Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Gilbert was born in Los Angeles, California, United States on May 8th, 1964 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 60, Melissa Gilbert biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Career
Gilbert's earliest television appearances were in hundreds of commercials, including one for Alpo dog food starring Lorne Greene (Michael Landon's television father on Bonanza). Leslie Landon's daughter also attended school. Leslie was the first person to tell her that she had won the role of Laura Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie, beating out more than 500 child actors for the role. The pilot was shot in 1973 and was a ratings hit. Gilbert began filming the series a year ago. After her adoptive father died, Gilbert became very close to the Landon family. However, after Landon's affair with Little House's young makeup artist Cindy Clerico, a rift emerged between Michael Landon and Gilbert.
Since Little House ended during the 1983–84 season, Gilbert had no contact with Landon. Following his appearance on Johnny Carson's show The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, she was contacted by Landon's family and upon learning of his illness, she paid him a heartfelt visit. She visited Landon at his Malibu home, where he was then bedridden, and the couple spent the afternoon together. Landon died a week later. Gilbert named Michael in honor of Landon when she gave birth to her son with second husband Bruce Boxleitner on October 6, 1995.
Gilbert has continued to work regularly, mainly in television. Jean Donovan appeared in the biopic Choices of the Heart (1983) and as Anna Sheridan in three episodes of Babylon 5 with then-husband Boxleitner in 1996. She appeared on Batgirl on the 1990s Batman: The Animated Series, but Tara Strong will replace her in the series's sequel, The New Batman Adventures.
Gilbert was a member of the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6429 Hollywood Blvd in 1985, thanks to her contributions to the television industry. When her actress was introduced during the ceremony, her then-fiancé, Rob Lowe, was present with her.
In 1998, she was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In a season four episode of Nip/Tuck, Gilbert appeared as Shari Noble, a patient attempting to recover her nipples after committing zoophilia with her dog.
Gilbert portrayed Caroline "Ma" Ingalls in the musical version of Little House on the Prairie from 2008 to 2009. Francesca Zambello produced this world premiere performance at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, as Laura Lindsay. The exhibition lasted from October 19 to October 19 and was on a US National Tour from 2009 to 2010. In June 2010, the tour came to an end at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri.
Gilbert appeared in an Off-Broadway, limited-run production of Geraldine Aron's 2001 one-woman play My Brilliant Divorce in March and April 2018.
Gilbert appeared on season 14 of Dancing with the Stars in March 2012. Maksim Chmerkovskiy was paired with her. She fell and struck her head on Maksim's leg during week four's performance and was admitted to a hospital. She went home to recover but she returned to compete. She was disqualified from the competition in week eight, finishing in fifth place.