Melissa is perhaps best known for her role in Little House on the Prairie.
Here are some facts about her time on the show.

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"Little House on the Prairie"

Laura Ingalls (189 episodes, 1974-1983)
... aka Little House: A New Beginning (USA: last season title)

Writers: Arthur Heinemann (14 episodes) John Hawkins (11 episodes)

This had a nine season run.
Release Date: 11 September 1974 (USA)
Genre: Drama | Family | Romance | Western
Plot: The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the 19th century American West.

Awards: Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 15 wins & 34 nominations.
Melissa won "Best Young Actress in a Drama Series" award given by the Young Artist Awards in 1983 and 1984 for her role as Laura Ingalls.

Release dates in other countries were as follows:
Netherlands 2 October 1975
Finland 1976
West Germany 13 June 1976
France 18 December 1976
Switzerland 19 August 1978 (German speaking region)
Poland 9 June 1984

Also Known As (AKA)
Casa de la pradera, La Spain
Casa nella prateria, La Italy
Casita de la pradera, La Venezuela
Domek na prerii Poland
Familia Ingalls, La Argentina
Huset på prærien Norway
Kleine huis op de prairie, Het Netherlands
Lilla huset på prärien Sweden
Lille hus på prærien, Det Denmark
Little House: A New Beginning USA (last season title)
Mikro spiti sto livadi, To Greece
Petite maison dans la prairie, La France
Pieni talo preerialla Finland
Uma Casa na Pradaria Portugal
Unsere kleine Farm West Germany

Some trivia about the show.

Dean Butler remarked that the first kiss between him and 'Melissa Gilbert' (Laura) was so nerve-racking for everyone, that there were chaperones on the set to make sure nothing unseemly was going on.

Michael Landon had a unique way of inspiring child actors to cry when required for a scene. Melissa Gilbert described how he would work himself up emotionally, face her with his eyes full of tears and ask her, "Do you know how much I love you?" to which she would get all teary and emotional in response.

Continuity goofs: In the episode "The Circus Man", when Mr. O'Hara is telling Laura that his secret potion doesn't work, her braids keep moving from in front of her to in back of her.

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