Melissa Gilbert
52 years
Los Angeles, California, USA
5' 3" (1,6 m)
8 May 1964
Melissa Ellen Gilbert is an American actress, television director, and 2016 Democratic candidate for Michigan's 8th congressional district. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s appearing in numerous commercials and guest starring roles on television. From 1974 to 1984, she starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie. During the run of Little House, Gilbert appeared in several popular television films, including The Diary of Anne Frank and The Miracle Worker. …