LAND OF THE LOST Star Left Hollywood to Work on Farm: ‘Rewarding’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Former LAND OF THE LOST child star Kathy Coleman opened up about her experience in Hollywood and her life after leaving the entertainment industry to work on a farm.
“It’s not very common in this industry to have such a closeness as we do,” the 63-year-old said of her LAND OF THE LOST co-stars. “I live right down from my [TV] brother. We travel together all the time. We really are like brother and sister. My TV father was like a real father. I grew up in a single-family home, so I wasn’t raised with a father in the house. And yet, he stepped into that role, not only for the show but in real life as well. We’re extremely close and love each other to death.”
The show aired from 1974 to 1977. A synopsis reads, “A family finds themselves fighting to survive in a land populated by dinosaurs and otherworldly beings.”
Unfortunately, the show came to an end after its three-year run.
“There was a limited amount of funds to produce this show, one that had a lot of special effects. I was also hired as a young girl. I was already starting to bypass [co-star] Wesley Eure in height…The show ended, but the memories remain,” Coleman said.
“And even today, we’re as close as we can be. It’s like having a second family,” she shared previously.
After the show, Coleman started working on her father-in-law’s farm.
“It was very hard work, but it was also very rewarding,” Coleman shared. “It’s funny, I watched YELLOWSTONE recently – the whole series. I lived that life! I lived that exact life.”
She shared details about what farm life was like.
“The farm was gigantic. We had a hog farm where we produced 12,000 hogs a year. We were milking 24-hour double shifts,” she said. “Because my father-in-law owned the ranch, we were brought in, and we started at the bottom of the totem pole. We had to learn everything. You messed up, God help you.”
“[My father-in-law] said, ‘You can never ask anybody to do something you don’t know how to do or haven’t done yourself,’ So I did everything,” Coleman added. “I fed the cows, I milked them. I worked the hay, the grains. I worked the front loaders, all kinds of stuff. I really had to learn everything. There are 150 steps to cleaning the milk barn after every milking session. And all 150 steps had to be done just right.”
Today, Coleman travels and connects with fans of the ’70s TV show.
“When our show aired, there were basically only three networks,” she explained. “The kids were limited to what they could watch…so we have a humongous fan base because of that…We basically raised a generation. So these people come up to our tables when we do these shows and tell us all the different ways that the show affected them.”
“Life is wonderful,” she added. “I have great friends. I’m surrounded by a lot of loving people and good energy. I have great kids whom I adore. Life is good – it truly is. I made it that way. I did the homework. I did the legwork.”
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