Hersha Parady

Hersha Parady was born as Betty Sandhoff in Berea, Ohio, and attended Berea High School. She began acting locally at age 14 in Cleveland area theatrical productions. She moved west in the early 1970s to further her acting career and landed a role opposite Jon Voight in a touring production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

Parady began her career in television with guest-appearances in Mannix, Bearcats! and The Waltons. Hersha was considered to play Caroline Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie, but lost out to Karen Grassle. Later, in 1976 episode "Journey in the Spring", Parady played Eliza Anne Ingalls, Charles's sister-in-law. Then, in 1977, she was given the role of Alice Garvey in Little House on the Prairie, which she played until 1980 when her character was killed in a fire accidentally set by a boy named Clay and Albert Quinn Ingalls. After Little House on the Prairie, she made only rare appearances in television, including Kenan & Kel.

Parady was once married to Oscar-winning producer John Peverall and had one child with him.

Parady died of complications from a brain tumor in Norfolk, Virginia, on August 23, 2023. She was 78. Her death was announced on Alison Arngrim's Facebook page. Parady is buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Ohio.

Wikipedia

Hersha Parady as Alice Garvey in Little House on the Prairie
Hersha Parady as Alice Garvey in Little House on the Prairie

In memory of Hersha Parady

Hersha Parady's Favorite Little House episode

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Video Filmography

Spring Night, Summer Night (1967)
Movie
Bearcats (1971)
Season 1, Episode 6 Conqueror's Gold
Mannix (1972)
Season 6, Episode 2 Cry Silence
The Waltons (1975)
Season 3, Episode 15 The Lie
The Quest (1976)
Season 3, Episode 15
The Seminole Negro Indian Scouts
Rodeo Champ (Best Horse) (1979)
Short Movie
The $5.20 an Hour Dream (1980)
TV Movie
Little House on the Prairie (1976 - 1980)
TV Series
ABC Weekend Specials (1981)
Season 4, Episode 4
Mayday! Mayday!
The Phoenix (1981)
TV Pilot
Raw Courage (1984)
Movie
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986)
Movie
The Break (1985)
Movie
Our Son, the Matchmaker (1996)
TV Movie
The Babysitter's Seduction (1996)
TV Movie
Unsolved Mysteries (1996)
Season 8, Episode 19 Shelley Malone
Second Noah (1996)
Season 2, Episode 2
God's Last Laugh
Kenan and Kel (1998)
Season 3, Episode 7
I.Q. Can Do Better
Product (2015)
Short Movie