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Melissa Sue Anderson

Melissa Sue Anderson is an American actress best known as playing Mary Ingalls in the famous television series Little House on the Prairie.

Anderson was born in California and began her career in a number of small television roles. At twelve years of age, she won her role in Little House on the Prairie ahead of hundreds of competitors. After the popular series ended in 1980, she continued her acting in several TV shows, such as The Equalizer, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Murder, She Wrote.

In 1998, she was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.


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Melissa Sue Anderson Facts

OccupationActress
BirthdaySeptember 26, 1962 (46)
SignLibra

Selected Filmography

Little House on the Prairie
Happy Birthday to Me
Marco Polo
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Little House on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House on the Prairie: The Lord is My Shepherd
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