The popular actress Melissa Gilbert is well known for her first role as Laura Ingalls in the series “Little House on the Prairie”. After the series, she has been featured in many films and TV series. However, the audience remembers Melissa Gilbert as the child actress who appeared in “Our Little Farm”.
Actress Melissa Gilbert-Net Worth, Bio, Career, Relationship Status
Recently her explanation about her cosmetic surgeries became viral on the internet as she questioned Hollywood to encourage female actors to do cosmetic surgeries. After publishing her book titled “Back To The Prairie”,
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Melissa Gilbert Bio
The famous actress, producer, politician, director, and TV personality Melissa Gilbert was born on May 8, 1964, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. She is 57 years old now. Melissa was raised by her adoptive parents Paul Gilbert and Barbara Crane.
There are no details about her education. However, it is clear that she has been interested in acting since her childhood. She started her career as a child actress. By birth, she is an American and she follows a Jewish ethnicity. Her zodiac sign is Taurus.
Melissa Gilbert Career
Melissa Gilbert began her acting career by featuring in different TV commercials. Her first appearance in the series titled “Little House on the Prairie” was a breakthrough in her acting career. It was a kick start for her as a child actress. Her role as Laura Ingalls in that series was popular among the audience.
So she featured in that series for 10 years from 1974 to 1983. She was a TV star at that time. Besides, she has appeared in several films such as The Miracle Worker, The Diary of Anne Frank, Choices of the Heart, and Splendor in the Grass.
In 1993, she started featuring adult characters in films like A Family of Strangers. Besides acting, her voice was also a main part of the entertainment industry as she gave her voice to an animated series Batman: The Animated Series in 1990.
Melissa Gilbert Family
Melissa Gilbert was raised by her adoptive parents as she was given up for adoption just after her birth. She was born to the couple Kathy Wood and David Darlington. After a day of her birth, the comedian-actor Paul Gilbert and his wife, dancer, and actress Barbara Crane adopted her.
The couple adopted a son named Jonathan. Melissa spent her childhood days with her brother and when she was 8 years old her parents divorced. After 3 years of separation, her father Paul Gilbert died. She explained in many interviews that her father’s death was the most traumatic situation in her entire life.
Melissa Gilbert Relationship Status
Currently, Melissa Gilbert is living with her husband Timothy Busfield. The couple got married in 2013. On last valentines day, she posted a photo of Timothy with a few chicks in his chest and she captioned, “This is my valentine. He’s a real chick magnet”.
Earlier, Melissa had a relationship with Rob Lowe but they separated within a few months. After this relationship, she married actor Bo Brinkman on February 22, 1988.
The couple welcomed their son Dakota Paul Brinkman in 1989. They also split in 1992. Later she married Bruce Boxleitner and shared her second son Michel. They lived happily for 11 years and got separated in 2011. Now she is living with her current husband Timothy Busfield.
Melissa Gilbert Cosmetic Surgeries
Recently Melissa Gilbert opened up about her cosmetic surgeries which lead to many complications. She did her nose job when she was just 18 years old. She explained the luxurious surgery as a painful one.
She committed that she did Boob jobs, fillers, and Botox along with the nose job. Her breast implants also caused many problems in her life. Now, she is regretting because of these surgeries and she explained that she is embracing the process of aging.
Melissa Gilbert Social Media
Being an actress, director, producer, politician, and former president of the screen actor guild Melissa Gilbert is very active on social media, especially on Instagram and Twitter. She has 146K followers on her official Instagram account.
In her social media accounts, she wrote about herself as, “Actor, advocate, author, wife, mother, grandmother, OGHalfpint”. More than 172K people are following Melissa Gilbert through her official Twitter account.
Melissa Gilbert Age
As of March 2022, Melissa Gilbert is 57 years old. “Our Little Farm” actress was born on May 8, 1964, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Her zodiac sign is Taurus.
Melissa Gilbert Religion
As per the sources, Gilbert has raised in her adoptive mother Barbara Crane’s Jewish religion. Her biological parents belong to Christianity. Although she is Jewish, she did not attend any conversion ceremony or did not get any religious education for her adoptive mother.
Melissa Gilbert Physical Appearance
Melissa Gilbert stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches and weighs 58 kg. She is famous for her red hair and hazel-colored eyes. She is beautiful even in her 50’s with a body measurement of 39- 28- 38 inches.
Melissa Gilbert Net Worth
As of 2022, Melissa Gilbert’s net worth is estimated to be around $500 thousand and her source of income is her acting and television career. She earned a better amount from her writing through the publication of her autobiography titled, “Prairie Tale: A Memoir” in 2009.
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