translated from Spanish: Melissa Gilbert: the girl who grew up with “The Ingalls Family” and moved into the countryside

Melissa Gilbert (56) was one of the actresses who captivated the hearts of generations at the helm of “The Ingalls Family,” an American series that chronicled the difficulties and overcoming of, precisely, a Family of Minesota, during the 19th century.

An American series that with drama and tenderness accompanied the growth of generations dealing with various issues such as social inequality, disability, “capitalist progress” in the village where they lived, friendship, poverty, and resilience to adversity.

Melissa Gilbert today

Gilbert was in charge of taking on the role of Laura Ingalls, whose character is effectively the one on screen, in real life, wrote the novel Little House on the Prairie recounting her family’s experiences. Now, the actress has become news again following her decision to move to the countryside amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, it was a project that he already had with his partner, actor and director Timothy Busfield, but which in the face of the outbreak of the virus, accelerated his plans.

Melissa Gilbert and Michael Landon, Laura and Charles Ingalls Photo: Instagram

“We planned to grow an orchard and get chickens and eventually build a barn and have horses and goats, then the pandemic hit and our timeline advanced,” the actress said in a virtual panel of the Television Critics Association centered on Laura Ingalls. And the similarity of his project to the character’s life buried and surrounded the audience with nostalgia. Gilbert planned to restore a cabin and property in the Catskills Mountains, located approximately 160 kilometers north-northwest of New York City and 64 kilometers southwest of Albany. Although the confinement accelerated their projects and they decided to move there.

Melissa Gilbert on filming Photo: Instagram

“We had to assemble the garden, build the quarryers and an irrigation system, build the security for the garden and build the chicken coop, the chicken coops, raise the chickens, take care of the chickens, build the electric fence around to keep the bears away. I’ve never had more fun in my life. We got up early in the morning and are absolutely dirty at 10am and I’m happy all the time,” he said between smiles. The pandemic was also a new excuse for the audience to reconnect with “The Ingalls Family” (remember that in Argentina, cable channels like TCM often pass their episodes). The actress even highlighted some chapters that in this context continue to take effect, such as “Quarantine” and “The Wisdom of Solomon” from season 3, which dealt with racism.
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