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Sara Gilbert's elder sister was a big TV star, Melissa Gilbert of Little House on the Prairie, so Sara was naturally drawn to acting, just to compete. At nine, she made her professional debut in a TV movie of Calamity Jane, and at 13 she won the role of Darlene, the troublesome younger daughter on Roseanne. She played the role for ten years, matching the span of Melissa's run with Little House. Gilbert ... wrote one of Roseanne's better episodes, "Don't Make Me Over", in which Roseanne receives a special birthday makeover from her daughters, but learns that they had an ulterior motive.
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Actress Sara Gilbert, 32, and her daughter Sawyer, 7 weeks, were spotted shopping at the Studio City Farmer's Market on Sunday. Apparently, Sara tried to give her a bottle, but ended up nursing when Sawyer let her know she wasn't interested. Sara and her partner Allison Adler welcomed Sawyer, their second child, on August 2nd.
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Like her older sister Melissa (Little House on the Prairie), actress Sara Gilbert grew up on a television series, in this case, the long-running ABC sitcom Roseanne (1988-1997). She and her sister and her older brother, Jonathon Gilbert, are the third generation of a showbiz family. Her grandfather, Harry Crane, was a writer for The Honeymooners, her grandmother, Julia Crane, was a former Miss Brooklyn and a dancer, and her mother is a producer and talent manager. Gilbert made her professional debut in a television commercial at age six, and from there appeared in the television series Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang (1982). She then played a small role in the made-for-TV movie Calamity Jane, which starred Jane Alexander. Gilbert's career slowed down after that and she did not appear on television until 1988 when she appeared in Runaway Ralph as part of the ABC Weekend Special.
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Sara Gilbert has successfully transitioned from TV child star to finding respectable work on the small screen as an adult. In May when creative Neptune goes retrograde, she may want to take a breather from working to pursue her first love: photography. The out lesbian and two-time mom (with her partner) may want to start by documenting her family.
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In 1993, Sara Gilbert was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Roseanne as well as the Independent Spirit Award award for Best Supporting Female for her role in Poison Ivy. She was again nominated for an Emmy in 1994 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Roseanne.
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Gilbert was born Sara Rebecca Abeles on January 29, 1975 into a theatrical family in Santa Monica, California. Her grandfather Harry Crane had helped create the pioneering 1950s comedy series The Honeymooners, her grandmother Julia Crane was a dancer who had won the Miss Brooklyn title, and her mother Barbara Crane was a talent agent and producer in Hollywood.
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