梅莉莎·吉尔伯特，1964年3月8日出生于美国洛杉矶，1974年，梅莉莎从500名应征者脱颖而出，主演了电影连续剧《草原上的小屋》（Little House on the Prairie），该剧在美国连续拍摄播映了9年，之后她在多部影视居中扮演了重要角色，现在还担任了美国演员工会主席的职务。梅莉莎1989年和演员Bo Brinkman结婚，婚后生有一子；1995年同演员布鲁斯·鲍克斯雷（Bruce Boxleitner）结婚，生了第二个儿子。
Best recalled as the eldest son and first member of the "Bonanza" Cartwright clan to permanently leave the Ponderosa in the hopes of greener acting pastures, dark, deep-voiced and durably handsome Pernell Roberts' native roots lay in Georgia. Born Pernell Elvin Roberts, Jr. on May 18, 1928, in North Carolina and moved to Waycross as an infant, he was singing in local USO shows while still in high school (where he appeared in plays and played the horn). He attended both Georgia Tech and the University of Maryland but flunked out of both colleges, with a two-year stint as a Marine stuck somewhere in between. He eventually decided to give acting a chance and supported himself as a butcher, forest ranger, and railroad riveter during the lean years while pursuing his craft.
