2024-09-12 06:38:18
The Ingalls first appeared on the scene in the 1970s with “Little House on the Prairie.” Their daughter Laura in particular won the hearts of viewers.
The story of the Ingalls family and the rest of the residents of Walnut Grove thrilled millions of viewers in the mid-1970s. For ten years, “Little House on the Prairie” attracted countless viewers to their TV screens every Wednesday evening. Exactly 50 years ago today, on September 11, 1974, the first episode flickered across the screens.
In 1984, Little House on the Prairie was taken off the air. Four decades have passed since the series ended. The Ingalls of yesteryear are no more. Some of them are no longer with us, others have completely retired from show business. Only wild Laura continued to work as an actress after the series ended and is still known to many today.
The role was played by Melissa Gilbert. She was just ten years old when she first appeared in front of the camera for “Little House on the Prairie”. The middle daughter of Charles and Caroline Ingalls quickly became a favorite of television viewers.
Melissa Gilbert actually spent most of her childhood on set. But she never got tired of acting. No other actor appeared in as many episodes of the series as the girl with the long, dark hair. In total, Melissa Gilbert appeared in 205 episodes.
Even after the series ended, the then 20-year-old continued filming. Films such as “The Law of the Honorable Family” with Paul Wendkos and “The Heavenly Plan” with Hilary Duff followed. Melissa Gilbert is now 60 years old. She is no longer active as an actress. She made her last film five years ago. In 2019 she appeared in the drama “When We Last Spoke”.
Melissa Gilbert, however, is still active on Instagram. There she posts pictures with her almost 300,000 fans almost every day – from the past, from today, of her dogs or sometimes of herself. She lets her followers share in her life.
On May 8th, the actress celebrated her 60th birthday. For a long time, the actress had a problem with getting older. Today, she sees things differently. “Aging is not an illness. It’s time we celebrated it,” she said recently in an interview with the US magazine “People”. “I think it’s so great that I can grow old.”