{"id":41898,"date":"2026-08-21T14:16:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=41898"},"modified":"2026-08-21T14:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:16:57","slug":"this-girl-became-a-successful-child-star-after-bio-parents-gave-her-up-to-family-who-had-no-plans-to-adopt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=41898","title":{"rendered":"This Girl Became a Successful Child Star after Bio Parents Gave Her up to Family Who Had \u2018No Plans\u2019 to Adopt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Melissa Gilbert was born in Los Angeles in 1964 and adopted when she was only one day old by Barbara Crane and Paul Gilbert. Her adoptive parents had not planned to adopt, but an unexpected call about an available baby girl changed their liv&#8230;<strong>Continue Reading<\/strong><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Growing up, Melissa was told stories about her biological parents that she later discovered were not entirely true. She also shared a very close bond with her adoptive father, Paul, whose death in 1976 became one of the most painful experiences of her childhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Years later, Melissa learned that her father had died by suicide rather than from a stroke as she had originally been told. The revelation deeply affected her, but she eventually sought help, learned more about what happened, and forgave her mother for hiding the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her difficult childhood, Melissa became famous as Laura Ingalls Wilder on <em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>. 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