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- NAME: Melissa Gilbert
- OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Television Actress
- BIRTH DATE: May 08, 1964 (Age: 49)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles, California
- ZODIAC SIGN: Taurus
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Melissa Gilbert came to fame playing Laura Ingalls on the NBC period drama series Little House on the Prairie (1974-82).
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Melissa Gilbert first garnered attention as Laura Ingalls on "Little House on the Prairie." Since then, she's divorced husband Bruce Boxleitner, been president of the Screen Actors Guild, and appeared on "Dancing with the Stars."
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Returing to television, Gilbert had a role in the 2011 movie The Christmas Pageant. She then branched out in a new direction, signing on to compete on Dancing with the Stars in 2012. Partnered with Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Gilbert went up against television personality Sherri Shepherd,
singer Gladys Knight and tennis great Martina Navratilova for the top prize.
Personal Life
During her teen years, Gilbert dated actors Tom Cruise and Rob Lowe. In 1988, she married actor and producer Bo Brinkman. They had one son, Dakota Paul (Cody), and later divorced. In 1995, she married actor Bruce Boxleitner. They had one son together, Michael Garrett, who was born in 1995 and named after the late actor Michael Landon. Gilbert filed for divorce from Boxleitner in 2011.
On April 24, 2013, Gilbert married 55-year-old actor Timothy Busfield, known for his role as Eliot Weston on TV's Thirtysomething. The couple reportedly wed in a private ceremony at San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, California. Busfield, who was married twice previously, has three children from past relationships.
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