Mary Ingalls

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Mary Ingalls.

Mary Amelia Ingalls (born January 10, 1865 in Wisconsin , USA, † October 20, 1928 in De Smet , South Dakota ) was the older sister of the writer Laura Ingalls Wilder and model for the character of Mary in the television series Our Little Farm .

She was born as the first daughter of Charles and Caroline Ingalls. The role of Mary in the television series Our Little Farm is based on the childhood memories of her sister Laura. In contrast to the series character, Mary Ingalls was never married.

At the age of 14, Mary Ingalls went blind after a serious illness; According to a study published in 2013, meningoencephalitis , a specific type of meningitis . The family moved to Vinton County to allow Mary Ingalls to attend Iowa College for the Blind , where she developed her musical skills, playing the piano and organ. She graduated from college in 1889 and lived with her parents until their deaths. Mary Ingalls died in 1928 at the age of 63 and was buried in De Smet Cemetery in Kingsbury County .

filming

  • She was portrayed by Melissa Sue Anderson in the television series Our Little Farm .
  • In remakes, Barbara Jane Reams (2000) and Danielle Chuchran (2005) played the role of Mary Ingalls.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beth Stebner: Study reveals the REAL reason sister Mary Ingalls from beloved 'Little House on the Prairie' series went blind as a teenager - and it WASN'T scarlet fever , Daily Mail, February 4, 2013
  2. ↑ Lindsey Tanner: Mary Ingalls Blindness: Scarlet Fever Wasn't The Cause Of 'Little House' Sister's Vision Loss , Huffingtonpost (US), April 2, 2013 ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was used automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.huffingtonpost.com
  3. ↑ Dale Cockrell (Ed.): The Ingalls Wilder Family Songbook , (= Music of the United States of America), AR Editions 2011, ISBN 978-0-89579-687-5 , Introduction, pp. 29f.
  4. ^ Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2000); NYR Movies
  5. ↑ Alvin H. Marill: Movies Made for Television. 2005-2009 , Scarecrow Press 2010, ISBN 978-0-8108-7658-3 , p. 55
personal data
SURNAME Ingalls, Mary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ingalls, Mary Amelia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sister of Laura Ingalls and role model for the role of Mary in the television series Our Little Farm
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1928
Place of death De Smet , South Dakota