Melissa Sue Anderson (born September 26, 1962) 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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