) Episode 24 Jim Tyler ( played by Forrest Tucker ) Helen Tyler ( played by Ann Doran ) Season two ( edit ) Episode 4 Jebediah Mumfort ( played by Karl Lukas ) Margaret Mumfort ( played by June Dayton ) Slick McBurney ( played by Gregory Walcott ) Episode 5 Amos Pike ( played by John Anderson ) Episode 7 Julia Sanderson ( played by Patricia Neal ) Episode 10 Jonah ( played by Shane Sinutko ) Episode 17 Hannibal Applewood ( played by Richard Basehart ) Episode 18 Henry Hill ( played by Louis Gossett Jr ) Episode 19 Elizabeth Thurman ( played by Mariette Hartley ) Episode 20 Yuli Pyatakov ( played by Theodore Bikel ) Viktor Pyatakov ( played by Ike Eisenmann ) Fanya Pyatakov ( played by Lisa Pera ) Episode 21 Granville Whipple ( played by Richard Mulligan ) Season three ( edit ) Episode 1 Caleb Hodgekiss ( played by Johnny Cash ) Mattie Hodgekiss ( played by June Carter Cash ) Episode 4 Wendell Loudy ( played by John Ireland ) Episode 6 Young Charles Ingalls ( played by Matthew Labyorteaux ) Lansford Ingalls ( played by Arthur Hill ) Laura Colby Ingalls ( played by Jan Sterling ) Eliza Ann Ingalls ( played by Hersha Parady ) Peter Ingalls ( played by Mark Lenard ) Episode 9 Bubba Galinder ( played by Michael LeClair ) George Galinder ( played by Roy Jenson ) Sam Galinder ( played by Geoffrey Lewis ) Episode 10 Sam Shelby ( played by Burl Ives ) Episode 14 Ginny Clark ( played by Rachel Longaker ) Harold Mayfield ( played by Warren Vanders ) Della Clark ( played by Kay Peters ) Episode 15 Joseph Spotted Eagle Stokes ( played by Caesar Ramirez ) Seth ( played by Willie Aames ) Jeremy Stokes ( played by George Murdock ) Episode 18 Solomon Henry ( played by Todd Bridges ) Mrs. Henry ( played by Maidie Norman ) Jackson Henry ( played by David Downing ) Kramer ( played by Frederic Downs ) Dr. Tane ( played by Don Pedro Colley ) Episode 19 Anna Gillberg ( played by Katy Kurtzman ) Episode 20 Elmer Dobkins ( played by Eric Olson ) Sam Dobkins ( played by Charles Aidman ) Ellen Dobkins ( played by Mitzi Hoag ) Episode 21 Zachariah ( played by E.J. Andre ) Rev. Phillips ( played by Larry Golden ) Ben Griffin ( played by Larry Pennell ) Season four ( edit ) Episode 3 Ellen Taylor ( played by Mia Bendixsen ) Eloise Taylor ( played by Corinne Michaels ) Cal Taylor ( played by James Wainwright ) Episode 4 Chris Nelson ( played by Gil Gerard ) Episode 6 Bailey Farrell ( played by Bernard Behrens ) Timothy Farrell ( played by Johnny Doran ) Episode 7 Stanley Novack ( played by Michael Pataki ) Beth Novack ( played by Collin Wilcox ) Jed Haney ( played by Eddie Quillan ) Dr. Asa T Logan ( played by Burr DeBenning ) Episode 8 Mr. Dankworth ( played by Dennis Rucker ) Mr. Hobbs ( played by John Bennett Perry ) Bob Ford ( played by Tony Marks ) Lewis Ford ( played by Frank Marth ) Episode 9 Judge Picker ( played by Eddie Quillan ) Episode 14 Samantha Higgins ( played by Seeley Ann Thumann ) Jimmy Hill ( played by Chris Petersen ) Episode 15 Nats Rachel Peal ( played by Anita Dangler ) Caleb Fisher ( played by John McLiam ) Katie Fisher ( played by Linda McMillan ) Ellen Fisher ( played by Dee Croxton ) Episode 16 Jordan Harrison ( played by Ronnie Scribner ) Young Caroline ( played by Katy Kurtzman ) Younger Laura Colby Ingalls ( played by Sarah Miller ) Mr. Watson ( played by Sorrell Booke ) Harold Watson ( played by Adam Gunn ) Peter Ingalls ( played by David Considine ) Henry Quiner - Holbrook ( played by Gregg Forrest ) Polly Ingalls ( played by Robin Muir ) Eliza Ann Quiner - Holbrook ( played by Kristi Jill Wood ) Lansford Ingalls ( played by Nicolas Coster ) Charlotte Holbrook ( played by Virginia Kiser ) Young Charles Ingalls ( played by Matthew Labyorteaux ) Episode 17 Bobby Harris ( played by Michael Mullins ) Anna Mears ( played by Lenora May ) Shaniel Mears ( played by Donald Moffat ) Rev. Pritchard ( played by Woodrow Parfrey ) Episode 21 Dr. Burke ( played by Ford Rainey ) Miseth Barton ( played by Rob Kenneally ) Season five ( edit ) Episode 4 John Bevins ( played by Cliff Emmich ) Bess Bevins ( played by Kate Woodville ) Amelia Bevins ( played by Julie Ann Haddock ) Episode 5 Toby Noe ( played by Ray Bolger ) Episode 8 Erich Schiller ( played by Ike Eisenmann ) Otto Schiller ( played by King Moody ) Anna Schiller ( played by Lisa Pera ) Episode 15 Isaac Singerman ( played by John Bleifer ) Aaron Singerman ( played by Alvin Kupperman ) Episode 18 Miss Elliot ( played by Ellen Regan ) Holly ( played by Martha Nix ) Giles Kendall ( played by Philip Abbott ) Episode 20 Adele Larrabee ( played by Joan Tompkins -- wife of Karl Swenson ) Episode 22 Leslie Harper ( played by Jenny Sullivan ) Samantha Harper ( played by Kyle Richards ) Bret Harper ( played by Charles Cioffi ) Thomas Harper ( played by Bobby Rolofson ) Episode 24 Dylan Whitaker ( played by Steve Shaw ) Season six ( edit ) Episode 3 Jeremy Quinn ( played by Michael Pataki ) Episode 6 Russell Harmon ( played by William Schallert ) Anna Craig Alden ( played by Iris Korn ) Episode 9 Milo Stavroupolis ( played by Leo Gordon ) Anna Stavroupolis ( played by Nora Meerbaum ) Episode 10 Rev. Danforth ( played by James Olson ) Episode 12 Harold ( played by Royal Dano ) Episode 13 Tod Dortmunder ( played by Timothy Wead ) Brewster Davenport ( played by Malcolm Atterbury ) Virginia Davenport ( played by Susan French ) Episode 20 Penelope Parker ( played by Stacey Sipes ) Episode 21 Molly Reardon ( played by Suzanne Rogers ) Episode 22 Miss Trimble ( played by Lucille Benson ) Season seven ( edit ) Episode 1 Harv Miller ( played by James Cromwell ) Episode 4 Dan Ellerbee ( played by James Jarnagin ) Pete Ellerbee ( played by William Traylor ) Episode 6 Annie Crane ( played by Madeleine Stowe ) Episode 7 Brenda Sue Longworth ( played by Tisch Raye ) Episode 8 Leslie Barton ( played by Suzy Gilstrap ) Episode 9 Kavendish ( played by Eddie Quillan ) Episode 15 Hertzell Lundy ( played by Mel Stewart ) Episode 17 Sylvia Webb ( played by Olivia Barash ) Mr. Webb ( played by Royal Dano ) Irv Hartwig ( played by Richard Jaeckel ) Episode 19 Edgar Mills ( played by Jeff Corey ) Edna Mills ( played by Barbara Collentine -- wife of Richard Bull ) Episode 21 Mr Case ( played by Ivan Bonar ) Jed Cooper ( played by EJ Andre ) Sarah Cooper ( played by ME Loree ) Alvin Cooper ( played by George McDaniel ) Episode 22 Isaiah Tompkins ( played by Len Wayland ) Season eight ( edit ) Episode 1 Miss Mason ( played by Elizabeth Hoffman ) Michele Pierson ( played by Melora Hardin ) Episode 4 Dr. Caleb Ledoux ( played by Don Marshall ) Mattie Ledoux ( played by Marlene Warfield ) Episode 5 Mortimer Carstairs ( played by Patrick Collins ) Ralph Waldo Emerson ( played by George Petrie ) Episode 6 Amy Cassidy ( played by Martha Nix ) Rodolfo Gambini ( played by Jack Kruschen ) Ana Rosa Gambini ( played by Gloria Manos ) Marco Gambini ( played by Stephen Manley ) Stefano Gambini ( played by Robert Torti ) Episode 7 Max ( played by Todd Susman ) Georgie ( played by Royce D. Applegate ) Episode 8 Callahan ( played by M. Emmet Walsh ) Episode 9 Elmer Miles ( played by J. Brennan Smith ) Episode 10 Major Guffey ( played by Laurie Main ) Episode 12 Gideon Hale ( played by Peter Billingsley ) Braden Hale ( played by Dennis Howard ) Mrs. Hale ( played by Jennifer Rhodes ) Episode 14 Jack Prescott ( played by Claude Earl Jones ) Episode 16 Sam Terhune ( played by J.A. Preston ) Naomi Terhune ( played by Marguerite DeLain ) Episode 20 Sherman Andruss ( played by Dennis Lipscomb ) Helen Andruss ( played by Judith Weston ) Louisa Beckwith ( played by Ruth Silveira ) Horace Beckwith ( played by Calvin Bartlett ) Nora Cramer ( played by Betty McGuire ) Episode 21 Danny ( played by Georg Olden ) Episode 22 Old Man ( played by Don Beddoe ) Season nine ( edit ) Episode 3 Lem McCary ( played by Lew Ayres ) Jess Moffet ( played by Charles Lane ) Episode 4 Thomas Stark ( played by Robert Loggia ) Constance Stark ( played by Michele Marsh ) Elizabeth Stark ( played by Tammy Lauren ) Randall Page ( played by Ronnie Scribner ) Episode 5 Lou Bates ( played by Billy Barty ) Mrs. Bates ( played by Susan French ) Episode 10 Jane Canfield ( played by Jill Schoelen ) Episode 12 Dr. Marvin Haynes ( played by Ralph Bellamy ) Episode 13 Linda McAndrews ( played by Sheila Larken ) Elliott Reed ( played by John McLiam ) Episode 14 Cole Younger ( played by Geoffrey Lewis ) Bart Younger ( played by Robert Donner ) Lonnie Younger ( played by Timothy Scott ) Episode 16 Matthew Rogers ( played by Jonathan Hall Kovacs ) Episode 19 Ruthy Leland ( played by Vera Miles ) Dewey ( played by Eric Christmas ) Episode 20 Buffalo Bill ( played by Eddie Quillan ) Episode 21 Mae Flannery ( played by Barbara Townsend ) Episode 22 Philip Rogers ( played by Robert Darnell ) Sherwood Montague ( played by Robert Casper ) Post-series movies ( edit ) Little House : The Last Farewell Nathan Lassiter ( played by James Karen ) Animals ( edit ) Dogs : Jack and Bandit Horses : Pet and Patty Pony : Bunny Goat : Fred Ingalls 's and Wilder 's genealogy ( edit ) The Ingalls family ( edit ) Charles Ingalls Caroline Lake Quiner James Wilder Angeline Day Mary Ingalls Carrie Ingalls Charles Frederic Ingalls Grace Ingalls Laura Wilder Royal Wilder Eliza Jane Wilder Alice Wilder Perley Wilder ( ( ( ) ) ) Laura Ingalls Almanzo Wilder Rose Wilder Son died shortly after birth was unnamed Ingalls line : Henry Ingalls and Joan / Johan Wytton Robert Ingalls ( 1563 - 1617 ) and Elizabeth x ( 1567 - 1631 ) Edmund Ingalls ( 1598 - 1648 ) and Ann Tripp ( 1599 - 1648 ) Henry Ingalls ( 1627 - 1718 ) and Mary Osgood ( 1633 - 1686 ) Samuel Ingalls ( 1654 - 1733 ) and Sarah Hendrick ( 1661 - 1738 ) Samuel Ingalls Jr. ( 1683 - 1747 ) and Mary E. Watts ( 1687 - ? ) Timothy Ingalls ( 1720 - 1757 ) and ? Delano line : Jonathan Delano ( b. 1647 ) and Mercy Warren ( 1658 -- 1727 ) ( gdau. of Richard Warren of the Mayflower ) Jonathan Delano ( b. 1680 ) and Amy Hatch ( b. 1687 ) Jabez Delano ( b. 1708 ) and Prudence Hibbard ( b. 1711 ) Colby line : Matthew Colby ( b. 1530 ) and ( from 1555 ) Mary ( last name unknown ) ( b. 1532 ) Thomas Colby ( b. 1567 ) and ( from May 4 , 1596 ) Anne Jackson ( b. 1571 ) Anthony Colby ( b. 1605 ) and ( from 1632 ) Susanna Haddon ( b. 1608 ) John Colby ( b. 1633 ) and ( from January 14 , 1655 ) Frances Hoyt ( b. 1636 ) John Colby ( b. 1656 ) and ( from December 27 , 1675 ) Sarah Eldridge ( b. 1658 ) Joseph Colby ( b. 1680 ) and ( from November 22 , 1704 ) Anne Bartlett ( b. 1684 ) Nathan Colby ( b. 1710 ) and ( from December 18 , 1735 ) Hannah Worthen ( b. 1716 ) Jonathan Ingalls ( 1750 -- 1834 ) & Martha Jane Locke ( 1753 -- 1785 ) Jonathan Delano ( 1735 -- 1811 ) & Anne Ladd ( 1734 -- 1816 ) Ezekiel Colby ( 1739 -- 1791 ) & Sally Fowler ( 1734 -- 1834 ) Elijah Blood ( 1748 -- 1826 ) & Eunice Sleeman ( 1758 -- 1811 ) Samuel Ingalls ( 1771 -- 1841 ) Margaret Delano ( 1773 -- 1837 ) Nathan Colby ( 1778 -- 1857 ) Eunice Blood ( 1782 -- 1862 ) Lansford Ingalls ( 1812 -- 1896 ) Laura Colby ( 1810 -- 1883 ) Peter Ingalls ( 1833 -- 1900 ) `` baby boy '' Ingalls ( 1835 -- 1835 ) Charles Ingalls ( 1836 -- 1902 ) Lydia Ingalls ( 1838 -- 1913 ) Polly Ingalls ( 1840 -- 1886 ) Lansford Ingalls ( 1842 -- 1928 ) Laura Ingalls ( 1845 -- 1918 ) Hiram Ingalls ( 1848 -- 1923 ) George Ingalls ( 1851 -- 1901 ) Ruby Ingalls ( 1855 -- 1881 ) Based on the data from : The Genealogy of Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder Peter Riley Ingalls ( 1833 -- 1900 ) -- born in Cuba , New York . On June 5 , 1861 , in Brookfield , Wisconsin married Eliza Ann Quiner ( see : The Quiners ) and they had 6 children ( see below ) . They left Pepin in 1874 , together with Laura 's family , and stopped in Zumbro Falls , Minnesota . Next they moved to South Troy , Minnesota where the Ingalls visited them for some time ( in 1876 ) . Alice Josephine Ingalls ( 23 Apr 1862 -- 30 Jan 1934 ) -- married Arthur Whiting . They had five children , born between 1883 and 1899 ( Altha Whiting Taylor , Jay Whiting , Fred Whiting , Vena Whiting Clark and Roy Whiting ) . Ella Estella Ingalls ( 23 Jan 1865 -- 9 Mar 1945 ) -- married Leslie Lee Whiting and had four sons , born between 1885 and 1894 ( Earl Whiting , Floyd Whiting , Harry Whiting and Clarence Whiting ) . She spent some time in DeSmet , with her husband and the eldest baby Earl Leland . Peter Franklin Ingalls ( 16 Nov 1866 -- 23 Sep 1932 ) -- lived with Laura and Almanzo in De Smet for a while . Married Mary Edith `` Molly '' McGowin and they had between seven and eight children ( presumed to be Edith Ingalls , Alexander Ingalls , Florence Ingalls Lindsey , Pearlie Ingalls Chiles , Fred Ingalls , Mary Ingalls , Mable Ingalls Mims and an unnamed infant ) Lansford Newcomb Ingalls ( b . 