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Melissa Sue Anderson

Melissa Sue Anderson
Melissa Sue Anderson
Born: Sep 26, 1962 in Berkeley, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '70s-'80s
Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: Little House on the Prairie: I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away, Part 1, Little House on the Prairie: Journey in the Spring, Part 1, Little House on the Prairie: The Christmas They Never Forgot
First Major Screen Credit: Little House on the Prairie: The Creeper of Walnut Grove (1975)
4 Videos for Melissa Sue Anderson
Dead Men Don't Die (1991) The Equalizer: Memories of Manon (1987) Little House on the Prairie: Season 07 (1980)
Far North (1988)
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Biography:

A ballet student since grade school, Melissa Sue Anderson was 11 years old when she career-shifted from dancer to actress in the 1974 TV pilot film Little House on The Prairie. For the next nine seasons, Melissa Sue co-starred on the Little House series proper as the Ingalls family's eldest daughter Mary.

During this period, she won an Emmy for her performance in Which Mother Is Mine?, a 1979 ABC Afternoon Special offering. To avoid confusion with Little House co-star Melissa Gilbert, Ms. Anderson was tagged with the nickname Missy, a cognomen that has stuck to this day. As a youngster, Melissa Sue Anderson expressed a desire to become a film director; as an adult, she remained an actress, appearing in such efforts as An Innocent Love (1982), First Affair (1983) and Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.