Melissa Sue Anderson
Acting • Born 1962-09-26
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.
Filmography
49 credits
Far North
Movie • 1988
Nurse
Happy Birthday to Me
Movie • 1981
Virginia Wainwright
Midnight Offerings
Movie • 1981
Vivian Sotherland
Dead Men Don't Die
Movie • 1990
Dulcie Niles
The Loneliest Runner
Movie • 1976
Nancy Rizzi
A Different Approach
Movie • 1978
Little House on the Prairie
Movie • 1974
Mary Ingalls
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2002
Self
The Survival of Dana
Movie • 1979
Dana Lee
The Return of Sam McCloud
Movie • 1989
Colleen McCloud
James at 15
Movie • 1977
Lacey Stevens
Killing Machine
Movie • 1984
Kukki
Advice to the Lovelorn
Movie • 1981
Maureen Tyler
The Suicide Club
Movie • 1988
Laura Donovan
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Movie • 1984
Jennie
Earthquake in New York
Movie • 1998
Dr. Marilyn Blake
Dark Mansions
Movie • 1986
Noelle Drake
The Con Is On
Movie • 2018
Guest Two
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
Movie • 2014
Mary Ingalls
An Innocent Love
Movie • 1982
Molly Rush
The Little House Years
Movie • 1979
Mary Ingalls
Hollywood’s Children
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Memories of Manon
Movie • 1989
Yvette Marcel
First Affair
Movie • 1983
Toby King
While She Was Out
Movie • 2008
Cassie (voice) (uncredited)
Thin Ice
Movie • 2000
Tanya Ferguson
Crazy Eights
Movie • 2006
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
Mary Ingalls
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Jennifer "Chubs" Smith
The Brady Bunch
TV • 1969
Millicent
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Laura Donovan
Hotel
TV • 1982
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Yvette Marcel
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Girl (uncredited)
X-Men
TV • 1992
Glitter
TV • 1984
Battle of the Network Stars
TV • 1976
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Julie Fenton
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
10.5: Apocalypse
TV • 2006
Megan Hollister
Marco Polo (2007)
TV • 2007
Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Michelle Ryder
Finder of Lost Loves
TV • 1984
Nikki Gatos
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Cindy Jerome
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Cathy Cummings
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Eve Crystal
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
Mary Ingalls Kendall