It’s hard to believe that the dynamic of The Ingalls family have been permeated by some sexual tension. The ties seemed ascetic and far from any desire. However, a recent statement by one of the actresses He revealed the attraction with another actor and added that this marked the fiction.
The striking thing, as the Buzzfeed note indicates, is that the topic became known many years later.
The magnetism in question was between Victor French -who played the role of Isaiah Edwards– y Bonnie Bartlett -who played Grace Snider.
The actress, who is now 95 years old, said shortly after the 50th anniversary of the program, that she came to this fiction unexpectedly. In 1974, the Buzzfeed story says, when she had taken a break from her career to dedicate herself to raising her children, she was summoned by Michael Landonprotagonist, director and producer of this unforgettable success.
In The Ingalls Family, Isaiah Edwards adopted three children with Grace Snider “Your agent sent me to see Michael Landon. They had told me it was a group date. But, in the end, I was alone. That same day he told me, “I have a role for you,” he said on the Pod Meets World podcast.
«I was so happy to do that show. I loved the role,» she declared.
Graceher character, was the postmaster. “She was a very proper, middle-aged lady, and she was opening up to how fun a story could be with Isaiah. The script was beautifully written and we had fun doing it,” he said.
Bonnie Bartlett played the role of Grace Snider Photo capture.He also added: “Grace e Isaiah They had a physical attraction that is minimized in the series, it is underneath everything, but it is there. That’s what makes the bond interesting, because that magnetism is never recognized. Do you know what I mean? Create a kind of magnet between them. That attraction added more interest,” he added, without making it explicit if any of the fiction was immersed in reality.
The love between Grace and Isaiah
Bartlett He participated in 26 episodes. The Little House Fandom site summarizes that Graceher character, after being widowed, begins to work at the post office in Walnut Grove.
Isaiah Edwards and Grace Snider lived a great love story in The Ingalls Family Photo Screenshot.There he meets Isaiahalso named in fiction Sr. Edwardsa very close friend of the Ingalls.
They both begin to approach each other as peers. The relationship began to grow but Isaiah He was too shy to ask her out. Finally he did and they began a courtship.
When Julia Sanderson, a widowed woman with three children dies, Isaiah y Grace They decide to get married and adopt their children. Sanderson.
Actor Victor French decided to leave The Ingalls Family.One of the outstanding situations of this link is that it shows a love in full adulthood, something that was not common on television at the time.
To BartlettFurthermore, it meant the job stability sought. «At that time, my husband and I just wanted to work, earn enough money to send our children to school. It wasn’t about becoming stars,» she concluded.
The end of the story between Grace and Isaiah
Bartlett He recalled in the note with Buzzfeed that French He decided to leave the series to make his own comedy, Carter Country.
So the scriptwriters told him: “We’re sorry, you’re out.” Then he returned, but I was already on other projects.
«I did a lot of TV movies, a lot of roles, but Little House was probably the funniest of all,» he concluded.
