What The Twins Who Played Carrie Ingalls On Little House On The Prairie Look Like Now
Child labor laws have more to do with casting than you may realize. Because babies and toddlers are only allowed to work for a couple of hours per day, it's not uncommon for them to be played by twins who share the job. For example, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen both portrayed Michelle in "Full House," and Jaden and Ella Hiller both played baby Lily on "Modern Family." Before those TV hits flooded American households, there was "Little House on the Prairie." Though the series mainly followed Laura Ingalls, it also focused on her sister Mary, her ma and pa, and third sister Carrie, who had a few memorable plot lines, like when she fell into a mine shaft, and the time she fell asleep in a hot air balloon that was accidentally let loose. We've looked at what the leading ladies of "Little House on the Prairie" look like now, but what about the lesser-featured third sister?
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Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush were the four-year-old identical twins brought in to play Carrie when the show started in 1974. Fast-forward 5 decades to 2024, when the two women in their mid-50s posed at a fundraiser in L.A., showing us what they look like now. Gone is Carrie's signature blunt fringe, but the schoolgirl smile remains.
The twin actors from Little House had some great matching outfits back in the '80s
Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush, the twins who played Carrie Ingalls on "Little House on the Prairie," are definitely among the '80s child stars that are practically unrecognizable now. While neither pursued acting in the long-run, it's fun to look back at their Hollywood prime as members of the "Little House" cast.
In 1981, the Greenbush twins were photographed wearing tube-style dresses with a string tied around the neck and a flower at the top, a noted difference from their "Little House" prairie costumes. They doubled down on flowers by adding them to their beautiful long hair. Circa 1980, the girls were again leaning into the floral aesthetic with some bouquets worn on top of their heads, which didn't exactly match the flowers on their Asian-inspired outfits. As it happens with most people who survived fashion in this decade, it's always good to look back and have a laugh at the things people actually found attractive in the '80s.