By Bruce R. Miller | Sioux City Journal
Melissa Gilbert, who starred as young Laura Ingalls on âLittle House on the Prairie,â left such an indelible impression that many fans think she actually wrote the books on which the series was based.
Instead, the TV series launched Gilbertâs career and provided the kind of Hollywood crash course that helped her spread her wings as a writer, director, producer and president of the Screen Actors Guild.
âLittle House,â Gilbert says, âhelped to form the person that I ultimately grew into.â
The showâs executive producer and star, Michael Landon, âdemanded we be as professional as he was,â she says. âMichael insisted I follow around a person from each department so that I had the understanding and appreciation of what the grips did, what the electricians did, what the craft services people did. Not only would I know how to look for people who were good at their jobs, I also had a
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