Filmography

Fish Hawk - ( Screenplay / 1981 / Released / Avco Embassy Film )

From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - ( Screenplay / 1973 / Released / Cinema 5 )

Where Angels Go... Trouble Follows - ( Screenplay / 1968 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )

The Trouble With Angels - ( Screenplay / 1966 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )

TV Credits

I'll Be Home For Christmas ( 1988 / Released ): Screenplay

My Africa ( 1988 / Released ): Writer

The Secret Garden ( 1987 / Released ): Screenplay

Christmas Eve ( 1986 / Released ): From Story / Screenplay

Camille ( 1984 / Released ): Screenplay

Little House: Bless All the Dear Children ( 1984 / Released ): Creator

Little House: Look Back to Yesterday ( 1983 / Released ): Characters as Source Material

Big Bend Country ( 1981 / Released ): Creator / Writer

Little Lord Fauntleroy ( 1980 / Released ): Screenplay

Pleasure Palace ( 1980 / Released ): Screenplay

Portrait of a Rebel: Margaret Sanger ( 1980 / Released ): Screenplay

The Children of An Lac ( 1980 / Released ): Screenplay

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story ( 1978 / Released ): Screenplay

The Young Pioneers' Christmas ( 1976 / Released ): Screenplay

Young Pioneers ( 1976 / Released ): Screenplay

A Home of Our Own ( 1975 / Released ): Screenplay

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ( 1974 / Released ): Screenplay

Little House on the Prairie ( 1974 / Released ): Screenplay

My Favorite Martian ( 1963 / Released ): Writer

Full Biography (Back to top)

Veteran TV writer known for warm-hearted family fare, biopics of great women and tales of remarkable little girls. Hanalis's greatest success was in developing the long-running TV series "Little House on the Prairie", which made former "Bonanza" star Michael Landon into a TV writer/director of renown. Her first major job in the industry was as staff writer on the fondly remembered 1960s fantasy spoof, "My Favorite Martian", starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby. Much of Hanalis's subsequent work involved literary adaptations, usually in period settings. Other TV movie credits include "Christmas Eve" (1986), "Big Bend Country" (1981), "Portrait of a Rebel: Margaret Sanger" (1980), "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (1980), "My Africa" (1988), "Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story" (1978) and "Young Pioneers" (1976).

Profession(s):
screenwriter

Sometimes Credited As:
Blanche Hanalis Wodin

Family
husband:Irving Wodin (survived her)

Awards (Back to top)

Christopher Award "The Secret Garden" 1987

Writers Guild of America Award "The Secret Garden" 1987

Milestones (Back to top)

1974 Co-wrote TV-movie version of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", a failed pilot

1974 Wrote teleplay for TV-movie "Little House on the Prairie" adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder's novel

1974 Developed the TV series version of "Little House on the Prairie"

Worked as a staff writer on "My Favorite Martian", a TV science fiction spoof starring Ray Walston and Bill Bixby

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