Melissa Gilbert became America’s sweetheart while portraying Laura Ingalls on the 1974 to 1983 Western drama series, Little House on the Prairie, from age 10 to 19. After becoming the star of ...

Melissa Gilbert named one of her kids after a fellow 'Little House on the Prairie' costar Julie Tremaine March 9, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.·5 min read Melissa Gilbert/ Instagram Melissa Gilbert with sons ...

After the couple split, Gilbert went on to remarry to her second husband, fellow actor Bruce Boxleitner, and they had their son Michael Boxleitner in October 1995.

Melissa Gilbert may have been part of a classic television family, but in real life, she has two kids of her own, Dakota Brinkman and Michael Boxleitner. The actress rose to fame in the '70s ...

Gilbert rebounded quickly, marrying Bo Brinkman in 1988, but it was another relationship destroyed by alcohol and infidelity. They split in 1994 and she quickly remarried again, this time to Bruce ...

Gilbert and husband Timothy Busfield married in 2013. She is a mother of two — son Dakota from her first marriage to Bo Brinkman and son Michael from her second marriage to Bruce Boxleitner.

What's more, the two were both single after both being divorced (Melissa separated from second ex-husband Bruce Boxleitner in 2011, while Timothy's second marriage to Jennifer Merwin ended in 2007).

Melissa – who will be appearing on When Calls the Heart in 2025 – said she is voting to 'protect reproductive rights.' 'I want to thank @whenweallvote and @argent for sending me this amazing ...

Gilbert — who was married to Bo Brinkman from 1988–1994 and Bruce Boxleitner from 1995-2011 — has two adult sons, Dakota and Michael. Meanwhile, Busfield has three children: Samuel, Daisy ...

Gilbert — who was married to Bo Brinkman from 1988-1994 and Bruce Boxleitner from 1995-2011 — has two adult sons, Dakota and Michael. Busfield, meanwhile, had three children, Samuel, Daisy and ...