‘Little House On The Prairie’ Actress Passed Away At 89

Patty Maloney, beloved Little House on the Prairie actress, died at 89 on March 31 in Winter Park, Florida, after strokes, her brother Dave Myrabo told The Hollywood Reporter. Born March 17, 1936, in Perkinsville, New York, Maloney, at 3’11”, began performing on Broadway at three. She performed in carnivals, the Ringling Bros. Circus, and later starred as Honk in Far Out Space Nuts, Lumpy in the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, and voiced Darla Hood in The Little Rascals. Her TV roles included Charlie’s Angels, The Love Boat, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, with film credits like The Ice Pirates and Ernest Saves Christmas. Diagnosed with macular degeneration in 2010, she was widowed in 1968 after her husband Joseph Vitek’s death.