Melissa Sue Anderson was born September 26, 1962, in Berkeley, California, United States. She is an actress best remembered for her role as Mary Ingalls in the late 1970s and early 1980s television series “Little House on the Prairie”.
Melissa Sue’s net worth is unknown, although in late 2018, it was reported to be $1.5 million. This stemmed from her great acting career, which included several film and television ventures.
Melissa Sue began her entertainment career after her family relocated from San Francisco to Los Angeles when she was a child. Her parents split when she was 13, and she was reared primarily by her Roman Catholic mother.
Her teacher advised that she get an agency while attending dance courses. Melissa Sue ended up appearing in advertisements for Mattel and Sears. She had television opportunities, including a cameo appearance in “Bewitched” and a role in “The Brady Bunch.” These possibilities eventually led to her appearance on “Little House on the Prairie.”
After departing the program in the seventh season, she received a nomination for her role in the horror film “Happy Birthday to Me.” Melissa Sue later featured in episodes such as “The Equalizer,” “Murder, She Wrote,” and “CHiPs.” She also experimented with producing, serving as an associate producer on a 1990 television program.
She was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame in 1998 and went on to act in the sitcom “Partners” the following year. Later in her career, she did less acting, with one of her final TV appearances in the 2006 miniseries “10.5 Apocalypse.”
In 2014, she played an uncredited appearance in “Veronica Mars.” Melissa Sue penned her autobiography, “The Way I See It: A Look Back at My Life on Little House,” which included behind-the-scenes anecdotes.
The family moved to Montreal in 2002, and they gained Canadian citizens in 2007. Melissa Sue retired from acting to become a stay-at-home mother and care for her family. In an interview, she noted that one of her most tough jobs was when her character went blind in the fourth season of “Little House on the Prairie.”
