Melissa Gilbert Explains Why She Finds Young Actresses’ Deaths ‘So Personal’: ‘Enough Is Enough’

Melissa Gilbert Speaks out on Better Protection for Child Actors After Hayden Panettiere's Death

Get latest articles and stories on Entertainment at LatestLY. As per the publication, the Little House on the Prairie actor, 62, shared her thoughts in an essay published on Saturday, calling for changes in the way young actors are treated as they grow up in the entertainment industry. Entertainment News | Melissa Gilbert Speaks out on Better Protection for Child Actors After Hayden Panettiere's Death.

Melissa Gilbert on the Deaths of Hayden Panettiere & Other Former Child Actors: ‘WHY?’

Melissa Gilbert, whose performance as Laura on the ‘70s TV hit “Little House on the Prairie” made her one of the most iconic child stars of all time, is speaking out in a new essay in the wake of the deaths of Michele Trachtenberg, Daveigh Chase and Hayden Panettiere. In an August 22 Substack post entitled “Enough Is Enough” and dedicated to the three actors, Gilbert wrote, “Within one year, Michelle Trachtenberg, Daveigh Chase and Hayden Panett…

Melissa Gilbert calls for protections for child stars after Hayden Panettiere’s death: ‘Something is very, very wrong’

The actress penned an essay about child stars being under-protected seven months after her husband, Timothy Busfield, was accused of inappropriately touching two child actors.Melissa Gilbert; Hayden PanettiereCredit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty;  Jon Kopaloff/GettyKey pointsMelissa Gilbert mourned the deaths of former child stars Hayden Panettiere, Daveigh Chase, and Michelle Trachtenberg: “Tragically, heartbreakingly, agonizingly too soon.”The ac…

Melissa Gilbert Explains Why She Finds Young Actresses’ Deaths ‘So Personal’: ‘Enough Is Enough’

Melissa Gilbert can’t help but take the recent deaths of former child stars Hayden Panettiere, Michelle Trachtenberg and Daveigh Chase personally. “They are gone and the question I have been turning over and over in my head is, ‘WHY?’. Why are these three, sweet, wildly talented, vibrant, vital young women gone?” Gilbert, 62, wrote in […]

Gilbert calls for action after Panettiere death and child star losses

Melissa Gilbert is calling for systemic change after the death of Hayden Panettiere. The Little House on the Prairie alum penned a Substack essay reflecting on the Heroes star’s tragic death at 36, along with other former child stars who have died within the last 18 months. “Michelle Trachtenberg, Daveigh Chase and Hayden Panettiere have […]