
Melissa Sue Anderson
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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.
Known for
Credits

Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
as Virginia Wainwright

Crazy Eights (2006)
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)

While She Was Out (2008)
as Cassie (voice) (uncredited)

The Con Is On (2018)
as Guest Two

Earthquake in New York (1998)
as Dr. Marilyn Blake
Thin Ice (2000)
as Tanya Ferguson

The Loneliest Runner (1976)
as Nancy Rizzi

NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
as Self

Dead Men Don't Die (1990)
as Dulcie Niles

The Little House Years (1979)
as Mary Ingalls

Midnight Offerings (1981)
as Vivian Sotherland

Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984)
as Jennie

Killing Machine (1984)
as Kukki

Hollywood’s Children (1982)
as Self (archive footage)

Little House on the Prairie (1974)
as Mary Ingalls

Far North (1988)
as Nurse

A Different Approach (1978)
Actor

The Return of Sam McCloud (1989)
as Colleen McCloud

The Suicide Club (1988)
as Laura Donovan

Memories of Manon (1989)
as Yvette Marcel

Advice to the Lovelorn (1981)
as Maureen Tyler

An Innocent Love (1982)
as Molly Rush

First Affair (1983)
as Toby King

The Survival of Dana (1979)
as Dana Lee

James at 15 (1977)
as Lacey Stevens

Dark Mansions (1986)
as Noelle Drake

Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas (2014)
as Mary Ingalls




