Melissa Gilbert

She named her son after Michael Landon, her mentor on Little House. Hayward has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6251 Hollywood Blvd. She is the older half-sister of Roseanne star Sara Gilbert. The brain cancer which took her life is traced by some back to her work in The Conqueror, filmed about 100 miles downwind of active Nevadan nuclear-weapon test sites, and in sets dressed with truckloads of dirt from the area. Gilbert is married to Bruce Boxleitner. Other major films included I'll Cry Tomorrow and I Want to Live!, for which she won the Oscar. As a former child actor, she is best known for her role of Laura Ingalls on the television series Little House on the Prairie and for her term as president of the Screen Actors Guild which she won after a bitter election with Valerie Harper. In 1947 Hayward received the first of her five Academy Award nominations for Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman.

Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress. She played a dramatic role in Among the Living, and a Southern belle in Reap the Wild Wind. Although she didn't get that role, she won the role of the female lead in Beau Geste. She went to Hollywood in 1939, aiming to become the unknown who won the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. Born Edythe Marrenner in Brooklyn, New York, she began her career as a photographer's model.

Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 - March 14, 1975) was an American actress. 1948 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman. 1950 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - My Foolish Heart. 1953 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - With a Song in My Heart.

1956 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - I'll Cry Tomorrow. 1959 - Won Best Actress in a Leading Role - I Want to Live!.