This Girl Became a Successful Child Star after Bio Parents Gave Her up to Family Who Had ‘No Plans’ to Adopt
Melissa Gilbert: From Abandoned Child to Beloved Actress Melissa Gilbert, renowned as Laura “Half-Pint” Ingalls Wilder from “Little House on the Prairie,” faced early struggles. Born in 1964, her birth parents, focused on their careers, gave her up for adoption. Barbara and Paul Gilbert, her adoptive parents, took her in. At six, her parents separated,…