His Broadway credits include: A Time To Kill and Manhattan Theatre Club’s Wit. Other recent productions include: Othello in A n Probable Fiction at American Player’s Theatre Runboyrun at New York Theatre Workshop Two Trains Running, a co-production between Cincinnati Playhouse and Milwaukee Rep and Brucie in American Conservatory Theatre’s production of Sweat. Ĭhiké most recently appeared as Luke in Amen Corner, a Shakespeare Theatre Company production. She is also grandmother/step-grandmother to her absolutely perfect, brilliant grandchildren, Lulabelle, Ruby, Eli, Vito, Aury, Bowen and Ripley. She is the proud mother/stepmother of six sons and one stepdaughter. Melissa is very proud to tell people that her star is just a short walk from her father’s. Gilbert was honored with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Achievement Award and when she was twenty-one, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I n 2015 Melissa and her husband Timothy Busfield co-starred, co-wrote and co-produced the multi-award winning short film” One Smart Fellow”.
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She served on the executive council of the AFL-CIO, The California Film Commission and in 2016 was the democratic nominee for Michigan’s 8th congressional district.
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Melissa was president of Screen Actors Guild for two terms 2001-2004. In 1996, Melissa made her television directing debut with the ABC after school special “Me and My Hormones,” Her fourth book, Back To the Prairie: A Home Remade, A Life Rediscovered, written for Simon and Schuster’s Gallery Books, will be released in May of 2022. Melissa’s recent off Broadway credits include If Only:A Love Story at the Cherry Lane, The Dead 1904 with the Irish Repertory Company and My Brilliant Divorce at the New Ohio Theater.Īs an author Melissa has penned three best-selling books Prairie Tale: A Memoir (New York Times Best Seller) Daisy and Josephine, a children’s book and My Prairie Cookbook. In 2014 Melissa played M’Lynn in a production of Steel Magnolias at the Totem Pole Playhouse. In 2008 Melissa also created the role of Ma in the Guthrie Theater’s presentation of Little House on the Prairie:The Musical, and toured north America the following year.
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A member of the legendary Actor’s Studio, Melissa’s other professional theater credits include Laura in Glass Menagerie, Elma Duckworth in Bus Stop, Melissa Gardner in Love Letters, and Rose White, a role she created, in “A Shayna Maidel,” (Outer Critic’s Circle Award and Theater World Award). Melissa made her stage debut in 1979 as Helen Keller in “The Miracle Worker”.
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Her company, Halfpint Productions, produced several films including The Miracle Worker (Emmy Award).
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Her television series credits include Little House on the Prairie (Golden Globe Nomination, 2 Young Artist Awards), Sweet Justice, Stand By Your Man and Secrets and Lies for ABC. She has starred in over fifty television movies and feature films including The Miracle Worker (Emmy Nomination), The Diary of Anne Frank and Splendor in the Grass. Melissa achieved iconic status by the age of 19 after a 10 year run on the television classic Little House On The Prairie ( Golden Globe Nomination). As a producer her recent film Guest Artist, written by and starring Jeff Daniels premiered in 2019 at The Santa Barbara International Film Festival.Īs an actress Melissa’s career began at the age of 2 appearing in commercials and guest spots. Melissa Gilbert is an Emmy winning, Golden Globe nominated actor, director, producer, and NY Times Best Selling author.