Melissa Gilbert and son at The Ivy last week

Little House on the Prairie actress Melissa Gilbert, 43 and son, Michael Garrett, 11, have lunch at The Ivy last week. Michael’s father is Bruce Boxleitner, 57, who Melissa married in 1995. Melissa also has an older son, Dakota Paul, 18, with first husband, Bo Brinkman, 50. You might know Melissa as the girl who dated Tom Cruise as a teenager before he was famous!

Source: Splash News via Celebrity Puke

Thanks to CBB reader Susie.

Comments

melissa looks exactly the same, this woman doesn’t age!! her son is adorable and looks alot like her!

- tink1217 on August 7th, 2007

actually, wasn’t it Rob Lowe that she dated for several years?

Sarah’s note: Yes, she dated Rob for a long time. She also dated Tom, apparently.

- Bella Mama on August 7th, 2007

I think Melissa Gilbert dated Rob Lowe for awhile when she was a teenager. I don’t remember the Tom Cruise connection.

- Catherine on August 7th, 2007

She also dated Rob Lowe for a long time in the late 80s!!

- Nicole on August 7th, 2007

I think it was Rob Lowe, not Tom Cruise….

Sarah’s note: If you google Melissa and Tom’s names, you’ll see that they dated as teenagers. Yes, she did date Rob (and was engaged to him) but he was already famous at the time.

- sil on August 7th, 2007