Melissa Gilbert's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Batman: The Animated Series Barbara Gor… Batgirl Little House on the Prairie (1974) Laura Ingalls Good Day Live Melissa Gil… Class of... (UK) Melissa Gil…

Main Movie Roles 1967 - The Reluctant Astronaut

BIOGRAPHY:

Best known for her work as the child actress who played Laura Ingalls Wilder in the TV series "Little House on the Prairie", Ms. Gilbert was the youngest actor to ever be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has since continued working in both film and television.


TRIVIA:

• Has a combined family with her husband, 'Bruce Boxleitner' (qv): Bruce's two sons, Sam (b. 1980) and Lee (b. 1985), her own son, Dakota Paul (b. 1 May 1989) and one son together with Bruce, Michael Garrett (b. 6 October 1995).
• Had a highly publicized relationship with 'Rob Lowe (I)' (qv) during the eighties and were supposedly engaged.
• Sister of actor 'Jonathan Gilbert (I)' (qv).
• Goddaughter of 'Charlie Brill' (qv).
• Adopted sister of 'Sara Gilbert' (qv). Sara is the natural daughter of 'Barbara Cowan' (qv) and Harold Abeles. Cowan and late husband 'Paul Gilbert (II)' (qv) together adopted Melissa and Jonathan Gilbert. Sara took the last name of 'Paul Gilbert (II)' (qv) when she began acting in 1984.
• In national voting completed on Friday, 2 November 2001, 'Melissa Gilbert (I)' (qv) was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild, taking the position held since November of 1999 by 'William Daniels (I)' (qv), who declined to run for another term. She held the position until 2005, when she was replaced by 'Alan Rosenberg (I)' (qv).
• 'Michael Landon Jr.' (qv) took her to her senior prom in 1981.
• Dated 'Tom Cruise' (qv) when both were teenagers.