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Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert's controversial first kiss with Dean Butler, 23, when she was just 15 was interrupted by her sobbing mother: 'She couldn't bear seeing it'


Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert's first onscreen kiss was cut short by her mother. She was filming a scene with her co-star Dean Butler when her mother began sobbing near the set.

The legendary actress, now 60, who played Laura Ingalls on the 1974-1983 series, was filming a romantic scene with her TV husband Dean Butler, now 67, when her mother, Barbara Abeles, began sobbing near the set. The legendary actress, now 60, who played Laura Ingalls on the 1974-1983 series, was filming a romantic scene with her TV husband Dean Butler, now 67, when her mother, Barbara Abeles, began sobbing near the set The emotional outburst led to such a disturbance that Michael Landon, the show’s leading actor and director, had to abruptly halt filming with a shout of 'cut'

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