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ALISON ARNGRIM STARS IN THE LONG AWAITED
FILM, “BUSTER BROOKS,”
ANNOUNCING LITTLE HOUSE BONNETHEAD BEAUTY MAKE-UP
AND HER WICKEDLY HUMOROUS ONE-WOMAN SHOW
"CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE B*TCH” CONTINUES TO
SELL OUT
"BUSTER BROOKS"
One of a handful of movies actually shot during the SAG
strike … If an independent producer could show they were actually
independent and not working for one of the large studios, and agreed to
sign the proposed SAG contract, they were allowed to proceed. Overcoming
obstacles, director Savanna Ostler managed to find a way to shoot in 2020,
during the height of the pandemic, so of course she found a way to shoot
during the strike as well.
"Buster Brooks" is the story of an extraordinarily
naive young man, who leaves home to save the family farm. His "plan"
is to become a big star in Hollywood with nothing but his
wits … (which he is sorely lacking), and his pet rooster,
Edgar. Chaos ensues in this hilarious send up of every "gee ma,
I'm gonna be a star" movie ever made, with outrageously silly plot lines.
Ms Arngrim portrays the cynical and exasperated owner of Nellie's Coffee,
along side Matt Cornett ("EJ" from "High School
Musical”) as the adorable but empty headed hero and Melissa Colazzo,
(“Freaky" / "One of us is Lying"), the Hollywood local girl who
rescues him and tries desperately to keep him out of trouble. In addition,
the film includes cameos by second generation Osmond family members,
Nathan and Eric.
“CONFESSIONS …":
As the 50th Anniversary of the hits series “Little House On
The Prairie” comes to an end, the actress named "TV’s #1 Bitch"
by Vanity Fair, Alison Arngrim, for her role as nasty Nellie Oleson (Note: Joan
Collin’s Alexis Colby was 2nd), is scheduled for numerous sold out
presentations of her critically acclaimed global sensation Confessions
of a Prairie B*tch. This riotous one-woman show recounts her role
as the bratty pre-teen nasty Nellie Oleson from the hit television show “Little
House on the Prairie,” and life behind the scenes.
TV fans around the world remember Arngrim as Nellie Oleson,
the acid-tongued hellcat who tormented pure, sweet Laura Ingalls for eight
years on “Little House on the Prairie.” In Confessions of a
Prairie B*tch, Arngrim offers a riotous evening of anecdotes, stand-up
comedy, and multimedia content about life as the scorned yet beloved devious
pre-teen, complete with frilly petticoats and curls. The one-woman stage
show made its debut in New York City in 2002 and has since become a global
sensation, drawing packed houses in the U.S. and abroad. The hit show
spawned Arngrim’s record breaking New York Times Best Selling memoir,
similarly titled "Confessions of a Prairie B*tch: How I Survived Nellie
Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated" (Harper
Collins). Arngrim startles audiences internationally with off-color
stories about child stars and TV icons of the 1970s and 80s including Melissa
Gilbert, Michael Landon, RuPaul, Liberace, Carol Channing, Bette Midler and
more.
UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE:
*** April 23rd through 26th in
Marshfield Missouri for the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival - https://www.cherryblossomfest.com/WordPress/
*** Sunday, May 10th, 2026 she will return, by popular
demand, to The Cutting Room in NY on
*** Saturday, May 9th, at 7:00 pm at
The Foundry - West Stockbridge, MA 01266 (Berkshires) - https://thefoundryws.com/
ANNOUNCING “Bonnethead Beauty”
Loose Gravel Productions and Performance Studio Cosmetics
present, “Bonnethead Beauty” – for women with history! Make
up for women, who are no longer wearing make up for teenagers, but still
want to enhance their gorgeous looks with some color and flash. Who want
their makeup to go on smooth, stay put and look hot. “Bonnethead
Beauty” two different looks available, suited to an individuals
personality!
