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Melissa Sue Anderson
Acting · Born 1962-09-26 · 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.
Known for
Murder, She Wrote
Eve Crystal
The Love Boat
Jennifer "Chubs" Smith
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Little House on the Prairie
Mary Ingalls
Bewitched
Girl (uncredited)
X-Men
1992
The Equalizer
Yvette Marcel
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Laura Donovan
Hotel
Cassie Ray
Intimate Portrait
Self
Filmography
- 2018The Con Is OnGuest Two
- 2014Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls ChristmasMary Ingalls
- 2008While She Was OutCassie (voice) (uncredited)
- 2007Marco PoloMother (voice) (uncredited)
- 2006Crazy EightsHospital Patient (uncredited)
- 200610.5: ApocalypseMegan Hollister
- 2002NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialSelf
- 2000Thin IceTanya Ferguson
- 1998Earthquake in New YorkDr. Marilyn Blake
- 1996E! True Hollywood Story
- 1994Burke's LawMichelle Ryder
- 1993Intimate PortraitSelf
- 1992X-Men
- 1990Dead Men Don't DieDulcie Niles
- 1989The Return of Sam McCloudColleen McCloud
- 1989Memories of ManonYvette Marcel
- 1988Far NorthNurse
- 1988The Suicide ClubLaura Donovan
- 1986Dark MansionsNoelle Drake
- 1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsLaura Donovan
- 1985The EqualizerYvette Marcel
- 1984Murder, She WroteEve Crystal
- 1984Finder of Lost LovesNikki Gatos
- 1984Glitter
- 1984Chattanooga Choo ChooJennie
- 1984Killing MachineKukki
- 1983First AffairToby King
- 1982HotelCassie Ray
- 1982An Innocent LoveMolly Rush
- 1982Hollywood’s ChildrenSelf (archive footage)
- 1981Advice to the LovelornMaureen Tyler
- 1981Happy Birthday to MeVirginia Wainwright
- 1981Midnight OfferingsVivian Sotherland
- 1979The Little House YearsMary Ingalls
- 1979The Survival of DanaDana Lee
- 1978A Different Approach
- 1977The Love BoatJennifer "Chubs" Smith
- 1977James at 15Lacey Stevens
- 1976The Loneliest RunnerNancy Rizzi
- 1976Battle of the Network Stars
- 1974Little House on the PrairieMary Ingalls
- 1974Little House on the PrairieMary Ingalls
- 1969The Brady BunchMillicent
- 1964BewitchedGirl (uncredited)
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
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