Acting credits
44
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Melissa Sue Anderson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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3.0
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Movies: 26Series: 18
TMDB ID: 131273
IMDb ID: nm0000757
Known for: Acting
Born: September 26, 1962
Age: 63
Place of birth: Berkeley, California, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1961 - 2018
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.5
Wikidata: Q240969
Also known as
Melissa Anderson Sloan • Melissa Anderson-Sloan • Melissa Anderson • Мелісса Сью Ендерсон • ملیسا سو اندرسون
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Melissa Sue Anderson.
3.9
The Con Is On
as Guest Two
2018 Movie
8.4
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
as Mary Ingalls
2014 Movie
5.6
While She Was Out
as Cassie (voice) (uncredited)
2008 Movie
4.5
Crazy Eights
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
2006 Movie
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002 Movie
5.5
Earthquake in New York
as Dr. Marilyn Blake
1998 Movie
4.1
Dead Men Don't Die
as Dulcie Niles
1990 Movie
6.0
The Return of Sam McCloud
as Colleen McCloud
1989 Movie
8.3
Memories of Manon
as Yvette Marcel
1989 Movie
6.3
Far North
as Nurse
1988 Movie
The Suicide Club
as Laura Donovan
1988 Movie
Dark Mansions
as Noelle Drake
1986 Movie
5.0
Chattanooga Choo Choo
as Jennie
1984 Movie
4.5
Killing Machine
as Kukki
1984 Movie
1.0
First Affair
as Toby King
1983 Movie
8.0
An Innocent Love
as Molly Rush
1982 Movie
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
1982 Movie
5.0
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Maureen Tyler
1981 Movie
6.0
Happy Birthday to Me
as Virginia Wainwright
1981 Movie
5.6
Midnight Offerings
as Vivian Sotherland
1981 Movie
7.0
The Little House Years
as Mary Ingalls
1979 Movie
The Survival of Dana
as Dana Lee
1979 Movie
6.3
A Different Approach
1978 Movie
James at 15
as Lacey Stevens
1977 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Melissa Sue Anderson.
6.7
Marco Polo (2007)
as Mother (voice) (uncredited) • 2 eps
2007 Series
5.7
10.5: Apocalypse
as Megan Hollister • 2 eps
2006 Series
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
6.7
Burke's Law
as Michelle Ryder • 1 eps
1994 Series
4.5
Intimate Portrait
as Self • 2 eps
1993 Series
8.2
X-Men
2 eps
1992 Series
7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Laura Donovan • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.1
The Equalizer
as Yvette Marcel • 4 eps
1985 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Eve Crystal • 1 eps
1984 Series
5.7
Finder of Lost Loves
as Nikki Gatos • 1 eps
1984 Series
4.5
Glitter
1 eps
1984 Series
6.8
Hotel
2 eps
1982 Series
6.3
The Love Boat
as Jennifer "Chubs" Smith • 3 eps
1977 Series
6.0
Battle of the Network Stars
1 eps
1976 Series
7.9
Little House on the Prairie
as Mary Ingalls • 157 eps
1974 Series
6.7
The Brady Bunch
as Millicent • 1 eps
1969 Series
7.9
Bewitched
as Girl (uncredited) • 2 eps
1964 Series
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self • 1 eps
1961 Series