'Little House on the Prairie' saved 'Nasty Nellie' Alison Arngrim from painful childhood: 'I did find my way'
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"Little House on the Prairie," which starred Melissa Gilbert and Michael Landon, chronicled the adventures of the Ingalls family in the 19th-century American Midwest.
The actress said playing a mean girl was an unlikely therapy, allowing her to channel the anger she felt after being physically and sexually abused while growing up. Stephanie Nolasco covers entertainment at Foxnews.com.
Arngrim, 61, has previously detailed her struggles in the 2010 memoir, "Confessions of a Prairie B----: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated." She has been traveling across the country for her one-woman show, leading up to the 50th anniversary reunion of "Little House" in March.
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