S23E9: Melissa Gilbert

Melissa Gilbert grew up in front of all of our eyes playing Laura Ingalls Wilder on Little House on the Prairie, and she managed to avoid some of the pitfalls that beset other child stars. Then she met Rob Lowe, and America’s Sweetheart started a whole new chapter. It’s included two divorces – one trashy, one very much not trashy – and a whole lot of spiderwebs.

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Stacie’s Receipts

Prairie Tale: A Memoir, by Melissa Gilbert (Amazon)

Back to the Prairie: A Home Remade, a Life Rediscovered, by Melissa Gilbert (Amazon)

Melissa Gilbert Files for Divorce from Bruce Boxleitner – ABC News

Melissa Gilbert Opens Up About Past Addiction | Entertainment Tonight

Exclusive | Melissa Gilbert ‘lost her mind’ after 2011 divorce (pagesix.com)

Melissa Gilbert Began Questioning Her Marriage to Bruce Boxleitner When She Broke Her Back (cheatsheet.com)

Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield’s Relationship Timeline (people.com)

A Look At Melissa Gilbert’s Real-Life Marriage To Timothy Busfield (nickiswift.com)

Timothy Busfield on His Marriage to ‘Little House on the Prairie’ ‘s Melissa Gilbert: ‘She Was the One’ (people.com)

Little House on the Prairie Star Melissa Gilbert Says It’s a ‘Gift’ to Grow Old (people.com)

Melissa Gilbert Says Michael Landon Was a ‘Father Figure’ (Exclusive) (people.com)