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Melissa Ellen Gilbert-Boxleitner

Love, trust, hope, believe

About Me

I'm an actor, mother, director, producer, advocate and former president of Screen Actors Guild. My children are my life. My husband is my better half. My career is a blessing. My passion is the Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition www.childrenshospice.org. My circle of girlfriends is my lifeline. My family is my world. We have two dogs, two cats, a rabbit, a tortoise, a cockatiel, two parakeets and a hamster. They are my smile.My motto, courtesy of my youngest son Michael, is "Love, trust, hope, and believe."For more info go to; www.gilbertboxleitner.comAlso and VERY Important: The song you hear on my page is by my step son Sam's new band; Kevin Elliot and the Broken.Check out their my space page for more tracks and more info!!

My Interests

Drums, cooking, reading, cardio barre, spa days and naps.

I'd like to meet:

Sting....I think,maybe, I've met everybody else

Music:

Al Green,Alicia Keyes,The Allman Brothers,Aretha Franklin,Barry White,Beck, The Beatles, Gershwin,Billy Joel,Bruce Springsteen,Buffalo Springfield,Chris Isaak,Cree Summer,CSNY,Damien Rice,Dave Matthews,David Bowie,David Gray,The Supremes,Anything by Don Henley, The Eagles,Elton John,Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley,Eminem,Eric Clapton,Etta James,Fiona Apple,Frank Sinatra,The Isley Brothers, The Neville Brothers,Jackson Browne,James Taylor, Jeff Buckley,Jimi Hendrix,Joan Osborne,John Coltrane,Judy Garland,Led Zeppelin, Lenny Kravitz, Marc Cohn,Mark Knoplfler, Dire Straits,Michael Buble,Miiles Davis,Muse,Nirvana,Norah Jones,Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev,Patty Griffin,Pearl Jam,Peter Gabriel,Phillip Glass,Pink Floyd,Sting,The Pretenders,Prince,The Prodigy,Randy Newman,The Who, The Rolling Stones,Rufus Wainwright,Sarah McLaaclan,Loreens McKennit,Steely Dan,Stevie Wonder,Stone Temple Pilots,SupertrampTom Waits,U2,Van Morrison,Zero7, Sam Boxleitner.

Movies:

Limelight (by Charlie Chaplin). Giant, Gone With the Wind, Close encounters of the Third Kind, Sophie's Choice, Finding Neverland,Evil dead 2,Star Wars I II III IV V VI, Beaches, Pulp Fiction, The Natural, Out of Africe, American Beauty, Reds,Forrest Gump, Philadelpia, Finding Nemo,Zoolander, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Grease,The Breakfast Club, Wuthering heights, The African Queen, The Quiet Man, ET,Excalibur,The Aviator, Dominic and Eugene,Ponette, Chocolat, Shaespeare in Love,Seven, A River Runs Through it, Legends of the Fall, Last of the Mohicand, Dirty dancing, Pretty woman,Tender Mercies,The Green Mile, Lorenzo's Oil, Eight Mile,The Indiana Jones Trilogy,Maltese Falcon, Goodfellas,The Godfather I and II,Platoon, Dr. Strangelove, Barry Lyndon, Full Metal Jacket, The Champ, The Kid, It Happened one Night, Sunset Boulevard,So This is Paris, A Star is Born, Out of Africa,Bonnie and Clyde, waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, Spinal Tap, The Rutles, Old Yeller, Snow White,The Doors,The Rose,Almost Famous....and the list goes on and on!!!

Television:

Anything I'm not in. Currently, that includes 24, Prison Break, Rescue Me,House and Nip Tuck. I also enjoy real life medical dramas. My new favorite is Tell Me You Love Me.I also love love LOVE Californication!!!

Books:

Fall on Your Knees by Ann Marie McDonald is my current favorite but I'm sure there will be many more. The Knitting circle is fantastic. I am also a huge Robert Crais fan, I think his Elvis Cole and Joe Pike books are the best. When a new one comes out I read it in about two days.

Heroes:

Michael Landon, Patty Duke, Marie Curie, Garrett P., Dustin M., Nick S., Lori, Devon, Gay, Bruce, Daddy.

My Blog

The Musical

June 30, 2008 PRAIRIE SETS GUTHRIE BOX OFFICE ON FIRE!LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIEBREAKS BOX OFFICE RECORDS!(Minneapolis/St. Paul) The world premiere production of Little House on the Prairie br...
Posted by Melissa Ellen Gilbert-Boxleitner on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:31:00 PST

Finally!!!!

I've been waiting to confirm this!!It's real.It's actually happening!!MGBMelissa Gilbert back on 'Prairie'Actress set for musical version of 'Little House'By GORDON COXMelissa Gilbert is heading back ...
Posted by Melissa Ellen Gilbert-Boxleitner on Thu, 29 May 2008 09:25:00 PST

Life is a Rollercoaster!!

I told you that I'd have an announcement soon...well...here it is.There will be another one about something else soon as well!!MGBPS Thanks for all of your kind words about my stepdad and my puppy.FOR...
Posted by Melissa Ellen Gilbert-Boxleitner on Thu, 22 May 2008 04:22:00 PST

Bad Week

It's been rough around here.My little Zoe got sick on Mother's Day with what turned out to be Parvovirus.She passed away last Tuesday.Then, last Wednesday, my step-father, Warren Cowan, died. It was n...
Posted by Melissa Ellen Gilbert-Boxleitner on Wed, 21 May 2008 05:54:00 PST

New Year, New Leaf

Okay, so I haven't kept up with my my space stuff at all. Frankly, life got away from me. There's just always so much going on. I fall behind and then....wow...is catching up a nightmare!!I had 115 pa...
Posted by Melissa Ellen Gilbert-Boxleitner on Thu, 08 May 2008 10:17:00 PST

Aye Yi Yi!!!!

Wow, I just checked my page here after neglecting it for several weeks. YIKES!! I have been sitting at my computer for nearly two hours emptying my inbox!It's great to be loved but, man oh man, can it...
Posted by Melissa Ellen Gilbert-Boxleitner on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:10:00 PST

HUH ?!?!

Okay all,I have had to delete all of my comments because of a ridiculous amount of spam. I've also reset my comments so that I must approve them before they are posted.Can someone please explain to me...
Posted by Melissa Ellen Gilbert-Boxleitner on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:42:00 PST

Briefly

A few people have asked if we're okay with all the fires out here.So far, so good. I am grateful that we moved two years ago. If not, it would be another story.That said, There are a lot of people suf...
Posted by Melissa Ellen Gilbert-Boxleitner on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:57:00 PST

You Don’t Call, You Don’t Write.......

Okay,So I have been remiss in my duties as a myspace participant. Mea Culpa. I have been....well...busy.It has been an eventful couple of months here. I will try and sum up;First of all, last month af...
Posted by Melissa Ellen Gilbert-Boxleitner on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:10:00 PST

Well.....

I haven't blogged in quite a while. Camp is over, hubby's shooting a new movie and it seems that my time is being eaten up as a stay home wife and Mom right now.I have always been amazed by stay home ...
Posted by Melissa Ellen Gilbert-Boxleitner on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:20:00 PST