Name
Melissa Sue Anderson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1962-09-26 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Berkeley, California, USA
Biography
Melissa Sue Anderson (born September 26, 1962) is an American actress. She played the role of Mary Ingalls on the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie. She starred on the show from 1974 until 1981, leaving after Season 7, but later appeared in 2 episodes of Season 8 in late 1981. She won an Emmy Award for her performance in Which Mother Is Mine? (1979). One of her more recent performances was as First Lady Megan Hollister in the 2006 television mini-series 10.5: Apocalypse.
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- 1988 Far North as Nurse
- 1981 Happy Birthday to Me as Virginia Wainwright
- 1981 Midnight Offerings as Vivian Sotherland
- 1990 Dead Men Don't Die as Dulcie Niles
- 1976 The Loneliest Runner as Nancy Rizzi
- 1978 A Different Approach
- 1974 Little House on the Prairie as Mary Ingalls
- 2002 NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- 1979 The Survival of Dana as Dana Lee
- 1989 The Return of Sam McCloud as Colleen McCloud
- 1977 James at 15 as Lacey Stevens
- 1984 Killing Machine as Kukki
- 1981 Advice to the Lovelorn as Maureen Tyler
- 1988 The Suicide Club as Laura Donovan
- 1984 Chattanooga Choo Choo as Jennie
- 1998 Earthquake in New York as Dr. Marilyn Blake
- 1986 Dark Mansions as Noelle Drake
- 2018 The Con Is On as Guest Two
- 2014 Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas as Mary Ingalls
- 1982 An Innocent Love as Molly Rush
- 1979 The Little House Years as Mary Ingalls
- 1982 Hollywood’s Children as Self (archive footage)
- 1989 Memories of Manon as Yvette Marcel
- 1983 First Affair as Toby King
- 2008 While She Was Out as Cassie (voice) (uncredited)
- 2000 Thin Ice as Tanya Ferguson
- 2006 Crazy Eights as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
- 1974 Little House on the Prairie ( 112 episodes ) as Mary Ingalls
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 3 episodes ) as Jennifer "Chubs" Smith
- 1969 The Brady Bunch ( 1 episode ) as Millicent
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode )
- 1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Laura Donovan
- 1982 Hotel ( 2 episodes ) as Cassie Ray
- 1985 The Equalizer ( 4 episodes ) as Yvette Marcel
- 1964 Bewitched ( 2 episodes ) as Girl (uncredited)
- 1992 X-Men ( 2 episodes )
- 1984 Glitter ( 1 episode )
- 1976 Battle of the Network Stars ( 1 episode )
- 1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Julie Fenton
- 1993 Intimate Portrait ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 10.5: Apocalypse ( 2 episodes ) as Megan Hollister
- 2007 Marco Polo ( 2 episodes ) as Mother (voice) (uncredited)
- 1994 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Michelle Ryder
- 1984 Finder of Lost Loves ( 1 episode ) as Nikki Gatos
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Cindy Jerome
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Cathy Cummings
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Eve Crystal
- 1974 Little House on the Prairie ( 47 episodes ) as Mary Ingalls Kendall
