- Born
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Melissa Sue Anderson was very much like her most famous character role, of eldest child & sister, Mary Ingalls -- a quiet, slightly shy girl who would rather read a book than climb a tree. Her show business career got started, when a dance teacher urged her parents to find an agent for her. She began doing television commercials, and the blonde, blue-eyed beauty was in great demand for roles; she was a guest-actress once in weekly & family TV series, Never Too Young (1973) and theatrical movie, Shaft (1973). During the production of Little House on the Prairie (1974) & after leaving the show, she has guest-starred in several films and made-for-TV movies. She continues to pursue an active acting career and published her autobiography, titled "The Way I See It", in 2009.
- IMDb mini biography by: Lennon Parker
- SpouseMichael Sloan(March 17, 1990 - August 13, 2025) (his death, 2 children)
- ChildrenPiper Sloan
- ParentsMarion AndersonJames Anderson
- RelativesMaureen(Sibling)
- Bright blue eyes
- Became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 2007.
- The only actor on Little House on the Prairie (1974) to receive an Emmy Nomination for the show.
- Has two children, daughter Piper Sloan (b. February 1991) and son Griffin Sloan (b. June 1996), with husband Michael Sloan.
- Inducted (as a cast member of Little House on the Prairie (1974)) into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1998.
- As of May 2007 was living in Montreal, Canada, with her husband and their two children. Rarely acts in order to be a stay-at-home mom.
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