(1964-05-08) May 8, 1964 (age 60) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Spouses
Bo Brinkman
(m. 1988; div. 1994)
Bruce Boxleitner
(m. 1995; div. 2011)
Timothy Busfield
(m. 2013)
Children
2
Parent
Paul Gilbert (father)
Relatives
Jonathan Gilbert (brother) Sara Gilbert (sister)
Known for
Little House on the Prairie The Miracle Worker
Occupation
Actress
author
Years active
1967–present
Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964)[1][2] is an American actress. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous commercials and guest starring roles on television. From 1974 to 1983, she starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder, the second oldest daughter of Charles Ingalls (played by Michael Landon) on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie. During the run of Little House, Gilbert appeared in several television films, including The Diary of Anne Frank and The Miracle Worker. As an adult, she continued her career mainly in television films. From 2009 to 2010, Gilbert appeared as Caroline "Ma" Ingalls in the touring production of Little House on the Prairie, the Musical. In 2012, she was a contestant on season fourteen of the popular reality dance competition show Dancing with the Stars on ABC.
Gilbert served as President of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) from 2001 to 2005. She briefly ran for U.S. Congress in 2016, but eventually withdrew her candidacy. She is also the author of a few memoirs, a children's book, and a cookbook.
^"Melissa Gilbert Interview | Archive of American Television". Emmytvlegends.org. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous commercials...
and Paul Gilbert and adopted brother of actresses MelissaGilbert and Sara Gilbert. In MelissaGilbert's autobiography, she wrote that when Jonathan was...
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played by 9-year-old actress MelissaGilbert. In addition to Gilbert, two other unknown actresses also starred on the show: Melissa Sue Anderson, who appeared...
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the Prairie (1974–1983) was loosely based on the books, and starred MelissaGilbert as Laura and Michael Landon as her father, Charles Ingalls. Laura Elizabeth...
the grandfather of the television actresses MelissaGilbert and Sara Gilbert and actor Jonathan Gilbert. His daughter Stephanie Crane was friends with...
stars MelissaGilbert and Patty Duke, is based on a book by Jerry Hulse and was shot on location in British Columbia. Julie Lawson (MelissaGilbert) is...
Originally airing on NBC, the film is based on a true story and stars MelissaGilbert as a woman who seeks justice after being raped by an acquaintance....
taken a back seat and only appeared a handful of times in the 7th season. Melissa Sue Anderson decided to leave the show, and only appeared in 2 episodes...
her as the witness. Crane, the maternal aunt of actresses MelissaGilbert and Sara Gilbert, went into hiding and avoided the media despite being offered...
Charles Ingalls, Karen Grassle played Caroline Ingalls, MelissaGilbert played Laura Ingalls, Melissa Sue Anderson played Mary Ingalls, and the twins Lindsay...
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) on September 23, 2005. Rosenberg succeeded MelissaGilbert, who had served as president since 2001 and chose not to run for a...
season 14, he was partnered with actress MelissaGilbert. In week 4, while performing the paso doble, Gilbert hit her head on the dance floor and suffered...
television series created by John Romano and starring Cicely Tyson and MelissaGilbert. The hour-long series ran from September 15, 1994, to August 12, 1995...
actor Paul Gilbert, adopted Melissa and Jonathan Gilbert of Little House on the Prairie fame. She is also the mother of actress Sara Gilbert with Harold...
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