| Profile | |
| Born | Melissa Ellen Gilbert May 8, 1964 (1964-05-08) (age 44) Los Angeles, California |
| Spouse(s) | Bo Brinkman (1988-1992) Bruce Boxleitner (1995-present) |
| Official website | http://www.gilbertboxleitner.com |
| Awards won | |
| Other awards | |
| Golden Boot 2000 | |
Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress, writer and producer, primarily in movies and television. The naturally red-headed Gilbert is best known as a child actor who co-starred as Charles Ingalls's (played by Michael Landon) second daughter, Laura Ingalls Wilder, on the 1970s dramatic television series Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983). Not long after that she played Read more...
Gilbert has continued to work regularly, mainly in television. She starred as Jean Donovan in the biopic Choices of the Heart (1983), and as Anna Sheridan in two episodes of Babylon 5 with husband Bruce Boxleitner in 1996. In 1998, she was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Melissa won the Screen Read more...