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Melissa Gilbert

Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Gilbert
Born: May 08, 1964 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor, Director,
Active: '70s-'80s
Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: The Miracle Worker, The Diary of Anne Frank, Little House on the Prairie: I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away, Part 1
First Major Screen Credit: Little House on the Prairie: The Premiere (1974)
8 Videos for Melissa Gilbert
The Undesirable (2001) The Lookalike (1990) Little House on the Prairie: Season 07 (1980)
A Secret Affair (1999) Sylvester (1985) The Christmas Coal Mine Miracle (1977)
Mistaken Identity (1999) Little House on the Prairie: Season 09 (1982)
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Biography:

Actress Melissa Gilbert literally grew up before our eyes in the role of Laura Ingalls on the TV series Little House on the Prairie. A professional from the age of 3, Gilbert was ten years old when she assumed the role of Laura, and in her mid-20s when Little House branched off into a handful of TV movies in the 1980s.

Outside of this series, Gilbert was the uncrowned queen of the TV remakes: She starred as young Helen Keller in 1979's The Miracle Worker, played the title role in 1980's The Diary of Anne Frank, and assumed the old Natalie Wood role in 1981's Splendor in the Grass. More recently, she has been showing up in made-for-TV biopics, e.g.

Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story (1993) and Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story (1994). Gilbert's latter-day series-TV work has included the parts of Kate Delany in Sweet Justice and Rochelle in Stand By Your Man; she has also been heard as the voice of Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl, in the daily Batman: The Animated Series.

In all of these, she has been billed under her married name of Gilbert-Brinkman (her marriage to Bo Brinkman has since dissolved). Melissa Gilbert is the sister of Sara Gilbert, who played Darlene on TV's Roseanne; her grandfather, Harry Crane, was one of the creators of the Jackie Gleason series The Honeymooners.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.