Melissa Sue Anderson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1962-09-26 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Berkeley, California, USA

Melissa Sue Anderson

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melissa Sue Anderson,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contribu...

Acting

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

1974

1979

1989

The Return of Sam McCloud

as Colleen McCloud

1977

James at 15

as Lacey Stevens

1984

1981

Advice to the Lovelorn

as Maureen Tyler

1988

The Suicide Club

as Laura Donovan

1998

Earthquake in New York

as Dr. Marilyn Blake

1986

Dark Mansions

as Noelle Drake

2018

The Con Is On

as Guest Two

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)

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