Lucy Lee Flippin

Lucy Lee Flippin is an American retired actress, born in Philadelphia in 1943. She grew up in Douglassville, Pennsylvania, studied at Northwestern University, and performed for a year with Holiday on Ice before deciding on an acting career. Training later continued under Uta Hagen. Her early professional work came in New York City, where she booked television commercials and off-Broadway plays. One notable stage credit was a Lincoln Center staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which she appeared with Richard Gere. On the advice of her agent, she moved to Los Angeles and found work in television and film. She is known for playing Eliza Jane Wilder on Little House on the Prairie and Fran Castleberry on Flo, a role written as the sister of Polly Holliday's character. After Little House on the Prairie ended, she acted in many other television series and movies and took the stage at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. She retired in 2008.