Melissa Sue Anderson

Melissa Sue Anderson

Born	September 26, 1962 in Berkeley, California, USA
Sometimes credited as	Melissa Anderson
Notable Roles
Notable Episodes
Awards

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Biography

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Little House on the Prairie	Mary Ingalls Kendall	1974–1981	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
The Brady Bunch (credited as Melissa Anderson)	Millicent	5x04 - Never Too Young	October 5, 1973
The Love Boat	Chubs Smith	2x09 - Till Death Do Us Part–Maybe / Locked Away / Chubs	November 11, 1978
The Love Boat	Cindy Jerome	3x08 - Play by Play / Cindy / What's a Brother For?	October 27, 1979
Fantasy Island	Amy Marson	3x16 - Rogues and Riches / Stark Terror	January 19, 1980
The Love Boat	Cathy Cummings	4x08 - The Baby Alarm / Tell Her She's Great / Matchmaker, Matchmaker Times Two	November 29, 1980
Little House on the Prairie	Mary Ingalls Kendall	8x01 - The Reincarnation of Nellie (1)	October 5, 1981
Little House on the Prairie	Mary Ingalls Kendall	8x11 - A Christmas They Never Forgot	December 21, 1981
Hotel	Cassie Ray	1x22 - Lifelines	May 9, 1984
Murder, She Wrote	Eve Crystal	1x03 - Hooray for Homicide	October 28, 1984
Hotel	Anne Goldman	3x03 - Imperfect Union	October 9, 1985
The Equalizer	Yvette Marcel	2x15 - Memories of Manon (1)	February 4, 1987
The Equalizer	Yvette Marcel	2x16 - Memories of Manon (2)	February 11, 1987
The Equalizer	Yvette Marcel	3x16 - The Mystery of Manon (1)	February 17, 1988
The Equalizer	Yvette Marcel	3x17 - The Mystery of Manon (2)	February 24, 1988

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Very Good Friends	Kate	April 6, 1977	ABC Afterschool Specials
Survival of Dana	Dana Lee	May 29, 1979	CBS Tuesday Night at the Movies
Which Mother Is Mine?	Alex Benton	September 26, 1979	ABC Afterschool Specials

Series	Episode	Airdate
The Hollywood Squares		April 30-May 4, 1979
The Hollywood Squares		May 28-June 1, 1979

Little House on the Prairie

ABC Afterschool Specials: Which Mother Is Mine?

Has an older sister, Maureen
Moved to Los Angeles, California with her family when she was 7 years old
Her parents, James and Marion divorced when Melissa was 13 years old
Was raised Roman Catholic by her mother
Appeared in commercials for Sears and Mattel as a child
Married to TV producer\writer Michael Sloan since 1990; they have two children: daughter Piper (born in 1991) and son Griffin (born in 1996)
Melissa and her family moved to Montréal, Québec, Canada in 2002 and they became naturalized Canadians on Canada Day in 2007
Released her autobiography, "The Way I See It: A Look Back at My Life on Little House" in 2010