Melissa Sue Anderson
ActingMelissa 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
Happy Birthday to Me
Virginia Wainwright
The Con Is On
Guest Two
Little House on the Prairie
Mary Ingalls
Killing Machine
Kukki
While She Was Out
Cassie (voice) (uncredited)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
Dead Men Don't Die
Dulcie Niles
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
Mary Ingalls
Midnight Offerings
Vivian Sotherland
Earthquake in New York
Dr. Marilyn Blake
Filmography — Acting
Happy Birthday to Me
Virginia Wainwright
The Con Is On
Guest Two
Little House on the Prairie
Mary Ingalls
Killing Machine
Kukki
While She Was Out
Cassie (voice) (uncredited)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
Dead Men Don't Die
Dulcie Niles
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
Mary Ingalls
Midnight Offerings
Vivian Sotherland
Earthquake in New York
Dr. Marilyn Blake
A Different Approach
The Loneliest Runner
Nancy Rizzi
Crazy Eights
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
First Affair
Toby King
Advice to the Lovelorn
Maureen Tyler
The Survival of Dana
Dana Lee
James at 15
Lacey Stevens
Far North
Nurse
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Jennie
The Return of Sam McCloud
Colleen McCloud
The Suicide Club
Laura Donovan
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
Dark Mansions
Noelle Drake
Memories of Manon
Yvette Marcel
An Innocent Love
Molly Rush
The Little House Years
Mary Ingalls
Thin Ice
Tanya Ferguson