Melissa Sue Anderson Bio, Career, Marriage, Net Worth, Metrics

Melissa Sue Anderson is an American-Canadian actress and writer. She is credited as a child actress for the sitcom ‘Little House on Prairie’ as ‘Mary Ingalls’, where actor Jonathan Gilbert appeared as ‘Willie Oleson’. In 2002, she moved to Montreal, Canada, and became the citizenship of Canada neutralized in 2007, Canada Day.

Apart from that, she released the book where she discussed the pre and post-life after the series ‘Little House on Prairie’. She also mentioned how her career and personal life have been affected by the series. To know more about her, let’s scroll down to get more details.

MELISSA SUE ANDERSON: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, EDUCATION

The actress was born on September 26, 1962 in Berkley, California, United States. She was born as the youngest child of James and Marion Anderson. When she was seven, her family moved to Los Angeles. When she was thirteen, her parents divorced and she grew up under her mother in a Roman Catholic religion. She has an older sister, Maureen, who is twelve years older than her.

Additionally, she did not reveal any information about her college education. Maybe she was homeschooled as she had started her career from a young age. Her parents noticed her talent and enrolled her in a dance class. Afterwards, her dance teacher advised her parents to find an agent and give her a talent to boost to another level. So lo and behold, she started appearing in commercials and so her television career began to train.

MELISSA SUE ANDERSON: CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN LIFE

As stated earlier, Anderson started her career in her early childhood in commercials. Gradually, she also began to appear on television. Her first appearance was at the age of ten when she featured on an episode of ABC’s ‘Bewitched’. The same year, she had also worked in a series like “The Brady Bunch” and “Shaft”. At age eleven, she landed her breakthrough role as a child actress in ‘Little House on the Prairie’ as ‘Mary Ingalls’. But she left the show after seven seasons, but later appeared in two episodes of season eight. For her role in the series, she earned a nomination for a 1978 Primetime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in Drama Series.

She also appeared in the autobiographical film “The Loneliest Runner” and the TV movie “James” in 1977. In addition, she won the Emmy award for her work in the ABC series “Which Mother Is Mine?”, broadcast under the name of ABC Afterschool Special. She also participated in projects such as “Killer Lady”, “X-Men”, “Dead Men Don’t Die” and “The Love Boat”, and many others.

Additionally, as a writer, she released her autobiography “The Way I See It: A Look at My Life in Little House.” The book summarizes Anderson’s life while working as a child actress on the series “Little House on the Prairie.” Also, he indicates how his career has affected his personal life.

MELISSA SUE ANDERSON: PERSONAL LIFE AND HUSBAND

Coming to her personal life, she married TV writer/producer Michael Sloan. He is best known for his work on ‘The Equalizer’ and ‘The Hardy/Nancy Drew Mysteries’. After her marriage, she is proud to be the mother of two children. They are his daughter Piper born in 1991 and his son Griffin born in 1996. Currently, the family resides in Montreal and became naturalized Canadians in 2007 on Canada Day.

Moreover, the actress prefers to live a low-key life, therefore, she has not shared much information about her personal life after her career hiatus. Finally, she was seen appearing in a comedy film ‘The Con Is On’.

MELISSA SUE ANDERSON: FORTUNE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Speaking of her earnings, the actress has racked up a pretty good six-figure count. Additionally, she has an estimated net worth of around $1.5 million.

She managed to hide all the information about her personal life under the curtains. Hence, the secret personality does not use any kind of accounts on different social media platforms. But she has a Facebook page account with over 9,000 followers.

MELISSA SUE ANDERSON: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The beautiful actress has a slim body with an average height of 5 feet 3 inches or 1.6 meters. Other than that, there is no information about his measurements and weight. She has a pretty blue eye color with a medium blonde hair color.