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9 de mai. de 2021 · Melissa Ellen Gilbert nasceu em Los Angeles, Califórnia, em 08 de maio de 1964. Melissa foi entregue para a adoção após o parto, e foi adotada com 2 dias de vida pelo ator e comediante Paul Gilbert e pela atriz e dançarina Barbara Crane. E ganhou também um avô famoso, o roteirista Harry Crane.
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Gilbert was born in Los Angeles, California, on May 8, 1964, to a newly engaged couple, Kathy Wood and David Darlington, and placed for adoption immediately after birth. She was adopted one day later by actor and comedian Paul Gilbert and his wife, dancer and actress Barbara Crane, the daughter of The Honeymooners creator Harry Crane. The Gilberts ...
Little House on the Prairie
Gilbert's earliest television appearances were in dozens of commercials, including one for Alpo dog food with Lorne Greene (Michael Landon's television father on Bonanza). She also attended school with Landon's daughter, Leslie Landon. It was Leslie who informed her that she had won the role of Laura Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie, beating out over 500 child actresses for the part. The pilot was shot in 1973 and was a ratings success. Almost a year later, Gilbert began filming the ser...
Career after Little House
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 three episodes of Babylon 5 with then-husband Boxleitner in 1996. She also provided the voice of Batgirl on the 1990s Batman: The Animated Series, though she would be replaced by voice actress Tara Strong for the series' follow-up The New Batman Adventures. For her contribution to the television industry, Gilbert received a star on the H...
Dancing with the Stars
In March 2012, Gilbert joined the cast of celebrity contestants on season 14 of Dancing with the Stars. She was paired with Maksim Chmerkovskiy. During week four's show, while dancing the Paso Doble, she fell and hit her head on Maksim's leg and suffered a mild concussion and was taken to a hospital. She went home to recuperate, but returned to continue in the competition.In week eight of competition, she was eliminated, finishing in fifth place.
Relationships
Gilbert was married to actor Bo Brinkman from 1988-1994, and to actor Bruce Boxleitnerfrom 1995-2011. In January 2013, Gilbert's representative confirmed her engagement to actor Timothy Busfield. They married on April 24, 2013, lived in Howell, Michigan, from 2013 to 2018, and moved to New York City late in 2018. Also in 2018, the couple purchased a cottage in the Catskill Mountainsof Upstate New York. Gilbert and Busfield have been renovating the cottage and intend to live there permanently.
Tax issues
Following her announcement as a candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan, a spokesperson for her opponent's campaign referred to Gilbert as a "tax cheat". Gilbert owed $360,000 in back federal taxes and $112,000 in California state taxes. Gilbert responded by stating that this is not true, that the tax debt was an outgrowth of a stalled acting career, the economy, and divorce. She also stated that she had negotiated a repayment plan with the IRS.
Health issues
In her late thirties, Gilbert battled addictionto prescription medication and alcohol. While playing the role of Caroline "Ma" Ingalls in the touring musical Little House on the Prairie, a visit to the doctor revealed that Gilbert had been working with a broken back for months. On July 22, 2010, Gilbert underwent surgery to replace a disc as well as fuse a vertebra in her lower spine. The surgery was described as a complete success. In January 2015, Gilbert decided to have her breast implants...
Gilbert, Melissa (2009). Prairie Tale: A Memoir (1st ed.). Gallery Books. ISBN 978-1-416-59914-2.Daisy and Josephine(2014)My Prairie Cookbook: Memories and Frontier Food from My Little House to Yours(2014).Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, A Life Rediscovered. (2022)Melissa Gilbert on TwitterMelissa Gilbert at IMDbMelissa Gilbert at Internet Broadway DatabaseMelissa Gilbert at the Internet Off-Broadway Database26 de jun. de 2023 · Os pais Charles (Michael Landon, que morreu em 1991) e Caroline (Karen Grassle, que tem hoje 81 anos) tinham três filhas: Mary, interpretada por Melissa Sue Anderson, que hoje tem 60 anos, Laura, a quem Melissa Gilbert, hoje com 59 anos, deu vida) e Carrie, interpretada alternadamente por uma das gémeas Lindsay ou Sidney Greenbush ...
2 de abr. de 2014 · Born on May 8, 1964, in Los Angeles, California, Melissa Gilbert first found acting success playing Laura Ingalls on the dramatic series Little House on the Prairie from 1974 to 1982.
12 de dez. de 2020 · Melissa Sue Anderson and Melissa Gilbert weren’t friends during ‘Little House on the Prairie’. Those who have read Melissa Gilbert’s book, Prairie Tale, caught an intimate look at the...
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10 de jan. de 2021 · In Gilbert’s memoir titled Prairie Tales, she discusses her relationship with her sister in the series, played by Anderson. According to Gilbert, they never got along.
Melissa Ellen Gilbert (8 de Maio de 1964) é uma atriz, escritora e produtora norte americana, tanto de cinema como de séries de televisão.
