Melissa Gilbert | Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield | Source: Getty Images | Instagram.com/timbusfield
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“Little House on the Prairie” star Melissa Gilbert shared adorable photos of her rarely-seen curly-haired granddaughter.
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The actress is a doting grandmother of nine and opened up about her grandparenting.
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She and her husband escaped Hollywood and moved to a rustic cabin to be more connected to her big family.
Melissa Gilbert, most famous for starring in “Little House on the Prairie,” surprised fans when she shared two adorable photos of her rarely-seen granddaughter on social media in 2022. In the post, the star cradled the cute baby in her arms while she slept.
The actress said the child was the newest addition to her family, and her name was Rosemary “Romy” Coates Busfield. The second picture showed Gilbert laying her grandchild against her shoulder as she smiled at the camera.
Melissa Gilbert as Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder on an episode of “Little House on the Prairie” which aired on October 8, 1975 | Source: Getty Images
In her caption, she gushed about how she was in “absolute heaven” meeting her granddaughter for the first time amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The star even called herself a “proud nana” and confessed that she was in love.
In the past, a friend of the actress revealed that Gilbert had always wanted to be a grandmother. The pal shared how the star loved children and missed having babies around, but by early 2023, she had nine grandchildren to dote on.
The actress, who once played Laura “Half-Pint” Ingalls Wilder, was previously married to Bo Brinkman, and together they had a son, Dakota. With her other ex-husband, Bruce Boxleitner, they shared another son, Michael.
In 2023, Gilbert was married to her third husband, Timothy Busfield, and they were living a quiet life in a rustic cabin. The couple had a garden they tended to, grew their own for, and raised chickens while enjoying their puppy, Chicago.
Living a much simpler life out of the spotlight of Hollywood allowed Gilbert more time to enjoy her family. In the next chapter, we learn a little more about her many grandchildren and see what a few of them looked like.
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