A source close to the stars told US Weekly: 'They've known each other for quite some time, as their paths have crossed off-and-on over the past 20 years.'
They got engaged over the holidays, and celebrated their impending nuptials with a party at Mr Chow restaurant in Beverly Hills on Monday.
Surprise! Mellisa Gilbert, 48, and Timothy
Busfield, 55, pictured here helping out at the Los Angeles Mission this
Christmas, announced their engagement on Tuesday
The actress was dating was dating Thierry Gauchet at the time of her appearance on the hit TV show, in which she finished fifth.
It marks the third marriage for both actors. Melissa, 48, was previously married to Bo Brinkman and Bruce Boxleitner.
The Sweet Justice actress's divorce with Boxleitner was finalised in 2011, shortly after their 16th wedding anniversary.
Before her marriages, Gilbert was romantically linked to Tom Cruise, John Cusack and Scott Baio, and she dated Rob Lowe for six years.
Timothy, 55, is a father of three, he was previously married to Radha Delmarter and then Jennifer Merwin.
American classic: Melissa starred as Laura
Ingalls in the hit series Little House on the Prairie which aired from
1974 to 1983. The actress announces her engagement to West Wing star
Timothy Busfield on Tuesday
Star quality: The Little House in the Prairie
actress came fifth on Dancing With The Stars last year with dance
partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy
As well as appearing in TV series Blue Bloods and Law & Order, Timothy has also directed episodes of Damages, Lipstick Jungle and Without a Trace.
A source close to Melissa and a mother of two, confirmed to People magazine that they are both 'incredibly happy'.
Third time lucky: It is the third marriage for both 48-year-old Melissa
and for her beau, 55-year-old Thirty-Something and West Wing star Timothy
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