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| children = 2 | parents = Paul Gilbert Barbara Crane | relatives = Jonathan Gilbert (brother) Sara Gilbert (sister) | website = }} Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) 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''. As an adult, she continued her career mainly in television films. Gilbert has also continued with guest starring roles on television and has done voice work for animation such as ''Batman: The Animated Series''. From 2009 to 2010, Gilbert appeared as Caroline "Ma" Ingalls in the touring production of ''Little House on the Prairie, the Musical''. In 2012, she was a contestant on season fourteen of the popular reality dance competition show ''Dancing with the Stars'' on ABC. Gilbert served as the President of the Screen Actors Guild from 2001 to 2005. In 2009, her autobiography ''Prairie Tale: A Memoir'', was released. In 2014, she wrote a short story for children, called ''Daisy and Josephine''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Daisy and Josephine: Melissa Gilbert, Julia Kuo: 9781442445789: Amazon.com: Books )〕 as well as ''My Prairie Cookbook: Memories and Frontier Food from My Little House to Yours''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=My Prairie Cookbook: Memories and Frontier Food from My Little House to Yours: Melissa Gilbert, Dane Holweger: 9781419707780: Amazon.com: Books )〕 ==Early life and family== Gilbert was born in Los Angeles, California, to a newly engaged couple, David Darlington and Kathy Wood, and was placed for adoption immediately after birth. She was adopted one day later by actor and comedian Paul Gilbert (born Ed MacMahon, he changed his name to Paul Gilbert to get a Screen Actors Guild card) and his wife, dancer and actress Barbara Crane, the daughter of ''The Honeymooners'' creator Harry Crane. The couple later adopted a son, Jonathan, who co-starred on ''Little House on the Prairie''. Gilbert's adoptive parents divorced when she was 8 years old. Her mother, Barbara, then married Harold Abeles, and together they had biological daughter Sara Rebecca Abeles (the actress known professionally as Sara Gilbert), born on January 29, 1975. On February 13, 1976, Paul Gilbert died. Although 11-year-old Melissa was told that he had suffered a sudden stroke, she found out years later that the 57-year-old Paul had been a VA patient who dealt with constant pain and that he had taken his own life. The marriage of Barbara and Harold Abeles later ended in divorce. Per her biography, Gilbert was "lightly raised" in her adoptive mother's Jewish religion (her adoptive father was a gentile),〔(Interfaith Family: "Interfaith Celebrities: The Talk's Hosts and David Schwimmers Bride" By Nate Bloom ) October 26, 2010〕 but did not have any formal religious education or conversion ceremony. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melissa Gilbert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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