- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 26, 1962
- Place of Birth
- Berkeley, California, USA
Melissa Sue Anderson
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
movieThe Con Is On
2018 · Guest Two
movieLittle House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
2014 · Mary Ingalls
movieWhile She Was Out
2008 · Cassie (voice) (uncredited)
tvMarco Polo
2007 · Mother (voice) (uncredited)
movieCrazy Eights
2006 · Hospital Patient (uncredited)
tv10.5: Apocalypse
2006 · Megan Hollister
movieNBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002 · Self
Thin Ice
movieThin Ice
2000 · Tanya Ferguson
movieEarthquake in New York
1998 · Dr. Marilyn Blake
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996
tvBurke's Law
1994 · Michelle Ryder
tvIntimate Portrait
1993 · Self
tvX-Men
1992
movieDead Men Don't Die
1990 · Dulcie Niles
movieThe Return of Sam McCloud
1989 · Colleen McCloud
movieMemories of Manon
1989 · Yvette Marcel
movieFar North
1988 · Nurse
movieThe Suicide Club
1988 · Laura Donovan
movieDark Mansions
1986 · Noelle Drake
tvThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · Laura Donovan, Julie Fenton
tvThe Equalizer
1985 · Yvette Marcel
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Eve Crystal
tvFinder of Lost Loves
1984 · Nikki Gatos
tvGlitter
1984
movieChattanooga Choo Choo
1984 · Jennie
movieKilling Machine
1984 · Kukki
movieFirst Affair
1983 · Toby King
tvHotel
1982 · Cassie Ray
movieAn Innocent Love
1982 · Molly Rush
movieHollywood’s Children
1982 · Self (archive footage)
movieAdvice to the Lovelorn
1981 · Maureen Tyler
movieHappy Birthday to Me
1981 · Virginia Wainwright
movieMidnight Offerings
1981 · Vivian Sotherland
movieThe Little House Years
1979 · Mary Ingalls
movieThe Survival of Dana
1979 · Dana Lee
movieA Different Approach
1978
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Jennifer "Chubs" Smith, Cindy Jerome, Cathy Cummings
movieJames at 15
1977 · Lacey Stevens
movieThe Loneliest Runner
1976 · Nancy Rizzi
tvBattle of the Network Stars
1976
tvLittle House on the Prairie
1974 · Mary Ingalls, Mary Ingalls Kendall
movieLittle House on the Prairie
1974 · Mary Ingalls
tvThe Brady Bunch
1969 · Millicent
tvBewitched
1964 · Girl (uncredited)
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self