Melissa Gilbert

Actress, Author, Activist

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Melissa Gilbert Biography

Melissa Gilbert is an Emmy winning, Golden Globe nominated actor, director, producer, and NY Times Best Selling author. As a producer her recent film Guest Artist, written by and starring Jeff Daniels premiered in 2019 at The Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

As an actress Gilbert's career began at the age of 2 appearing in commercials and guest spots. Gilbert achieved iconic status by the age of 19 after a 10 year run on the television classic Little House On The Prairie ( Golden Globe Nomination). She has starred in over fifty television movies and feature films including The Miracle Worker (Emmy Nomination), The Diary of Anne Frank and Splendor in the Grass. Her television series credits include Little House on the Prairie (Golden Globe Nomination, 2 Young Artist Awards), Sweet Justice, Stand By Your Man and Secrets and Lies for ABC. Her company, Halfpint Productions, produced several films including The Miracle Worker (Emmy Award).

Gilbert made her stage debut in 1979 as Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker". A member of the legendary Actor's Studio, Gilbert's other professional theater credits include Laura in Glass Menagerie, Elma Duckworth in Bus Stop, Melissa Gardner in Love Letters, and Rose White, a role she created, in "A Shayna Maidel," (Outer Critic's Circle Award and Theater World Award). In 2008 Gilbert also created the role of Ma in the Guthrie Theater's presentation of Little House on the Prairie:The Musical, and toured north America the following year. In 2014 Gilbert played M'Lynn in a production of Steel Magnolias at the Totem Pole Playhouse. Gilbert's off Broadway credits include If Only:A Love Story at the Cherry Lane, The Dead 1904 with the Irish Repertory Company and My Brilliant Divorce at the New Ohio Theater. Most recently Gilbert starred in the premiere of the critically acclaimed play When Harry Met Rehab at the Greenhouse theater center in Chicago.

As an author Gilbert has penned three best-selling books; Prairie Tale: A Memoir (New York Times Best Seller) Daisy and Josephine, a children's book and My Prairie Cookbook. Her fourth book, Back To the Prairie: A Home Remade, A Life Rediscovered, written for Simon and Schuster's Gallery Books, will be released in May of 2022.

In 1996, Gilbert made her television directing debut with the ABC after school special "Me and My Hormones."

Gilbert was president of Screen Actors Guild for two terms 2001-2004. She served on the executive council of the AFL-CIO, The California Film Commission and in 2016 was the democratic nominee for Michigan's 8th congressional district.

In 2015 Gilbert and her husband Timothy Busfield co-starred, co-wrote and co-produced the multi-award winning short film" One Smart Fellow".

Gilbert was honored with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce's Lifetime Achievement Award and when she was twenty-one, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Gilbert is very proud to tell people that her star is just a short walk from her father's. She is the proud mother/stepmother of six sons and one stepdaughter. She is also grandmother/step-grandmother to her absolutely perfect, brilliant grandchildren, Lulabelle, Ruby, Eli, Vito, Aury, Bowen and Ripley .

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 09/21/2024.

Melissa Gilbert Videos

  • Melissa Gilbert Shares Her Struggles With Body Image In Hollywood ...
    While Melissa Gilbert says she never felt pressure to look a certain way as a star of “Little House on the Prairie,” her perspective changed...
  • Inside Melissa Gilbert's Home | Where Are They Now
  • Daytime TV - Melissa Gilbert talks about her life and career - YouTube

Melissa Gilbert Books

  • Daisy and Josephine
    Daisy and Josephine
  • Prairie Tale: A Memoir
    Prairie Tale: A Memoir

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