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Melissa Gilbert: Screen Actors Guild
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Melissa won the Screen Actors Guild presidency in 2001 after a contentious election in which she ultimately beat her opponent, Valerie Harper, 21,351 votes to 12,613 votes after a second vote was taken. In 2003, she was re-elected, defeating Kent McCord with 50% of the vote to his 42% [1]. In July 2005, she announced that she would not seek a third term and she was succeeded by Alan Rosenberg, who assumed the Guild presidency on September 25. In 2006, Gilbert appeared as Shari Noble (a patient looking to reconstruct her nipples after committing zoophilia with her dog.) in a season 4 episode of Nip/Tuck.
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In real life, Melissa became very important, because she is the head of the Screen Actors Guild, which is the union for movie actors. Other famous SAG presidents have included tough-guy actor Jimmy Cagney, former US president Ronald Reagan… and Jewish stars like Eddie Cantor and Ed Asner. Now go impress your grandparents with these names!
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Today, Gilbert presides over the union known as the Screen Actors Guild. Her primary goal is to convince SAG members to support consolidation with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. She believes that this partnership will streng-then both unions as they deal with major technological and management upheavals in the entertainment industry.
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