*** For a fresh, unspoiled look they offer the
"Nice" palette, for a natural beauty. With cheek and eye
colors like, “Wildflower”, “Sunshine”, “Prairie Rose”, “Rich Harvest”, and
“Wheat.”
*** For the more aggressive, ever so slightly bitchy, there
is the "Naughty" palette, "For evening or
adventure.” Six sultry shade like “Spoiled Blush”, “Chocolate
Bob Bon”, “Black Beauty”, “Envy”, “Tantrum” and of course, “My
Family has Carpet.”
In addition, “Bonnethead Beauty” offers two lip glosses - “First
Kiss”, a creamy innocent pink lip gloss, that feels like a lip balm and
the “Saloon Girl Red” lip gloss - a juicy, wine color – that goes on
like a lip stain.
Others Topics Alison discusses
*** Shooting “Buster Books” during the highly restricted
pandemic and completing it during the SAG/AFTRA Strike.
*** Her highly successful one woman show, breaking sold out
records both domestically and abroad.
*** Her father was the manager for Liberace, Debbie
Reynolds, Susan Anton, and more
*** Being physically attacked by fans for her role of Nellie
Olsen
*** Her wig on Little house was created by the same person
who did Bette Davis’ for Baby Jane
*** Hanging out with Christine Jorgensen before Trans Gender
was even a thought
*** Appearing before the Senate on behalf of abuse children
and PROTECT
*** Her now famous Larry King appearance discussing
surviving incest
*** Her mother was the voice of Casper the Ghost, Gumby,
Davey of "Davey and Goliath,” and Underdog’s Sweet Pauline, as well as
young Caroline Kennedy.
ABOUT ALISON ARNGRIM
New York Times Best Selling author
of Confessions of A Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and
Learned to Love Being Hated, Alison Arngrim is best known to
viewers world-wide for her portrayal of the incredibly nasty “Nellie Oleson” on
the much loved, long running hit television series Little House On The
Prairie, and continues to amuse audiences through her many film, television,
stage and multi-media appearances. Her one woman show Confessions of a
Prairie Bitch, which started at Club Fez in New York in 2002, has now become a
world-wide phenomenon, having been performed to packed houses in New York, Los
Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Green Bay, San Francisco, Seattle, and
in France, where Arngrim performs entirely in French to standing room only
crowds in her all-French version titled: Confessions d’une Garce de La
Prairie and La Malle aux Tresors de Nellie Oleson. As a stand-up
comedian, Arngrim has headlined at nightclubs such as the Laugh Factory,
the Comedy Store and the Improv in Los Angeles; as well as the Laurie Beechman
Theatre in New York and assorted comedy venues across the United States and
Canada. She is currently starring in two comedy series pilots: Life
Interrupted, as the ex-wife of commercial child star Mason Reese, with
Erin Murphy, (“Bewitched”) as her new wife and Dawn Wells,
(“Gilligan’s Island), as her mother, as well as, C.P.R. – Child
Performers Resurrection Talent Agency, as an ex-child star gone wrong,
trying to save herself and her assorted misfit cohorts by opening a talent
agency. Arngrim has mocked her status as an “ex-child star” on Jay
Leno’s Tonight Show, during their month-long parody, “Hollywood Survivor”
and continues to be a frequent interview subject on everything from A&E,
“E! Entertainment, TV Land and VH-1, to CNN and the Travel Channel. The TV Land
network honored her undying image as TV’s worst bitch, by declaring her the
winner of their 2006 award for, “Character Most Desperately In Need Of
A Time Out.” She starred in the heartwarming, gay, Christmas cult
classic, Make the Yuletide Gay, as the overbearing “Heather
Mancuso.” Her other television and film appearances include, Livin’ the
Dream, Tinder & Grinder, The Bilderberg Club, For
the Love of May with Ru Paul and Patricia Neal, and The Last
Place On Earth with Billy Dee Williams and Phyllis Diller. In 2007,
she began her foray into French cinema with the role of “Edith” in the French
detective comedy, Jean Pierre Mocky’s Le Deal. Her stage work
includes, The Vagina Monologs, Sirena: Queen of the
Tango, Dear Brutus, The Wool Gatherer, the French bedroom
farce, In One Bed And Out The Other, Michael Kearns’ AIDS/US
II, “Rita” in the 2005 GLAAD Award nominated production of Last
Summer At Bluefish Cove, the somewhat off kilter “Reverend Pat Miass”
in Joni and Gina’s Wedding, and the Ovation Award Nominated
musical-drama, Flirting with Morty, as the abusive, trashy and
tragic Ray Lee. In her spare time, she takes tourists on the rollicking comedy
outing, Nasty Nellie’s Tour of Hollywood, (featured at Dearly
Departed Tours), where she simultaneously enlightens and amuses passengers with
behind the scenes tales from both Hollywood history and her own life.
