Melissa Gilbert (1964 - )
Television Deaths[]
- Little House on the Prairie: The Music Box (1977) [Laura Ingalls]: Executed by hanging in a dream sequence, brought on by her guilt over stealing Alison Arngrim's music box. (Obviously, nothing of the sort happens in reality.)
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1980 TV) [Anne Frank]: Dies of typhus (possibly off-screen) in a concentration camp.
- Choices of the Heart (1983 TV) [Jean Donovan]: Raped and killed (off-screen), along with Pamela Bellwood, Mari Gorman, and Mary McCusker, by a group of Salvadorian soldiers. Her body is shown afterwards when they are found in a makeshift grave.
- Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (1987 TV) [Marian]: Shot in the stomach by her husband, Joe Penny for failing to conform to the Mafia wife's lifestyle. .
- Dying to Remember (1993 TV) [Lynn Matthews]: Melissa's character in actuality survives the movie but must relive Kat Green's murder through past-life visions to make known what really happened.
- House of Secrets (1993 TV) [Marion Ravinel]: Dies of a heart attack from fright when Bruce Boxleitner pretends to have come back from the dead.
- Babylon 5: Z'ha'dum (1996) [Anna Sheridan]: Killed in an explosion when a Vorlon ship crashes into the building, while Bruce Boxleitner leaps down a pit to escape the destruction.
- The Outer Limits: Relativity Theory (1998) [Teresa Janovitch]: Killed, along with the rest of the survey team, by aliens.
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Noteworthy Connections[]
- Granddaughter of Harry Crane (comedian/screenwriter)
- Half-sister of Sara Gilbert
- Ex-Mrs. Bo Brinkman
- Ex-Mrs. Bruce Boxleitner
- Mrs. Timothy Busfield