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Melissa ellen gilbert born may 8, 1964 is an american actress, television director, producer, politician and former president of the screen actors guild gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous commercials and guest starring roles on television. To fans of the hugely successful television series little house on the prairie, melissa gilbert grew up in a fantasy world with a largerthanlife father, friends and family she could count on, and plenty of animals to play with. She is most known for the television show little house on the prairie that aired during 197483. Biography and booking information for melissa gilbert, actress, author, activist. What were you really eating during the dinner scenes on little house on the prairie. Melissa gilbert is probably best known to audiences as laura ingalls wilder, the plucky girl in pigtails from the longrunning tv series little house on the prairie. Melissa gilbert primary author only author division.
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She is known as the queen of television movies and miniseries owing to her appearance in more than 45 shows. Melissa gilbert, who famously played laura ingalls on that quaint family drama little house on the prairie, is dealing with her own reallife family drama. Melissa gilbert bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Postlittle house, gilbert has appeared in lifetime movies, served as president of the screen actors guild, and wrote prairie tale. As the bright and spunky laura half pint ingalls on little house on the prairie nbc, 19741983, melissa gilbert was one of the most loved child actors of the 1970s, and remained a viewer favorite in subsequent decades through a substantial list of dramatic. Melissa gilbert is no longer running for congress in michigan due to health concerns, the detroit free press reports the little house on the prairie alum, 52, made the. Nov 02, 2012 katherine macgregor little house interview pt. Little house on the prairie star melissa gilbert holding.