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Millicent Torkelson is a single mother trying to get by while raising five children in the small town of Pyramid Corners, Oklahoma. When Millicent finds out the family is in dire financial straits, she is forced to take in a boarder, but when Wesley Hodges looks at the place, Millicent's 14-year-old daughter Dorothy Jane is not thrilled when ...
Dec 20, 1991 · Since its debut in the fall, The Torkelsons has told the tale of 35-year-old Millicent Torkelson (Connie Ray) and her life as the single mother of five noisy children living in the tiny town of...
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Living in Pyramid Corners, a fictional suburb of Vinita, Oklahoma, Millicent Torkelson (Connie Ray) did what she could to survive financially, after her husband, Randy (Gregg Henry) left the family. Randy later returned and was seen in several episodes, and the two parents ended up divorcing. The pilot episode deals with Millicent being so far in d...
Main cast
1. Connie Ray as Millicent Torkelson 2. Olivia Burnette as Dorothy Jane Torkelson, Millicent's daughter 3. Aaron Michael Metchik as Steven Floyd Torkelson, Millicent's son (Season 1) 4. Anna Slotky as Ruth Ann Torkelson, Millicent's daughter (Season 1) 5. Lee Norris as Chuckie Lee Torkelson, Millicent's son 6. Rachel Duncan as Mary Sue Torkelson, Millicent's daughter 7. William Schallert as Wesley "Boarder" Hodges (Season 1) 8. Perry King as Brian Morgan (Season 2) 9. Jason Marsdenas Gregory...
Recurring cast
1. Paige Gosney as Kirby Scroggins (season 1) 2. Michael Landes as Riley Roberts (season 1) 3. Ronnie Claire Edwards as Bootsie Torkelson (season 1) 4. Alyson Kiperman as Dreama (season 1) 5. Mother Love as Kitty Drysdale (season 1)
Notable guest stars
1. Comedian Drew Careyguest starred in the Season 1 episode "Say Uncle", in what was his very first appearance in a TV sitcom. 2. In the Season 1 episode "Return to Sender", William Schallert was reunited with former co-star Patty Duke, who had played his daughter in The Patty Duke Showalmost 30 years earlier, from 1963-1966. In this episode, Millicent wanted to reunite Boarder Hodges (Schallert) with his granddaughter that he had not seen in over a year. Duke played the widow of his late son...
Series creator Lynn Montgomery claims to have gotten the name "Torkelson" from a real-life Steven Floyd Torkelson, who had showed her his bug collection, and shared his first kiss with her thirty years earlier.
The Disney Channel aired reruns of The Torkelsons and Almost Home on their weekday and weekend lineups from January 1994 to late 1999. All Disney Channel advertising for the shows packaged both seasons under The Torkelsons name; however, when the Almost Homeepisodes aired in circulation, the title was never altered in the opening credits. The Disne...
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Millicent ran a small business (“Millicent Torkelson – Custom Upholstering and Design”) from her home and was famous for her pickled vegetables. Each autumn Millicent opened up the Torkelson’s roadside stand and sold “Torkelsons’ Treats” for one dollar a jar (homemade jellies, jams and the famous pickled vegetables).
The Torkelsons (TV Series 1991–1992) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Torkelsons: Created by Lynn Montgomery. With Connie Ray, Olivia Burnette, Lee Norris, Rachel Duncan. A working-class single mother provides for her quirky family of five kids in rural Oklahoma.
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Millicent Torkelson does what she can to hold her family together as it shrinks to just her and her children after her husband Randy abandons the family.
