What is Melissa Gilbert?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Melissa Gilbert | image = Melissa Gilbert after Drug Free America shoot - cropped (5242325680).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Gilbert after a shoot for the [[Partnership for a Drug-Free America]] in December 2010 | residence = | office2 = 26th President of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] | term_start2 = 15 October 2001 | term_end2 = 22 Feberary 2005 | predecessor2 = [[William Daniels]] | successor2 = [[Alan Rosenberg]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | birth_name = Melissa Ellen Gilbert | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|5|8}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S. | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Actress, director, producer, politician | known_for = | spouse = {{marriage|Bo Brinkman|1988|1992|end=divorced}}<br>{{marriage|[[Bruce Boxleitner]]|1995|2011|end=divorced}}<br>{{marriage|[[Timothy Busfield]]|2013|}} | children = 2; 3 stepchildren | parents = [[Paul Gilbert (actor)|Paul Gilbert]]<br>Barbara Crane | relatives = [[Jonathan Gilbert]] (brother)<br>[[Sara Gilbert]] (sister) | website = {{URL|melissa-gilbert.com}} }} '''Melissa Gilbert''' (born May 8, 1964) is an [[Americans|American]] [[actress]] and [[writer]]. She is famous for acting as [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]] in ''[[Little House (book series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' (1974-1984). She has also acted in many other [[television programme|television programs]] and [[movie]]s. Gilbert had two terms as president of the [[Screen Actors Guild]]. On June 9, 2009 her [[autobiography]], ''Prairie Tale: A Memoir'', was released. ==Personal life== Gilbert was born in [[Los Angeles]]. She was married to Bo Brinkman from 1988 until they divorced in 1992. She was married to [[Bruce Boxleitner]] from 1995 until they divorced in 2011. She married [[Timothy Busfield]] in 2013. They have two children. ===Health issues=== Gilbert has battled [[alcoholism]] and [[drug abuse]], which she wrote about in her 2009 autobiography.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.momlogic.com/200