Blanche Hanalis

Hanalis received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Special Program--Drama or Comedy--Adaptation for "A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story" (1978)

Biography

Veteran TV writer known for warm-hearted family fare, biopics of great women and tales of remarkable little girls. Hanalis's greatest success was in developing the long-running TV series "Little House on the Prairie," which made former "Bonanza" star Michael Landon into a TV writer/director of renown. Her first major job in the industry was as staff writer on the fondly remembered 1960s fantasy spoof, "My Favorite Martian," starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby. Much of Hanalis's subsequent work involved literary adaptations, usually in period settings. Other TV movie credits include "Christmas Eve" (1986), "Big Bend Country" (1981), "Portrait of a Rebel: Margaret Sanger" (1980), "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (1980), "My Africa" (1988), "Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story" (1978) and "Young Pioneers" (1976).

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1974

Wrote teleplay for TV-movie "Little House on the Prairie" adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder's novel

1974

Developed the TV series version of "Little House on the Prairie"

1974

Co-wrote TV-movie version of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", a failed pilot

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Hideaways, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) I Thought I Dreamed Her Now secretly residing at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Claudia and Jamie (Sally Prager, Johnny Doran) hear about an unusual statue, and Madeline Kahn does her bit as a visiting teacher, in The Hideaways (a.k.a. From The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler), 1973.

Hideaways, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Shall We Ascend? Connecticut brother and sister Jamie (Sally Prager, Johnny Doran), using their instrument cases as luggage, are running away out of boredom, but she’s keeping their destination a secret, in The Hideaways (a.k.a. From The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler), 1973.

Hideaways, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) That Is My Secret Having spent their last dime on taxi fare, runaways Claudia and Jamie (Sally Prager, Johnny Doran) meet Ingrid Bergman, the reclusive New Jersey collector who sold a news-worthy statue, in The Hideaways (a.k.a. From The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler), 1973.

Trouble With Angels, The (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Kim Novak Mary (Hayley Mills) and Rachel (June Harding) have just met en route to their new convent school, enlisting pals as they plot their first trick on Sister Clarissa (Mary Wickes) and the more imposing, top-billed Rosalind Russell (as "Mother Superior"), early in the 1966 hit The Trouble With Angels, directed by Ida Lupino.

Where Angels Go...Trouble Follows - (Original Trailer) A young liberal nun (Stella Stevens) creates headaches for the Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell) in Where Angels Go...Trouble Follows (1968).

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Irving Wodin

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Survived her.

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Hanalis received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Special Program--Drama or Comedy--Adaptation for "A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story" (1978)

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