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Melissa Sue Anderson

Acting Born Sep 26, 1962 Berkeley, California, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Murder, She Wrote

as Eve Crystal

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Little House on the Prairie

as Mary Ingalls

Little House on the Prairie

as Mary Ingalls Kendall

X-Men

1992

Full filmography

  • The Love Boat (1977) as Jennifer "Chubs" Smith
  • The Love Boat (1977) as Cindy Jerome
  • The Love Boat (1977) as Cathy Cummings
  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Eve Crystal
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
  • Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Mary Ingalls
  • Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Mary Ingalls Kendall
  • Bewitched (1964) as Girl (uncredited)
  • The Equalizer (1985) as Yvette Marcel
  • X-Men (1992)
  • Hotel (1982) as Cassie Ray
  • Intimate Portrait (1993) as Self
  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) as Laura Donovan
  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) as Julie Fenton
  • The Brady Bunch (1969) as Millicent
  • Finder of Lost Loves (1984) as Nikki Gatos
  • Burke's Law (1994) as Michelle Ryder
  • Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
  • Glitter (1984)
  • 10.5: Apocalypse (2006) as Megan Hollister
  • The Con Is On (2018) as Guest Two
  • Happy Birthday to Me (1981) as Virginia Wainwright
  • E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
  • Marco Polo (2007) as Mother (voice) (uncredited)