Melissa Gilbert
| Melissa Gilbert | |
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Gilbert after a shoot for the Partnership for a Drug-Free America in December 2010.
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| President of the Screen Actors Guild | |
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In office 2001–2005 |
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| Preceded by | William Daniels |
| Succeeded by | Alan Rosenberg |
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| Born |
Melissa Ellen Gilbert May 8, 1964 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
Paul Gilbert Barbara Crane |
| Relatives |
Jonathan Gilbert (brother) Sara Gilbert (sister) |
| Residence | Howell, Michigan |
| Occupation | Actress, director, producer, politician |
| Website | melissa-gilbert |
Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress and television director.
Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s appearing in numerous commercials and guest starring roles on television. From 1974 to 1984, she starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie. During the run of Little House, Gilbert appeared in several popular television films, including The Diary of Anne Frank and The Miracle Worker.
As an adult, she continued her career mainly in television films. Gilbert has also continued with guest starring roles on television and has done voice work for animation such as Batman: The Animated Series. From 2009 to 2010, Gilbert appeared as Caroline "Ma" Ingalls in the touring production of Little House on the Prairie, the Musical. In 2012, she was a contestant on season fourteen of the popular reality dance competition show Dancing with the Stars on ABC.
Gilbert served as the President of the Screen Actors Guild from 2001 to 2005. In 2009, her autobiography Prairie Tale: A Memoir, was released. In 2014, she wrote a short story for children, called Daisy and Josephine as well as My Prairie Cookbook: Memories and Frontier Food from My Little House to Yours.
In 2016, Gilbert ran for U.S. Congress as a Democrat in Michigan's 8th congressional district and she won the Democratic primary. She later dropped out due to health issues.
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