ACTOR

Melissa Gilbert

1964 - Today

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Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous commercials and guest-starring roles on television. From 1974 to 1983, she starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder, the second-oldest daughter of Charles Ingalls (played by Michael Landon) on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melissa Gilbert has received more than 12,648,671 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Melissa Gilbert is the 1,659th most popular actor (up from 1,781st in 2019), the 2,765th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,972nd in 2019) and the 774th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Melissa Gilbert ranks 1,659 out of 13,578Before her are Na Moon-hee, Ed Asner, John Savage, Evangeline Lilly, Rossy de Palma, and Edward Fox. After her are Chus Lampreave, Lina Cavalieri, Gloria Guida, Paul Reubens, Marton Csokas, and Thelma Ritter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Melissa Gilbert ranks 82Before her are Kaspar Capparoni, Tommi Mäkinen, Jorginho, Laura Linney, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and Rossy de Palma. After her are Željko Komšić, Mark Dacascos, Michael Rummenigge, Vincent Perez, Calista Flockhart, and Txiki Begiristain.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melissa Gilbert ranks 2,765 out of 20,380Before her are Chris Kyle (1974), Scottie Pippen (1965), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), Alfred Bester (1913), Delmer Daves (1904), and Karl Malone (1963). After her are Erich Segal (1937), Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), Brian Weiss (1944), Audre Lorde (1934), Howard Schultz (1953), and Miley Cyrus (1992).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Melissa Gilbert ranks 774Before her are Paul Guilfoyle (1949), Sue Lyon (1946), Patrick Wilson (1973), Cheech Marin (1946), Ed Asner (1929), and John Savage (1949). After her are Paul Reubens (1952), Thelma Ritter (1902), Elizabeth McGovern (1961), Sam Waterston (1940), Estelle Getty (1923), and Melissa McBride (1965).