Cast & creator
Melissa Sue Anderson
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, The Love Boat, The Love Boat
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.
Also known as: Melissa Anderson Sloan, Melissa Anderson-Sloan, Melissa Anderson, Мелісса Сью Ендерсон, ملیسا سو اندرسون
27
film credits
22
television credits
49
1961–2018 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (49)
Showing 49 of 49 credits
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Love Boat
Jennifer "Chubs" Smith
1977The Love Boat
Cindy Jerome
1977The Love Boat
Cathy Cummings
1977
Murder, She Wrote
Eve Crystal
1984
Little House on the Prairie
Mary Ingalls
1974Little House on the Prairie
Mary Ingalls Kendall
1974
Bewitched
Girl (uncredited)
1964
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Hotel
Cassie Ray
1982
The Equalizer
Yvette Marcel
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Laura Donovan
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Julie Fenton
1985
X-Men
1992
The Brady Bunch
Millicent
1969
Burke's Law
Michelle Ryder
1994
Finder of Lost Loves
Nikki Gatos
1984
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
10.5: Apocalypse
Megan Hollister
2006
Glitter
1984
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Con Is On
Guest Two
2018
Happy Birthday to Me
Virginia Wainwright
1981
While She Was Out
Cassie (voice) (uncredited)
2008
Marco Polo
Mother (voice) (uncredited)
2007
Crazy Eights
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
2006
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
2002
Dead Men Don't Die
Dulcie Niles
1990Thin Ice
Tanya Ferguson
2000
Little House on the Prairie
Mary Ingalls
1974
Advice to the Lovelorn
Maureen Tyler
1981
Earthquake in New York
Marilyn Blake
1998
Far North
Nurse
1988
The Return of Sam McCloud
Colleen McCloud
1989
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
Mary Ingalls
2014
The Little House Years
Mary Ingalls
1979
The Survival of Dana
Dana Lee
1979
Memories of Manon
Yvette Marcel
1989
Midnight Offerings
Vivian Sotherland
1981
An Innocent Love
Molly Rush
1982
The Loneliest Runner
Nancy Rizzi
1976
A Different Approach
1978
James at 15
Lacey Stevens
1977
The Suicide Club
Laura Donovan
1988
Killing Machine
Kukki
1984
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
1982
Dark Mansions
Noelle Drake
1986
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Jennie
1984
First Affair
Toby King
1983