The Women Celebrities Who Rocked the ‘70s!

Published on 02/23/2021
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Alison Arngrim

Alison Arngrim first came into the spotlight at the tender age of just 12, when she played Nellie in Little House on the Prairie, but coming from a family of actors the showbiz world was not entirely alien to her even then. Arngrim continued to act after Little House on the Prairie came to end, appearing in countless films and television shows, before she turned to stand-up comedy. Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated, is the title of the hilarious memoir she published, and today she focuses mainly on her philanthropy.

Alison Arngrim

Alison Arngrim

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Teri Garr

Teri Garr is another woman of many talents. The actress, singer, comedian, and dancer got her first real speaking role in a role in a Star Trek episode, but got her real film break when she starred opposite Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein, as well as in Tootsie and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and many more after that, bagging herself more than 140 television and film credits to her name, and numerous award nominations. In 2002, Garr was sadly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), and speaks about the experience publically in order to help others experiencing the same condition. Despite the diagnosis, Garr continued to work on film and on stage for a number of years, and had her last role in television in 2011. She also wrote a witty autobiography of her experiences in Hollywood and with MS.

Teri Garr

Teri Garr

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