The made-for-TV movie was a "painful ... the script until the last day was the longest funeral I'd ever attended." Related: Melissa Gilbert Reflects on Michael Landon's Impact 50 Years After ...

aka "Ma," opposite Bonanza star Michael Landon. Grassle said Landon was an "amazing, multi-talented person" who was "very highly strung, but he was carrying the weight of the show on his shoulders." ...

as well as a few of the TV movies it inspired, as Etta Plum. Her acting career didn’t last long afterward as Leslie became a psychologist. Michael Landon Jr., born in 1964, was the second child ...

Similar to Melissa Gilbert, who starred in the show ... father's last project, "Us,"a CBS television movie written, directed, ...

Michael Landon was once one of Hollywood's biggest TV stars. He is best known for his 14 years as "Little Joe" Cartwright in TV's long-running "Bonanza," and later as Charles Ingalls in nine ...