![]() ![]() Q: What was Michael Landon like? I have heard he could be difficult.Ī: Oh, not at all. It was all about “Maude” and “Laverne & Shirley.” But where are those shows today? We’re still on the air. Gosh, I remember when we were shooting the show, there was nothing cornier in Hollywood. I find the fans here in Minnesota do, because a lot of kids probably grew up a lot like the kids in the book and can understand the hardship. Q: “Little House” is in reruns on the Hallmark Channel, but do you think it’s appreciated today?Ī: No, I actually don’t. (the setting for the landmark 1970s series), Stewart chatted by phone last weekend about her career and relationships with legendary rockers and actors, including an Oscar winner whom she tried, unsuccessfully, to get high with. In addition, she just got married for the third time and has published a memoir, “Little House in the Hollywood Hills.” In between reading excerpts from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s letters and signing autographs in Walnut Grove, Minn. She’ll reprise her role as Betty Briggs in Showtime’s highly anticipated “Twin Peaks” follow-up, which wrapped principal shooting in April, and she is featured in Neil Young’s 1992 apocalyptic comedy “Human Highway,” which was rereleased this year. ![]() These days, Stewart, 75, is looking back - and forward. Shortly after her four-year term as the cheery schoolteacher on “Little House on the Prairie,” she found herself homeless, strapped for cash due to an addiction to drugs and alcohol.Īfter a lifesaving stint in rehab, she rekindled a professional relationship with David Lynch, who had originally cast her as Mary X in his student film “Eraserhead,” and now wanted her for a surreal experiment called “Twin Peaks.” ![]() Charlotte Stewart took both the scenic and the rocky path to avoid being typecast. ![]()
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