Melissa Gilbert

ABOUT MELISSA GILBERT

Actress who won multiple Young Artist Awards for her portrayal of Laura Ingalls on the television series Little House on the Prairie .

She began her acting career by doing commercials for Alpo dog food and other products.

She provided the voice of Batgirl in Batman: The Animated Series, and she had an on-again, off-again relationship with Rob Lowe .

She married Bo Brinkman in 1988, and the couple had a son, Dakota, in 1989, before divorcing in 1992. She then married Bruce Boxleitner in 1995 and they welcomed a son, Michael Boxleitner , later that year. They divorced in 2011 and in 2013, she married Timothy Busfield .

Merlin Olsen once worked with her in Little House on the Prairie.