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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 26, 1962
Place of Birth
Berkeley, California, USA
Also Known As
- Melissa Anderson Sloan
- Melissa Anderson-Sloan
- Melissa Anderson
- Мелісса Сью Ендерсон
- ملیسا سو اندرسون
Melissa Sue Anderson
3.1 Popularity
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
3.9
Guest Two
The Con Is On
2018
8.4
Mary Ingalls
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
2014
5.6
Cassie (voice) (uncredited)
While She Was Out
2008
6.7
Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Marco Polo (2007)
2007
5.7
Megan Hollister
10.5: Apocalypse
2006
0.0
Self
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
🎬
0.0
Tanya Ferguson
Thin Ice
2000
5.5
Dr. Marilyn Blake
Earthquake in New York
1998
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
6.7
Michelle Ryder
Burke's Law
1994
Credits
The Con Is On
as Guest Two
2018
3.9
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
as Mary Ingalls
2014
8.4
While She Was Out
as Cassie (voice) (uncredited)
2008
5.6
Marco Polo (2007)
as Mother (voice) (uncredited)
2007
6.7
10.5: Apocalypse
as Megan Hollister
2006
5.7
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
0.0
🎬
Thin Ice
as Tanya Ferguson
2000
0.0
Earthquake in New York
as Dr. Marilyn Blake
1998
5.5
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Burke's Law
as Michelle Ryder
1994
6.7
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
X-Men
1992
8.2
Dead Men Don't Die
as Dulcie Niles
1990
4.1
The Return of Sam McCloud
as Colleen McCloud
1989
6.0
Memories of Manon
as Yvette Marcel
1989
8.3
Far North
as Nurse
1988
6.3
The Suicide Club
as Laura Donovan
1988
0.0
Dark Mansions
as Noelle Drake
1986
0.0
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Laura Donovan
1985
7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Julie Fenton
1985
7.2
The Equalizer
as Yvette Marcel
1985
7.1
Murder, She Wrote
as Eve Crystal
1984
7.5
Finder of Lost Loves
as Nikki Gatos
1984
5.7
Glitter
1984
4.5
Chattanooga Choo Choo
as Jennie
1984
5.0
Killing Machine
as Kukki
1984
4.5
First Affair
as Toby King
1983
1.0
Hotel
1982
6.8
An Innocent Love
as Molly Rush
1982
8.0
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
1982
0.0
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Maureen Tyler
1981
5.0
Happy Birthday to Me
as Virginia Wainwright
1981
6.0
Midnight Offerings
as Vivian Sotherland
1981
5.6
The Little House Years
as Mary Ingalls
1979
7.0
The Survival of Dana
as Dana Lee
1979
0.0
A Different Approach
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
as Jennifer "Chubs" Smith
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Cindy Jerome
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Cathy Cummings
1977
6.3
James at 15
as Lacey Stevens
1977
0.0
The Loneliest Runner
as Nancy Rizzi
1976
6.9
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
6.0
Little House on the Prairie
as Mary Ingalls
1974
7.9
Little House on the Prairie
as Mary Ingalls Kendall
1974
7.9
Little House on the Prairie
as Mary Ingalls
1974
8.1
The Brady Bunch
1969
6.7
Bewitched
1964
7.9
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4