5 Apr 1870 ) Edith Florence `` Dolly Varden '' ( 23 Jun 1872 -- 13 Jul 1951 ) , on 9 Jun 1892 married Heil Nelson Bingham and they had eight children , born between 1893 and 1912 ( Frederick Bingham , Estella Bingham Mahoney , Pearl Bingham Shanahan , Percy Bingham , Mabel Bingham Leverty , Thomas Bingham , Edna Bingham and James Bingham ) . Edmond Llewellyn Ingalls ( b . 26 Aug 1880 ) , married Edith Mae Ide and they had 6 children . ( Lois Ingalls Gibson , Herbert Ingalls , Wallace Ingalls , Margaret Ingalls Cowsar and William Ingalls ) . `` baby boy '' Ingalls ( 1835 -- 1835 ) . Died at approximately two weeks of age , of `` convulsions '' , and had not been named yet . Charles Phillip Ingalls ( 1836 -- 1902 ) -- Laura 's father Mary Amelia Ingalls ( 1865 - 1928 ) Laura Elizabeth Ingalls ( 1867 - 1957 ) Caroline Celestia ' Carrie ' Ingalls ( 1870 - 1946 ) Charles Frederick ' Freddie ' Ingalls ( 1875 - 1876 ) Grace Pearl Ingalls ( 1877 - 1941 ) Lydia Louise Ingalls ( 1838 -- 1913 ) -- on 15 Jan 1856 , she married Robert Fulton Clough and later -- in 1859 , Joseph Stouff . She had five children , first of whom was Clough 's . Issac Lafayette Clough ( 1858 - 1893 , got married in 1876 ) Amos Alvin Stouff ( 1860 - 1893 ) Minnie Stouff ( 1868 - 1941 ) Amy Stouff ( 1870 - 1947 ) Robert Stouff ( 1875 - 1926 ) Polly Melona Ingalls ( 1840 -- 1886 ) -- born in Cuba , New York . In 1859 married Henry Odin Quiner ( see : The Quiners ) and they had seven children ( see below ) . The family left Pepin with Laura 's family in 1868 and both families stopped in Rothville , Missouri . In 1869 they returned to Pepin . Some time later they went West . Louisa Martha Quiner ( 1860 - 1917 ) , m . Walter Smith and had at least one son , William Smith Charles Henry Quiner ( 1862 - 1881 ) James Albert Quiner ( 1865 - 1947 ) , m . Gertrude Frances Price ( 1866 -- 1945 ) in 1903 Charlotte A. `` Lottie '' Quiner ( 1867 - ) , m . Charles Sheldon ( 1857 - 1942 ) and had three daughters ( May Sheldon Scharen , Grace Sheldon and Blanche Sheldon ) George Lansford Quiner ( 1870 - 1884 ) Lillian M. `` Lillie '' Quiner ( 1873 - 1881 ) Ruby Quiner ( 1878 - 1885 ) Lansford James Ingalls ( 1842 -- 1928 ) -- was married twice ; to Sarah Dickinson ( 1846 -- 1897 ) and later to Mary Dickinson . Both of them were born in England . Samuel James Ingalls ( 1866 - 1933 ) Sara Belle Ingalls ( 1870 - 1856 ) William Walter Ingalls ( 1872 - 1846 ) Mary Elizabeth Ingalls ( 1874 - 1923 ) Andrew Jackson Ingalls ( 1876 - 1959 ) Charles Reuben Ingalls ( 1878 - 1880 ) Edward Eugene Ingalls ( 1881 - 1888 ) Horace Foster Ingalls ( 1883 - 1888 ) Olive May Ingalls ( 1885 - 1888 ) Martha Esther Ingalls ( 1887 - 1977 ) Laura Ladocia `` Docia '' Ingalls ( 8 July 1845 -- 18 January 1918 ) -- married August Waldvogel ( divorced later ) and the couple had two children ( see below ) . Next she married Hiram `` Hi '' Forbes and they had seven daughters . Hiram was a contractor for the Chicago and North Western Railway . They spent some time in DeSmet with the Ingalls but soon moved to Nebraska . They lost contact . Hiram died in 1906 , and Docia subsequently moved to Colorado . She died twelve years later of pulmonary oedema . Lena Evelyn Waldvogel ( 1866 -- 1943 ) , m . Samuel Aughey Heikes and they had eight children ( Agnes Heikes Kate , Eugene Heikes , Marion Heikes Lueder , Samuel Heikes , Lola Heikes Flack , Winfred Heikes , Warren Heikes and Geraldine Heikes Sloan ) . August Eugene `` Jean '' Waldvogel ( 1870 - 1945 ) , m . first Maria Luella Harmon and subsequently Leona Beatrice Hinton , and had seven children in total ( Earl Waldvogel , William Waldvogel , Velma Waldvogel Mellor , Verne Waldvogel , Ernest Waldvogel , Robert Waldvogel and Leonard Waldvogel ) . Died in a car accident along with Leona , Verne and Leonard . Ida May Forbes ( 1875 - 1953 ) , m . Charles W. Norman Adeline Forbes ( 1877 - 1936 ) , m . Algernon `` Al '' Russell Emma Laura Forbes ( 1879 - 1912 ) , m . Henry Schneider Mary Amanda Forbes ( 1881 - 1958 ) , m . Edward Oscar Baker Maud Marie Forbes ( 1884 - 1983 ) , m . Joseph Gregg