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Melissa Gilbert

Highest Rated: 63% Guest Artist (2019)

Lowest Rated: 63% Guest Artist (2019)

Birthday: May 8, 1964

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

As the bright and spunky Laura "Half Pint" Ingalls on "Little House on the Prairie" (NBC, 1974-1983), Melissa Gilbert was one of the most loved child actors of the 1970s, and remained a viewer favorite in subsequent decades through a substantial list of dramatic made-for-TV movies that traded on her can-do screen image. Gilbert found her niche both on and off the screen. In the former, she was a go-to for sudsy romances or reality-based melodramas like "Cries from the Heart" (CBS, 1994) or "Zoya" (NBC, 1995), while in the latter, she was the third and longest-running female president of the Screen Actors Guild, where she served two terms. The enduring status of "Little House" in reruns, combined with her active television career, ensured that the beloved Gilbert would remain a fixture on the small screen for years to come.

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Highest rated movies

63% 33% Guest Artist Watchlist
44% A Family of Strangers
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Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
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Choices
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Ice House
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Penalty Phase
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Donor
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50% Christmas in My Hometown
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74% Nutcracker Fantasy
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62% The Lookalike
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 69% When We Last Spoke Ruby (Character) - 2019
63% 33% Guest Artist Producer $7.0K 2019
No Score Yet 44% Hometown Christmas Unknown (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 50% The Christmas Pageant Vera Parks (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 38% Safe Harbour Ophelia MacKenzie (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sacrifices of the Heart Kate Weston/Anne Weston (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 65% Thicker Than Water Natalie Jones (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 29% Heart of the Storm Cassie Broadbeck (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood Wives: The New Generation Taylor Singer (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nora Roberts' Sanctuary Jo Ellen Hathaway (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle Donielle (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 67% The Soul Collector Rebecca (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 52% Mistaken Identity Sarah Barlow (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 67% Murder at 75 Birch Gwen Todson (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Her Own Rules Meredith Sanders (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Childhood Sweetheart? Karen Carlson (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Seduction in a Small Town Sarah Jenks (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 50% Christmas in My Hometown Emma Murphy (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cries From the Heart Karen (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story Melissa Prentice (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story Mary Bennett (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 44% A Family of Strangers Julie (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet House of Secrets Marion Ravinel (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet With Hostile Intent Miranda Berkley (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 40% Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story Shari Karney (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dying to Remember Lynn Matthews (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 67% With a Vengeance Jenna King (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 67% Joshua's Heart Claudia (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 62% The Lookalike Gina/Jennifer (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Donor Dr. Kristine Lipton (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Without Her Consent Emily Briggs (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Forbidden Nights Judith Shapiro (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ice House Kay (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Killer Instinct Dr. Lisa Davito (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 70% Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife Marian (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Choices Terry Granger (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Penalty Phase Leah Furman (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 90% Sylvester Charlie (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Secrets Sara Calloway (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little House: Bless All the Dear Children Laura Ingalls Wilder (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little House: The Last Farewell Laura Ingalls Wilder (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little House: Look Back to Yesterday Laura Ingalls Wilder (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Choices of the Heart Jean Donovan (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Splendor in the Grass Wilma Dean `'Deanie'` Loomis (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 57% The Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 74% Nutcracker Fantasy Clara (Voice) - 1979
No Score Yet 71% The Miracle Worker Helen Keller (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Christmas Coal Mine Miracle Kelly Sullivan (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 100% Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls (Character) - 1974

TV

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No Score Yet 55% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2024
No Score Yet 77% The Night Shift Lindsay (Guest Star) 2015
35% 74% Secrets and Lies Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dr. Oz Show Guest 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dancing With the Stars Contestant 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2010-2011
74% 82% Nip/Tuck Shari Noble (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet 7th Heaven Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
27% No Score Yet Presidio Med Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Providence Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Unknown (Character),
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1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Unknown (Character) 1998
No Score Yet 92% Babylon 5 Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Afterschool Special Director 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sweet Justice Unknown (Character) 1995
17% No Score Yet Stand by Your Man Rochelle Dunphy (Character) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder (Character) 1974-1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Adoption Unknown (Character)