Karen Grassle Videos : Melissa Gilbert- Beautiful (Long)

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Melissa Gilbert- Beautiful (Long)

Actor, director. Born on May 8, 1964 in Los Angeles. The adopted daughter of Ed Gilbert and Barbara Crane, actress and dancer. Gilbert's two siblings are also actors; Sara played Darlene in the series Roseanne and Jonathan played Willie Olson on Little House on the Prairie. The sensitive, delicately pretty actor came to fame as a girl playing Laura Ingalls on the NBC period drama series, Little House on the Prairie (1974-82). It was for her earnest, memorable portrayal of Laura that Gilbert became the youngest person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Gilbert has made a few feature film appearances, but the majority of her work has been in television. She most often opted for roles as suffering, historically significant teenagers, such as in The Miracle Worker in 1979, The Diary of Anne Frank in 1980, and Splendor in the Grass in 1981. She remained prolific and eventually graduated to adult roles, including Choices in 1986 and A Family of Strangers in 1993. In addition, there were a few failed series attempts, such as Little House: A New Beginning in 1982, Stand By Your Man in 1992, and Sweet Justice in 1994. In 2001, Gilbert was voted in as president of the Screen Actors Guild and won win a second two-year term in 2003. Gilbert has returned to the project that made her famous. Now in the role originally played by Karen Grassle on television, Gilbert has been starring as "Ma" in the touring production of Little House on the Prairie: The Musical. She also has ...

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