or John Gunderson Frances I. Forbes ( 1887 - 1968 ) , m . Joseph Halda Katie P. Forbes ( 1890 - 1919 ) - possibly married a man with the surname Wilton Hiram Lemuel Ingalls ( 1848 -- 1923 ) -- on 18 Oct 1867 , married Sarah Elizabeth Woodward ( 1847 -- 1910 ) and on 27 Feb 1919 -- Ellen Parker Laura Eliza Ingalls ( 1867 -- 1943 ) , m . John Monroe Butterfield ( 1856 -- 1943 ) Ruby Evaline Ingalls ( 1871 -- 1941 ) , m . Austin Johnson Beers ( 1852 -- 1929 ) in 1884 and William E. Garrison ( 1874 -- 1947 ) in 1931 Phillip L. Ingalls Sarah Jeanette Ingalls ( 1877 -- 1956 ) , m . Emil Otto Kreiner ( 1865 -- 1937 ) and later Bernard Connor ( 1871 -- 1914 ) in 1896 Mary Rose Ellen Ingalls ( 1880 -- 1951 ) , m . Marion Ormal Kezer ( 1875 -- 1942 ) Hiram LeRoy `` Roy '' Ingalls ( 1882 -- 1949 ) , m . Mathilda Bartosh ( 1883 -- 1966 ) in 1901 Leo Vincent Kreiner Ingalls ( 1896 -- 1974 ) , m . Viola Edna Edgerton . Adopted by Hiram in 1898 . George Whiting Ingalls ( 1851 -- 1901 ) - married Julia E. Bard ( 1858 -- 1910 ) in Alden , Wisconsin , and moved with her to Webster , Wisconsin `` baby boy '' Ingalls ( b . 1878 ) - died shortly after birth `` baby boy '' Ingalls ( b . 1880 ) - died shortly after birth Benjamin Ingalls ( 1884 - 1885 ) - suffocated on the way back from a family visit Ruby Celestia Ingalls ( 1855 -- 1881 ) - married Joseph Card ( 1849 - 1923 ) George Card ( ? ) Sherman Card ( ? ) Alma Josephine `` Dolly Varden '' Card ( 1880 - 1885 ) NOTE : A second daughter of Ruby Ingalls Card , Lettie Letishia Card Anderson , is listed as being born in 1888 , seven years after Ruby 's death . How this is possible is unknown . The Quiner family ( edit ) William Quiner ( 1773 -- 1831 ) Margaret Doer ( 1774 -- 1839 ) Lewis Tucker ( 1779 -- 1870 ) Martha Gráinne Morse ( 1772 -- 1862 ) Henry Quiner ( 1809 -- 1844 ) Charlotte Tucker ( 1809 -- 1884 ) Frederic M. Holbrook ( 1819 - 1874 ) Martha Quiner ( 1832 -- 1836 ) Joseph Quiner ( 1834 -- 1862 ) Henry Quiner ( 1835 -- 1880 ) Martha Quiner ( 1837 -- 1927 ) Caroline Quiner ( 1839 -- 1924 ) Eliza Quiner ( 1842 -- 1931 ) Thomas Quiner ( 1844 -- 1903 ) Charlotte Holbrook ( 1854 -- 1939 ) ( Laura 's maternal great - great - grandparents ) Allan Alexander Morse and Margaret Drummond * These are fictional names . Real names unknown . ( Laura 's maternal great - grandparents ) Lewis Tucker ( 1779 -- 1870 ) and Martha Gráinne Morse ( 1772 -- 1862 ) William Quiner ( 1773 -- 1831 ) and Margaret Doer ( 1774 -- 1839 ) ( Laura 's maternal grandparents ) Charlotte Tucker and Henry Quiner THEIR CHILDREN ( Laura 's aunts and uncles ) : Martha Morse Quiner ( 1832 -- 1836 ) Joseph Carpenter Quiner ( 1834 -- 1862 ) . He married Nancy Frank in Wisconsin in 1856 . Died of wounds suffered at the Battle of Shiloh . Frank R Quiner ( 1859 -- 1944 ) John Carpenter Quiner ( 1861 -- 1950 ) Henry Odin Quiner ( 1835 -- 1880 ) -- born on December 7 in Ohio . He married Polly Ingalls ( for more -- see above ) Martha Jane Quiner ( 1837 -- 1927 ) -- married Charles Carpenter in 1860 and had fourteen children . William Augustus Carpenter ( 1861 -- 1884 ) Joseph Quiner Carpenter ( 1863 -- 1923 ) married Elizabeth C. Reese . Phoebe Carpenter Joseph Carpenter Elizabeth Carpenter Clara Carpenter Martha Carpenter Charles Carpenter Theodore Carpenter Donald Carpenter Lillian Carpenter Emilie Carpenter Lettice `` Lottie '' Jane Carpenter ( 1864 -- 1949 ) Nancy Cora Carpenter ( 1865 -- 1955 ) Martha Eliza Carpenter ( 1868 -- 1871 ) Millicent Ann Carpenter ( 1869 -- 1960 ) Charles Carr Carpenter ( 1871 -- 1918 ) Emma Bertha Carpenter ( 1873 -- 1955 ) Etta Minerva Carpenter ( 1874 -- 1899 ) Martha Josephine Carpenter ( 1876 -- 1962 ) Marion Caroline Carpenter ( 1879 -- 1939 ) Myrtie Emmeline Carpenter ( 1879 -- 1956 ) Thomas Quiner Carpenter ( 1882 -- 1944 ) George Lockwood Carpenter ( 1882 -- 1954 ) Caroline Lake Quiner ( December 12 , 1839 -- April 20 , 1924 ) -- Laura 's mother Eliza Ann Quiner ( 1842 -- 1931 ) -- born on April 21 in Brookfield , Wisconsin . Both families -- the Ingalls and the Quiners -- moved several times and stopped finally in Jefferson County , Wisconsin . Eliza married Peter Ingalls in Concord , Wisconsin , on June 5 , 1861 ( for