Acting

Melissa Sue Anderson

Born 1962-09-26 · Berkeley, California, USA

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.

Credits

Newest first

The Con Is On
as Guest Two
2018
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
as Mary Ingalls
2014
While She Was Out
as Cassie (voice) (uncredited)
2008
Marco Polo
as Mother (voice) (uncredited)
2007
Crazy Eights
as Hospital Patient (uncredited)
2006
10.5: Apocalypse
as Megan Hollister
2006
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
Thin Ice
as Tanya Ferguson
2000
Earthquake in New York
as Marilyn Blake
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Burke's Law
as Michelle Ryder
1994
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
X-Men
1992
Dead Men Don't Die
as Dulcie Niles
1990
The Return of Sam McCloud
as Colleen McCloud
1989
Memories of Manon
as Yvette Marcel
1989
Far North
as Nurse
1988
The Suicide Club
as Laura Donovan
1988
Dark Mansions
as Noelle Drake
1986
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Laura Donovan
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Julie Fenton
1985
The Equalizer
as Yvette Marcel
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Eve Crystal
1984
Finder of Lost Loves
as Nikki Gatos
1984
Glitter
1984
Chattanooga Choo Choo
as Jennie
1984
Killing Machine
as Kukki
1984
First Affair
as Toby King
1983
Hotel
as Cassie Ray
1982
An Innocent Love
as Molly Rush
1982
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Advice to the Lovelorn
as Maureen Tyler
1981
Happy Birthday to Me
as Virginia Wainwright
1981
Midnight Offerings
as Vivian Sotherland
1981
The Little House Years
as Mary Ingalls
1979
The Survival of Dana
as Dana Lee
1979
A Different Approach
1978
The Love Boat
as Jennifer "Chubs" Smith
1977
The Love Boat
as Cindy Jerome
1977
The Love Boat
as Cathy Cummings
1977
James at 15
as Lacey Stevens
1977
The Loneliest Runner
as Nancy Rizzi
1976
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Little House on the Prairie
as Mary Ingalls
1974
Little House on the Prairie
as Mary Ingalls Kendall
1974
Little House on the Prairie
as Mary Ingalls
1974
The Brady Bunch
as Millicent
1969
Bewitched
as Girl (uncredited)
1964
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961