Melissa Gilbert
Actor, Film actor
1964 –
Who is Melissa Gilbert?
Melissa Ellen Gilbert is an American actress and television director. 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 1984, she starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie. During the run of Little House, Gilbert appeared in several popular television films, including The Diary of Anne Frank and The Miracle Worker.
As an adult, she continued her career mainly in television films. Gilbert has also continued with guest starring roles on television and has done voice work for animated series such as Batman: The Animated Series. Gilbert served as the President of the Screen Actors Guild from 2001 to 2005. In 2009, her autobiography Prairie Tale: A Memoir, was released. 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.
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- Born
- May 8, 1964
Los Angeles - Also known as
- Melissa Ellen Gilbert
- Melissa Gilbert Brinkman
- Melissa Gilbert-Boxleitner
- Melissa Gilbert-Brinkman
- Missy
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Bruce Boxleitner
(1995/01/01 - 2011/08/22) - Bo Brinkman
(1988/02/22 - 1992) - Timothy Busfield
(2013/04/24 - )
- Bruce Boxleitner
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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