more -- see above ) . Thomas Lewis Quiner ( 1844 -- 1903 ) -- born on November 23 . He married Lillian Graham ' Lily ' Hill ( 1858 - 1924 ) and they had six children . They lived for some time in DeSmet . Died in an accident at the Columbia River on February 23 , 1903 . Helen Marion Quiner ( 1881 - 1961 ) Alice Quiner ( 1882 - 1883 ) Donald Quiner ( 1885 - 1887 ) Lillian Josephine Quiner ( 1887 - 1959 ) Dugald Lewis Quiner ( 1889 - 1964 ) John Hill Quiner ( 1900 - 1978 ) Henry Quiner died in October 1844 in the sinking of a trading ship on the Great Lakes . Charlotte Tucker Quiner remarried , to Frederic Holbrook , and they had one child Charlotte Elizabeth `` Lottie '' Holbrook ( January 20 , 1854 -- February 15 , 1939 ) . She married Henry Moore ( b . 1852 ) in 1875 and they had five children . Frederick Moore ( b . 1878 ) Arvin Moore ( b . 1880 ) Harry C. Moore ( b . 1882 ) Ralph Moore ( b . 1887 ) Pearl Eva Moore ( b . 1888 ) Charlotte Tucker ( edit ) Lewis Tucker Martha Morse ( 1782 -- 1862 ) Betsy Tucker ( 1800 -- ? ) Lewis Tucker ( 1802 -- ? ) Linus Tucker ( 1802 -- ? ) Lydia Tucker ( 1805 -- ? ) Thomas Tucker ( 1807 -- ? ) Charlotte Tucker ( 1809 -- 1884 ) Caroline Tucker ( 1811 -- ? ) Mary Tucker ( 1813 -- ? ) Nancy Tucker ( 1816 -- ? ) George Tucker ( 1820 -- 1821 ) Charlotte Wallis Tucker was born on May 25 , 1809 in Roxbury , Massachusetts ( a suburb of Boston ) . She died September 20 , 1884 in Rome , Wisconsin . Her mostly fictionalised story was described in the four - book series The Charlotte Years by Melissa Wiley . Charlotte was maternal grandmother to Laura Ingalls Wilder . As a young woman , Charlotte married Henry Newton Quiner from Connecticut . She was the first woman in her family to travel west , living in Ohio and Indiana before settling in the frontier town of Brookfield , Wisconsin . Martha Morse ( edit ) Allan Alexander Morse Margaret Drummond Grisell `` Grisie '' Morse ( b . 1774 ) Alisdair Morse ( b. 1776 ) Robert `` Robbie '' Morse ( b. 1778 ) Duncan Morse ( b. 1780 ) Martha Morse ( 1782 -- 1862 ) Martha Morse was born on January 2 , 1782 in Scotland , where her father was a wealthy landowners in the Scottish Highlands . Her mostly fictionalised story was told in the four - book series The Martha Years , by Melissa Wiley . Martha was Charlotte Tucker 's mother and great - grandmother to Laura Ingalls Wilder . Martha married Lewis Tucker , a blacksmith 's son . Lewis and Martha travelled to the United States and began their new life near Boston , Massachusetts , becoming the first of Laura 's ancestors to immigrate to America . The Wilder family ( edit ) Main article : Wilder family Daniel Wilder ( 1764 -- 1851 ) Mary Polly Gould ( 1765 -- 1828 ) Thomas Payne Sarah Stewart Mason Abel Wilder ( 1784 -- 1849 ) Hannah Payne ( 1790 -- 1842 ) Royal Gould Wilder ( 1809 -- 1815 ) Thomas Payne Wilder ( 1811 -- ? ) James Mason Wilder ( 1812 -- ? ) Hannah Payne Wilder ( 1814 -- 1891 ) Royal Gould Wilder ( 1816 -- 1887 ) Phoebe Wilder ( 1821 -- 1890 ) Polly Maria Wilder ( 1824 -- 1851 ) William Wilder ( 1828 -- 1909 ) Sarah Charlotte Wilder ( 1820 -- 1892 ) Joshua Prince Wilder ( 1832 -- 1832 ) Royal Gould Wilder ( 1809 -- 1815 ) Thomas Payne Wilder ( 1811 -- ? ) James Mason Wilder ( 1812 -- ? ) -- Almanzo 's father . Married Angeline Albina Day . Laura Ann Wilder ( 1844 -- 1899 ) -- born June 15 , 1844 , in 1874 married Harrison Lomanzo Howard . Kearny Howard ( step - child , born c. 1869 ) Angelina Esther Howard ( 1876 -- 1964 ) , in 1897 married Fred Merritt . Ralph Merritt Ethel Merritt Howard Merritt Harrison J. Howard ( 1878 -- 1918 ) Josephine Howard ( 1880 -- 1918 ) , married to William Walker Ralph Waldo Howard ( 1881 -- 1934 ) , married to Estelle C . Charles E. Howard ( 1908 -- 1978 ) Clarence Howard ( 1909 -- 1913 ) James J. Howard ( 1911 -- 1981 ) Ralph R. Howard ( 1913 -- 1921 ) Ralph Waldo Howard ( 1914 -- 1976 ) Paul Martin Howard ( 1920 -- 1923 ) Royal Gould Wilder ( 1847 -- 1925 ) , born February 20 , 1847 . In 1893 , married Electa Averill Hutchison . Ethel Hutchinson ( step - child , died 1905 ) , married Willard Stevens ( died in 1928 ) Clyde Hutchinson ( step - child ) , married Edna Baily Rae Hutchinson ( step - child ) , married Bertha Luedtke ( died 1910 ) Mae Hutchinson ( step - child ) , in 1912 married George Pooler Angeline Bernice Wilder ( 1894 -- 1957 ) , in 1917 married Arlow Laging and in 1929 , George Granger . `` baby girl '' Wilder ( stillborn in 1897 ) Susan E. Wilder ( 1898 -- 1899 ) Eliza Jane Wilder ( 1850 -- 1930 ) , born January 3 , 1850 . In 1893 , married Thomas Jefferson Thayer and in 1904 , Maxwell Gordon . Died in Los Angeles . Walcott Wilder Thayer ( 1894 -- 1965 ) , in 1918 married Frances Cockrell . Walter Thayer -- married Elaine Ditch Cynthia Thayer Walter Thayer Francis Gervaise Thayer -- married Alena ( last name unknown ) . Thomas Thayer Larry Thayer Betty Mae Thayer -- married a man with the surname Raymond , and later , a man with the surname Huey . Cynthia Raymond Walter Raymond David Huey Joan Huey Donald Huey Alice Maria Wilder ( 1853 -- 1892 ) , born September 3 , 1853 . In 1879 married Albert A. Baldwin ( 1848 -- 1905 ) . Died in Florida . Myrtle Baldwin ( 1880 -- 1945 ) , married to John R. Brown Leland Edward Baldwin ( 1884 -- 1913 ) Almanzo Wilder ( 1857 -- 1949 ) Perley Day Wilder ( 1869 -- 1934 ) , born June 13 , 1869 , In 1897 married Elsie Lillian Merritt ( 1879 -- 1948 ) . Died in Los Angeles . James Wilder ( 1903 -- ? ) , married Thelma Gricourt Gladys Wilder ( 1905 -- ? ) Harold Wilder ( 1909 -- ? ) Perley Wilder Jr. , ( 1912 -- 1977 ) , married to Ethel Smith , and later , Dolores Moore Dorothy Wilder ( 1914 -- 1966 ) . Married to Carl Pittman John Wilder ( 1916 -- 1916 ) Hannah Payne Wilder ( 1814 -- 1891 ) Royal Gould Wilder ( 1816 -- 1887 ) -- born after his eldest brother 's death ( and so named after him ) . He became a reverend and married Eliza Jane Smith ( 1822 - 1910 ) . Edward Payson Wilder ( 1847 - 1890 ) Mary Jane Wilder ( b. 1856 ) William Royal Wilder ( 1858 - 1925 ) Grace Evelyn Wilder ( 1861 - 1911 ) Robert Parmelee Wilder ( 1863 - 1938 ) Phoebe Wilder ( 1821 -- 1890 ) -- married Joseph C. Lamson . Chester Lamson ( 1854 -- 1934 ) -- married Catherine McDonough . Mabel Lamson ( 1888 -- 1982 ) Charles Lamson Gussie Lamson `` baby girl '' Lamson Polly Maria Wilder ( 1824 -- 1851 ) William Wilder ( 1828 -- 1909 ) - married Adeline Hastins ( 1831 - 1909 ) William A. `` Willie '' Wilder ( 1847 - 1860 ) George Wilder ( 1868 - 1922 ) Sarah Charlotte Wilder ( 1820 -- 1892 ) -- married Andrew Day ( her sister - in - law 's -- Almanzo 's mother -- brother ) Carrie May Day ( 1856 -- 1898 ) -- married Orville Everett . Frances Everett -- married a man with the last name of Smith . Dorothy Belle Smith Elmer A. Day ( 1862 -- 1947 ) -- married to Mary MacMaster ( 1864 -- 1945 ) Willard R. Day ( 1858 -- 1891 ) -- married Emma Hubbard Grace Day ( 1864 -- 1894 ) -- married to Grant Collins Joshua Prince Wilder ( 1832 -- 1832 ) The Day family ( edit ) Justin Day , I unknown unknown unknown Justin Day , II ( 1790 -- 1861 ) Diadema Bateman ( 1794 -- 1868 ) Laura Day ( 1819 -- ? ) Delia Day ( 1824 -- ? ) Angelina Albina Day ( 1819 - 1905 ) Celinda A. Day ( 1826 -- ? ) Andrew Day ( 1828 -- 1894 ) John Wesley Day ( 1829 -- 1907 ) George W. Day ( 1821 -- 1872 ) Laura Day ( 1819 -- ? ) Delia Day ( 1824 -- ? ) Angelina Albina Day ( 1819 - 1905 ) -- married James Mason Wilder and they had six children , including Almanzo James Wilder ( Laura Ingalls Wilder 's husband ) . For more information , see above . Celinda A. Day ( 1826 -- ? ) Andrew J. Day ( 1828 -- 1894 ) -- married Sarah Charlotte Wilder ( 1820 -- 1892 ) and they had four children . For more information , see the Wilders ' tree above ( since Sarah was a sister of Almanzo 's father ) . John Wesley Day ( 1829 -- 1907 ) -- married Alcesta Lindy . Fred Day Frank Day Albert Day Wilton Day George W. Day ( 1831 -- 1873 ) Neighbors , friends and acquaintances ( edit ) Real people ( edit ) Robert and Ellie Boast , were neighbors and friends of the Ingalls family . Reverend Edward Brown , was the reverend and Ingalls 's neighbour in De Smet , South Dakota Ida Wright - Brown , was an adopted daughter of the Reverend and Laura 's school friend in De Smet Oscar Edmund `` Cap '' Garland was one of the male school friends of Laura . He saved the town from starvation by going 15 