Never one to forget her “Prairie” roots, Arngrim enjoys
making appearances several times a year at various Little House on
the Prairie historical sites for educational events and gatherings
of fans. She has been a frequent visitor to the Laura Ingalls Wilder
Museum in the real-life Walnut Grove, Minnesota as well as Green Bay,
Wisconsin’s Heritage Hills, Mumford’s Genesee Country
Village, Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum in
Mansfield, Missouri and many, many others.
Arngrim has a long history of activism. In 1986 when her
friend and "Little House husband" co-star, Steve Tracy, passed away
due to complications of HIV/AIDS, Arngrim immediately began volunteering
at AIDS Project Los Angeles. Her duties ranged from working on
the Southern California AIDS Hotline and the APLA food bank, (APLA's
Necessities of Life Program,) to chairing the steering committee of the
volunteer speakers bureau and developing “Safer Sex” workshops. She has provided
AIDS education to doctors, nurses, prison inmates, service clubs, churches,
department stores and schools, written AIDS education articles for the
magazines Frontiers and Designers West,
and spent seven years hosting the APLA educational cable television show, AIDS
Vision. In 1992, Joel Wachs presented Arngrim with a resolution by the Los
Angeles City Council commending her on her work on behalf of people living with
HIV and AIDS. From 1989 through 1993, Arngrim served as Program Manager
at Tuesday's Child, an organization assisting children and families
affected by HIV and AIDS. From 1989 through 2003 she served as both hostess and
producer for the comedy stage at the AIDS Project Los Angeles Annual
Summer Party, (on the backlot of Universal Studios), where through an
evening of raucous entertainment, featuring name comedians, she helped to raise
hundreds of thousands of dollars for people living with HIV. She currently
serves as California Chair, National Spokesperson and Founding Board Member on
the National Advisory Board of The National Association to Protect
Children, or PROTECT.org,
fighting to give children a legal and political voice in the war against child
abuse. As an activist for the improvement of child protection laws, Arngrim has
spoken before the California Senate and worked on legislative and political
campaigns in several states, including Virginia and New York, in addition to
PROTECT’s work on federal legislation in Washington, D.C. Arngrim has appeared
on numerous television news programs discussing the legal and political issues
surrounding child sexual abuse and exploitation. She came forward to tell the
world about the sexual abuse she suffered in her own life, during her 2004
interview on Larry King Live. She continues to be
interviewed on this and other topics on Nancy Grace, CNN’s Showbiz
Tonight, The Insider, Court TV,
and Bill O’Reilly’s The Factor.
Arngrim currently lives in the wilds of Tujunga with her
husband of over 20 years, musician Bob Schoonover, (from the rock and roll band
“Catahoula”) and their evil cat, Clarice. She takes pride in the fact that so
many people enjoyed hating her as a girl and is more than happy to give them
the opportunity to do so in the future. For more information about Ms Argnrim
and her scheduled appearances, visit https://alisonarngrim.net/
For
interviews, press, high res photos and updated biography
please send an email to harlan@bhbpr.com
or call 626.296.3757
  
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