Actress melissa gilbert biography

American actress (born )

Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, )^[1][2] is an American actress. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late s, appearing in numerous commercials and guest-starring roles on television. From to , she starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder, the second-oldest daughter of Charles Ingalls (played by Michael Landon) on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie. During the run of Little House, Gilbert appeared in several television films, including The Diary of Anne Frank (), and The Miracle Worker (). As an adult, she continued her career mainly in television films. From to , Gilbert appeared as Caroline "Ma" Ingalls in the touring production of Little House on the Prairie, the Musical. In , she was a contestant on season fourteen of the popular reality dance competition show Dancing with the Stars on ABC.

Gilbert served as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) from to She briefly ran for the U.