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Melissa Sue Anderson
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Born	September 26, 1962 (age 44) Berkeley, California
Spouse(s)	Michael Sloan
Notable roles	Mary Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie

Melissa Sue Anderson (born September 26, 1962) is an American actress best known as playing Mary Ingalls in the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie, which aired from 1974 until 1982.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 2.1 Actress 2.2 Producer 3 External links

Anderson was born in Berkeley, California and her show business career got under way when a dance teacher urged her parents to find an agent for her. She began doing TV commercials, and soon the blond, blue-eyed beauty was in great demand for many roles. One of those included that of Millicent, the girl who kissed Bobby and induced him to see fireworks on The Brady Bunch. At eleven years of age, she won her role in Little House on the Prairie ahead of hundreds of competitors. She left the series in 1982, and she continued her acting in several TV shows, such as The Equalizer, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Murder, She Wrote.

She has been described as mild mannered and unpretentious, not unlike her Mary Ingalls character. Her first known romance was with actor Lorenzo Lamas, with whom she made an appearance in the film series The Love Boat in which two friends (Lorenzo and Melissa) resist the matchmaking efforts of their parents. After this short romance, she dated Frank Sinatra, Jr., who at the time was more than twice her age. She says, "It was fun, but never really wild. That's just not me."

She won an Emmy Award for her performance in Which Mother Is Mine?, an ABC Afternoon Special (1979). She secured a Spanish 'TP de Oro' Award for 'Best Foreign Actress' for her role on Little House on the Prairie (1980). She was the associate producer for the next to last TV project Michael Landon made before dying: Where Pigeons Go to Die (1990).

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1998, she was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

She has two children, daughter Piper and son Griffin, with husband Michael Sloan.

• 10.5: Apocalypse (2006) — First Lady Megan Hollister
• 100 Greatest Teen Stars (2006) (mini) — Teen Star nº 56
• Thin Ice (2000) (TV) — Tanya Ferguson
• Partners — Cheryl Darrin
• Earthquake in New York (1998) — Dr. Marilyn Blake
• 4 Short Films About Love: Summer (1995) — Elizabeth
• Killer Lady (1995) — American Lady
• Burke's Law — Michelle Ryder
• Animated Stories from the Bible (1994) — Snake
• X-Men — Snowbird
  • "Phoenix Saga, Part 5: Child of Light"
  • "Repo Man"
• Dead Men Don't Die (1991) — Dulcie Niles
• Forbidden Nights (1990) — Marie Shapiro
• The Return of Sam McCloud (1989) — Colleen McCloud
• Looking Your Best (1989)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Julie Fenton/Laura Donovan
• Far North (1988) — Young Nurse
• The Suicide Club (1988) — Laura Donovan on TV
• The Equalizer — Yvette Marcel
• Memories of Manon (1988) — Yvette Marcel
• Dark Mansions (1986) — Noelle Drake
• The Love Boat — Vista Ford
• Hotel — Anne Goldman
• Jungle Heat (1985) (uncredited)
• Glitter
• Murder, She Wrote — Eve Crystal
• Finder of Lost Loves (1984) — Nikki Gatos
• Goma-2 (1984) — Kukki
• Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends — Katherine 'Kitty' Pryde
• Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984) — Jennie
• First Affair (1983) — Toby King
• An Innocent Love (1982) — Molly Rush
• Little House on the Prairie — Mary Ingalls Kendall
• Advice to the Lovelorn (1981) — Maureen Tyler
• Happy Birthday to Me (1981) — Virginia 'Ginny' Wainwright
• Midnight Offerings (1981) — Vivian Sotherland
• Fantasy Island — Amy Marson
• Little House Years (1979) — Mary Ingalls
• Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979)
• A New Kind of Family — Lisa
• Which Mother Is Mine? (1979) — Alexandria 'Alex' Benton
• Survival of Dana (1979) — Dana Lee
• A Different Approach (1978)
• James at 15 (1977) — Lacey Stevens
• Beat the Turtle Drum (1977) — Kate
• The Loneliest Runner (1976) — Nancy Rizzi
• Little House on the Prairie (1974) — Mary Ingalls
• Shaft (1973) — Marshal's Daughter
• The Brady Bunch (1973) — Millicent
• Bewitched (1972) — Girl

• Where Pigeons Go to Die (1990) — associate producer

• Melissa Sue Anderson at the Internet Movie Database
• Melissa Sue Anderson - Where is She Now?
• Melissa Sue Anderson Fan Page