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Melissa Sue Anderson

Acting · Born September 26, 1962 · Berkeley, California, USA

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.

Movies with Melissa Sue Anderson

• The Con Is On (2018) — Guest Two
• While She Was Out (2008) — Cassie (voice) (uncredited)
• Happy Birthday to Me (1981) — Virginia Wainwright
• NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002) — Self
• Crazy Eights (2006) — Hospital Patient (uncredited)
• Dead Men Don't Die (1990) — Dulcie Niles
• Advice to the Lovelorn (1981) — Maureen Tyler
• Earthquake in New York (1998) — Marilyn Blake
• Little House on the Prairie (1974) — Mary Ingalls
• The Survival of Dana (1979) — Dana Lee
• The Return of Sam McCloud (1989) — Colleen McCloud
• The Little House Years (1979) — Mary Ingalls

TV shows with Melissa Sue Anderson

• Little House on the Prairie (1974) — Mary Ingalls