Who on earth is Melissa Sue Anderson?
Melissa Sue Anderson was born on September 26, 1962, in Berkeley, California, USA. She’s an actress, perhaps most famous for playing Mary Ingalls in the TV series “Little House on the Prairie” from the late 1970s to the early 1980s.
The exact figure of Melissa Sue Anderson’s net worth remains uncertain. As of late 2018, some sources suggested she had a net worth of $1.5 million, amassed through a successful performing career that spanned various film and TV projects. Given her drive, it’s likely her wealth will grow as she continues to pursue her goals.
Beginnings in Entertainment and Early Life
Melissa Sue was the younger of two daughters. Her family moved from the San Francisco Bay area to Los Angeles when she was young. At 13, her parents divorced, and she was mainly raised by her Roman Catholic mother.
While taking dance classes, her teacher encouraged her parents to find an agent for her. This led to her appearance in numerous commercials, like those for Mattel and Sears. Soon after, she started getting offers for TV gigs, including a guest spot on an episode of “Bewitched”.
She also played Millicent, the girl who kissed Bobby in “The Brady Bunch”, and appeared in an episode of “Shaft” the same year. These experiences ultimately helped her land a role in “Little House on the Prairie”, where she worked for the next eight years. The show focused on a farm family in the 1870s and 1880s.
“Little House on the Prairie” Comes to an End
After leaving “Little House on the Prairie” at the end of its seventh season, Melissa Sue was nominated the following year for her role in the horror movie “Happy Birthday to Me”. Later, she appeared in films like “The Equalizer”, “Murder, She Wrote”, and “CHiPs”.
She even dabbled in production, serving as an associate producer on a 1990 TV episode of “Where Pigeons Go to Die”, Michael Landon’s last film. In 1998, she was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame and starred in the ill – fated TV sitcom “Partners” the next year.
Later Stages of Her Career
In the later part of her career, she did very little acting. In the 2006 miniseries “10.5 Apocalypse”, she played First Lady Megan Hollister, one of her last TV appearances.
She’s been in several short films and had an uncredited role as Stosh’s mother in “Veronica Mars” in 2014. Her autobiography, “The Way I See It: A Look Back at My Life on Little House”, is based on her days as a child star and reveals behind – the – scenes stories about the cast, guests, and crew.
In 2002, the family moved to Montreal and became naturalized Canadians on Canada Day five years later. Sources indicate that she’s mostly given up acting to be a stay – at – home mom and take care of her family.
In an interview, she mentioned that one of the toughest jobs she had was when her character went blind during the fourth season of “Little House on the Prairie”.