Yahoo Lifestyle When Calls the Heart Season 12 Adds Melissa Gilbert — and There’s a Little House Connection
Little House on the Prairie vet Melissa Gilbert is becoming a Heartie.
Hallmark Channel announced on Saturday that Gilbert will guest-star in two episodes of When Calls the Heart Season 12, which is set to premiere in 2025. She will play Georgie McGill, “who shares a surprising past with one special Hope Valley resident,” according to the network.
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Gilbert’s addition to the show came about thanks to her Little House roots, she shared on stage at Saturday’s annual Hearties Family Reunion in Vancouver. The actress received the opportunity for the role after connecting with When Calls the Heart executive producer Michael Landon Jr., who is the son of Little House star and showrunner Michael Landon, at the Little House on the Prairie 50th Anniversary Cast Reunion and Festival held earlier this year
“When Calls the Heart has long drawn comparisons to Little House on the Prairie, for its charming and compelling stories of hope, human connection and frontier survival,” Hallmark Media Vice President of Programming Kelly Garrett said in a statement. “It was only fitting that the first people to hear this special news were the Hearties – devoted fans who have celebrated the show year after year and made it such a success. The energy being here with them to share this news is electric and we cannot wait for them to meet Georgie next year.”
The series was renewed back in May for a 12-episode Season 12, which will “continue with themes about family, community, and of course romance as we move further into the 1920s.”
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