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Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964 in Los
Angeles, California) is an United States|American
actor|actress. As a former child actor, she is
best known for her role of Laura Ingalls
Wilder|Laura Ingalls on the television series
Little House on the Prairie and for her term as
president of the Screen Actors Guild which she won
after a bitter election contest in which she
ultimately beat her opponent Valerie Harper after
a revote 21,351 votes to 12,613 votes. In July
2005, she announced that she she will not seek a
third term as president of the Screen Actors
Guild. 


Gilbert is married to Bruce Boxleitner, and played
his character's wife on Babylon 5. She is the
older half-sister of Roseanne star Sara Gilbert. 

She has two sons, one from her first marriage to
Bo Brinkman, and another from her current marriage
to Bruce Boxleitner. She named her second son
after Michael Landon, her mentor on Little House.

For her contribution to the television industry,
Melissa Gilbert has a star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame at 6429 Hollywood Blvd. In 1998, she was
inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame
at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.


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==External links==
* http://www.gilbert-boxleitner.com/ Official
website of Melissa Gilbert & Bruce Boxleitner
* imdb name|id=001271|name=Melissa Gilbert
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1866
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4706
933.stm/ Actors Guild president steps down