Little House on the Prairie’s Melissa Gilbert Says Michael Landon ‘Sacrificed’ His Pay to Buy Cast Presents (Exclusive)
Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon.Photo:Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty; Ron Galella Collection via GettyMelissa Gilbertsays herLittle House on the PrairiecostarMichael Landonput in extra effort to make the cast happy.The actress, 59, shared one of her favorite memories of her late costar with PEOPLE at theLittle House on the Prairie50th Anniversary Cast Reunion and Festival— which she said happened during every holiday season.“Every year for NBC, he would announce the Rose Parade and instead of taking a payment for that, he would use that money to buy the cast and crew Christmas presents,” she recalls of Landon, who died in 1991 at the age of 54 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer....