Sunday, May 25, 2025

50 Year of Little House on the Prairie: Lindsay & Sidney Greenbush (Carrie Ingalls)

 


Rachel Lindsay Rene Bush and Sidney Robyn Danae Bush, born May 25, 1970, in Hollywood, California, are American former child actresses, best known for their combined (alternating) role as Carrie Ingalls, in the drama series Little House on the Prairie. They are identical twin sisters, born to actor Billy Green Bush and Carole Kay Bush. Their older brother, Clay, is also an actor.

Careers

The twins played Jill Hayden in the 1973 made-for-television drama Sunshine.



From 1974 through 1982, they alternated the role of Carrie Ingalls in the television series Little House on the Prairie, although they were credited as Lindsay Sidney Greenbush, with the implication that a single actor played the role. In the episode "The Godsister", first broadcast on December 18, 1978, both twins appear together when Carrie creates a make-believe friend because her family is too busy to spend time with her. The twins did not appear in the final season of the series as the plot line had Carrie's family (except sister Laura and her husband Almanzo) move away from Walnut Grove, Minnesota, the series' location.

Post-Little House

In 1983, Lindsay guest-starred in a Matt Houston episode as an abuse victim. Sidney starred in the film Hambone and Hillie in 1983. The twins starred in commercials for, among others, Doublemint gum, Mattel Toys, and Kentucky Fried Chicken. The twins decided to retire from acting and continue their studies at public school. They graduated from Santa Monica High in 1988.

Personal lives

Sidney was married to horse breeder William "Rocky" Foster for nine years, until his death at age 55 in 2009.

Lindsay has been married to Daniel Sanchez since 2014. They originally met on the Little House set at Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley (where exterior scenes were filmed) when she was a small child and he was a teenager who lived nearby. She has said Michael Landon allowed him to watch the filming at Big Sky Ranch. Decades later, they met again and married in the same spot where they first met.

Filmography

1973       Sunshine             Jill Hayden           TV movie

1974       Little House on the Prairie            Carrie Ingalls      Pilot movie

1974–1982          

1978       Alyssa   episode 5.06 "The Godsister"

1979       Little House Years            Carrie Ingalls      post series TV movie

1983       Hambone and Hillie         Amy McVickers Sidney

Matt Houston    Butterfly              Lindsay / episode 2.09 "Butterfly"

2001       To Tell the Truth               Herself Sidney

2007       Weekend Today               Lindsay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_and_Sidney_Greenbush

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