Lucy Lee Flippin

Lucy Lee Flippin (born July 23, 1943) is a retired American film and television actress.

Flippin was raised in Douglassville, Pennsylvania. She attended Northwestern University and spent a year performing with Holiday on Ice before pursuing a career in acting.[1] Later she studied acting under Uta Hagen.[2] She initially began her career in New York City where she eventually got several TV commercials and off-Broadway theatre work, most notably opposite Richard Gere in a Lincoln Center production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.[1] At the advice of her agent, she relocated to Los Angeles where she would get roles in television series and films.[1]

She is best known for her performance as Eliza Jane Wilder on the TV series Little House on the Prairie.[1][2] She also played Fran Castleberry, the younger sister of Polly Holliday's character on the show Flo.[1][2] Since Little House on the Prairie stopped production, she has appeared in many different television shows and movies, and has performed onstage at Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.[3][4] She retired in 2008.