Melissa Sue Anderson

Actress

Female

Born Sep 26, 1962

Age 50

Melissa Sue Anderson is an American-Canadian actress. Beginning her career as a child actress, Anderson is perhaps best known for her role as Mary Ingalls on the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie, as well as for her film roles; as Vivian… Read More

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Michael Sloan

Married 1990
Michael Sloan

Married 1990
Frank Sinatra, Jr.
Dated 1980
Lorenzo Lamas
Dated 1979 - 1980
Timothy Hutton
Dated

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Melissa Sue Anderson

Age 50

children

Piper Sloan

Daughter, Age 22
Griffin Sloan

Son, Age 16

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Deportation Hearing 17 Years After Asian Gang Leader Entered Canada
Huffington Post - Feb 03, 2013

VANCOUVER - Seventeen years after an alleged Asian organized crime boss was granted permanent resident status in Canada, despite being red-flagged for suspected criminal activities, authorities are trying to send him packing. The case of Lai Tong Sang scandalized the federal immigration system when it was revealed that the man described by Macau police as the leader of the notorious Wo On Lok gang had been allowed into Canada. Now Lai, his wife and their three children are schedul...
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Strippers Who Once Posed Nude For Playboy, Now Indigent, Facing Trial After Attacking Strip Club Manager
Huffington Post - Nov 06, 2012

Two thirds of a Playboy triplets trio smiled for a different kind of photographer this weekend after being arrested for their role in an Ohio strip club brawl. According to NewsNet5, police arrested Vicki and Sarah Satterfield of Elyria after reviewing footage from the Brass Pole club. The fight appeared to have started in the club's dressing room. According to police reports obtained by CBS Cleveland, Vicki Satterfield and another women started throwing things at each other a...
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My Town: Melissa Anderson Ennis
KXLH - May 10, 2012

Throughout the month of May, we're taking you back to where the KXLH news team grew up in our "My Town" series. KXLH reporter Melissa Anderson is a proud Montanan who grew up in one of most scenic areas of the Treasure State imaginable. Read her story below, click the photos for larger views, and watch the video, as Melissa goes back to Ennis. Tucked inside the Madison Valley, between the popular tourist attractions of Virginia City and West Yellowstone, is a quaint old western community ...
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Babylon French Students Meet Ivory Coast Native
Babylon Viilage - May 06, 2012

Babylon High School students in Melissa Anderson's Advanced French class had the opportunity to learn a lesson about a French-speaking country in West Africa from a local community member who splits her time between Babylon and the Ivory Coast. Philomene Waldridge, an Ivory Coast native and former French teacher, was excited to return to the classroom environment to share with Babylon students her extensive knowledge of the country. She showed the class old family photos from her upbringi...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1962 Birth Born on September 26, 1962.

TEENAGE

1974 11 Years Old At the age of eleven, Anderson landed the role of Mary Ingalls on the NBC television series, Little House on the Prairie. Beating out hundreds of competitors for the role, she would go on to star on the show for eight years; beginning in 1974 and leaving after Season 7, later appearing in two episodes of Season 8 in late 1981.

1976 13 Years Old In 1976, Michael Landon asked Anderson if she would appear in his autobiographical film,The Loneliest Runner. … Read More

1977 14 Years Old In 1977, she once again co-starred as the love interest opposite Lance Kerwin in the television film James at 15.

1978 15 Years Old She was nominated for a 1978 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Leading Actress in a Drama Series for her work on Little House on the Prairie and won the Emmy Award for her performance in Which Mother Is Mine?, which aired as an ABC Afterschool Special in 1979.

1979 16 Years Old Also in 1979, she played the title role of Dana Lee, a North Dakota transfer student to L.A.'s San Fernando Valley in CBS's Survival of Dana.

1980 17 Years Old In 1980, Anderson earned a 'TP de Oro' Award for 'Best Foreign Actress' for her role Little House and, in 1981, she earned a Young Artist Award nomination for her performance in the Canadian slasher film Happy Birthday to Me. … Read More

THIRTIES

1998 35 Years Old In 1998, she was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

FORTIES

2007 44 Years Old … She and her husband became naturalized Canadians in 2007.

2010 47 Years Old In 2010 Anderson released her autobiography entitled The Way I See It - A Look Back at My Life on Little House. … Read More

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