Melissa Sue Anderson started her career in showbiz at a young age. She and her family relocated to Los Angeles when she was a little child, and during her dancing lessons, her teacher saw her potential and urged her parents to get her an agent. As a result, she started to feature in several ads, such as well-known ones for Mattel and Sears.

Television producers soon noticed her talent and charisma, and she started getting offers for playing parts. She has cameos in episodes of “Shaft,” “Bewitched,” and “The Brady Bunch,” among other television series.

But her breakthrough performance in “Little House on the Prairie” would determine the course of her career for the following eight years.

In 1998, Melissa Sue Anderson was admitted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame in honor of her services to the entertainment business. In 1999, she also starred in the sitcom “Partners” on television.

But as time passed, Melissa Sue Anderson made the decision to put more of an emphasis on her personal life and less on performing.

Actress Melissa Sue Anderson was born in Berkeley, California, on September 26, 1962. She gained notoriety in the late 1970s and early 1980s for her portrayal of Mary Ingalls in the adored television series “Little House on the Prairie.” Let’s see what she’s been up to this year!