miles to find wheat in a blizzard , along with Almanzo Wilder . Florence Adelia Garland Dawley was a teacher in De Smet and an older sister of Cap Garland . Mary Power , was Laura 's friend in De Smet Neta Seal , was a real - life close friend of grown - up Laura in Mansfield , Missouri Dr. Tann , was the Indian 's doctor in Kansas , during Ingalls 's stay there Characters based on real people ( edit ) Lew Brewster was a pseudonym for Louis Bouchie , a homesteader who offered Laura her first teaching job . Mr. Edwards , Ingalls 's fictional friend The Kennedy Family were the Ingalls 's neighbors in Walnut Grove , Minnesota and their children went to school with Mary and Laura Nellie Oleson was actually three real people : Nellie Owens , Genevieve Masters , and Stella Gilbert . Soldat du Chene , was a fictional Osage chief in Kansas , during Ingalls 's stay there References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` Little House on the Prairie Season 8 Episode 8 Chicago '' . TV.com . Retrieved 29 July 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Laura Ladocia `` Docia '' Ingalls Forbes ( 1845 - 1918 ) ... '' www.findagrave.com . Jump up ^ `` Lena Evelyn Waldvogel Heikes ( 1866 - 1943 ) - Find A ... '' www.findagrave.com . Jump up ^ `` Hiram Lemuel Ingalls ( 1848 - 1923 ) - Find A Grave ... '' www.findagrave.com . Jump up ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144573841/royal-gould-wilder Jump up ^ `` Little House on the Prairie '' . www.findagrave.com . Jump up ^ `` Ella ( Nell ) Peck Boast ( 1852 - 1918 ) - Find A Grave Memorial '' . www.findagrave.com . Jump up ^ Robert and Ella Boast at Laura Ingalls Wilder : Frontier Girl Jump up ^ Robert and Ella Boast at Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society Jump up ^ `` Rev Edward Brown ( 1814 - 1895 ) - Find A Grave Memorial '' . www.findagrave.com . Jump up ^ Reverend Brown at Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society Jump up ^ Reverend Brown at Laura Ingalls Wilder : Frontier Girl Jump up ^ `` Ida Belle Wright - Brown McConnell ( 1866 - 1926 ) - Find A Grave Memorial '' . www.findagrave.com . Jump up ^ Cap Garland at Laura Ingalls Wilder : Frontier Girl Jump up ^ `` Oscar Edmund `` Cap '' Garland ( 1864 - 1891 ) - Find A Grave Memorial `` . www.findagrave.com . Jump up ^ Florence Garland at Laura Ingalls Wilder : Frontier Girl Jump up ^ `` Florence Adelia Garland Dawley ( 1862 - 1935 ) - Find A Grave Memorial '' . www.findagrave.com . 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Jump up ^ Soldat du Chene at Laura Ingalls Wilder : Frontier Girl External links ( edit ) Laura 's family at Frontier Girl Official Little House books homepage Laura 's and Almanzo 's relatives Genealogy - Laura Ingalls Wilder ( hide ) Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie Books Little House in the Big Woods ( 1932 ) Farmer Boy ( 1933 ) Little House on the Prairie ( 1935 ) On the Banks of Plum Creek ( 1937 ) By the Shores of Silver Lake ( 1939 ) The Long Winter ( 1940 ) Little Town on the Prairie ( 1941 ) These Happy Golden Years ( 1943 ) On the Way Home ( 1962 , posthumous ) The First Four Years ( 1971 ) West from Home ( 1974 ) Old Town in the Green Groves ( 2002 ) A Little House Traveler ( 2006 ) Characters Mr. Edwards Nellie Oleson Robert Alden Other Live - action TV series pilot episodes Animated TV series TV films TV miniseries Musical Little House Wayside Locations Family Charles Ingalls Caroline Ingalls Mary Ingalls Carrie Ingalls Grace Ingalls Almanzo Wilder Rose Wilder Lane Other Young Pioneers novel pilot miniseries Christmas special Free Land Highway Medal William Anderson Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Little_House_on_the_Prairie_characters&oldid=837377923 '' Categories : Little House on the Prairie ( TV series ) Lists of drama television characters Lists of American television series characters Lists of literary characters Little House on the Prairie characters Hidden categories : Incomplete lists from August 2008 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Italiano Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 20 April 2018 , at 13 : 11 . 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