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Jan 21, 2024 · Melissa Gilbert, the "Little House on the Prairie" star, married Bo Brinkman in 1988, but their relationship was plagued by his alcoholism and infidelity. She revealed in her memoir that he cheated on her with Shannen Doherty, her co-star, and threatened to kill her.
Bo Brinkman is a director and writer, born in Pasadena, Texas, USA. He is the cousin of actors Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid and Sharon Tate, and the father of Dakota Brinkman with Melissa Gilbert.
Bo Brinkman is a filmmaker from Texas, USA, who has directed and written movies such as A Gettysburg Christmas and The Bay House. He is also a cousin of actors Dennis Quaid and Randy Quaid.
- January 1, 1
- 2 min
- Pasadena, Texas, USA
- (L-r, front row) BRUCE BOXLEITNER, ROBERT DUVALL, STEPHEN LANG, JEREMY LONDON, BO BRINKMAN, (second row, r-l) SCOTT COOPER, ROYCE APPLEGATE, JOHN CASTLE, PATRICK GORMAN
- Bo Brinkman, John Castle, and Christie Lynn Smith in Gods and Generals (2003)
- Bruce Boxleitner, Robert Duvall, Stephen Lang, Bo Brinkman, Joseph Fuqua, Jeremy London, and Christie Lynn Smith in Gods and Generals (2003)
- Gods and Generals
- The Bay House (2018)
- Melissa Gilbert and Bo Brinkman at an event for Dances with Wolves (1990)
- Why Melissa Gilbert and Bo Brinkman Got Divorced
- How Bo Brinkman Learned The ‘Little House on The Prairie’ Actor Had Moved on
- Melissa Gilbert Felt Bruce Boxleitner Was A Major Upgrade from Her 1st Husband
About five years into their marriage, Brinkman was cast in Gettysburg. While he was away, Gilbert received a call from her publicist saying “the National Enquirer was working up a story on Bo.” They had photos of him “drinking and carousing, as well as women leaving his hotel room in the middle of the night.” Gilbert asked her publicist to try and ...
“He came over to my house one day to pick up Dakota [their son] and flew into a rage after seeing a copy of the Hollywood Reporter on the table with Bruce’s address on it,” she wrote. “He threw open the front door with such fury that the doorknob punched a hole in the wall, then he fishtailed his truck across my front lawn and took off.” A few nigh...
The first time Gilbert went over to Boxleitner’s house, she was impressed by his decor. It was a symbol, to her, that he had his life together. But what she really loved was how he was with her in public. Shortly after their first date, Boxleitner accompanied Gilbert to a screening. “Going to those types of events with Bo had been unpleasant,” she ...
- Kelsey Goeres
- Senior Writer
Gilbert was married to actor Bo Brinkman from 1988-1994, and to actor Bruce Boxleitner from 1995-2011. In January 2013, Gilbert's representative confirmed her engagement to actor Timothy Busfield. They married on April 24, 2013, lived in Howell, Michigan, from 2013 to 2018, and moved to New York City late in 2018.
YearTitleRoleNotes2018Hometown ChristmasMary RussellTV movie2017TenureTilly MastersTV movie2015Lisa Daly5 episodes2015LindsayEpisode: "Hold On"Feb 20, 2021 · Melissa Gilbert and Bo Brinkman were married from 1988 to 1994. They got engaged after knowing each other for six weeks and had a rocky relationship from the beginning, “fueled by alcohol,...
May 29, 2017 · Bo Brinkman, writer and director of The Last Man Club, stops by to discuss his career and the journey his latest film has taken to reach the screen.
