Melissa Gilbert

Premiere: Melissa Gilbert and family at the Westwood premiere of 20th Century Fox's Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - 5/16/1999 Photo: Sam Levi/Wireimage.com

Biography

Born 05/08/1964

This sensitive, delicately pretty leading actor, mostly on TV, came to fame as a girl playing Laura Ingalls on the NBC period drama series, "Little House on the Prairie" (1974-82), based on the stories by the adult Ingalls. Gilbert has made few feature film appearances, but kept busy on the small...
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Highlights

  • In 2001, Appeared as the victim of a stalker in "Sanctuary" (CBS)
  • In 2000, Cast in title role of a woman with psychic abilities in CBS' "A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle"
  • In 1999, Portrayed a widow in the CBS TV-movie "The Soul Collector"

Family & Companions

  • Tom Cruise: dated in 1982
  • Rob Lowe: together c. 1982 to 1987; engaged
  • Bo Brinkman: husband (married February 21, 1988; divorced)

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