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Melissa Sue Anderson is a Actor Canadienne born on 26 september 1962 at Berkeley (USA)

Melissa Sue Anderson

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Birth name Melissa Sue Anderson
Nationality Canada
Birth 26 september 1962 (61 years) at Berkeley (USA)

Melissa Sue Anderson (born September 26, 1962) is an American-Canadian actress. She began her career as a child actress. Anderson is known for her role as Mary Ingalls on the NBC drama series Little House on the Prairie.

She is also known for her film roles; Vivian in Midnight Offerings, Ginny in the cult classic slasher Happy Birthday to Me, and Alex in the ABC Afterschool Special, Which Mother Is Mine?.

Biography

Anderson was born in Berkeley, California. Anderson's first publicly known romance was with actor Lorenzo Lamas, with whom she made an appearance in the television series The Love Boat in which two friends (Lorenzo and Melissa) resist the matchmaking efforts of their parents. After this short romance, she dated Frank Sinatra, Jr. in the late 1970s, who, at the time, was more than twice her age.

With husband Michael Sloan, Anderson has two children, daughter Piper (born February 1991) and son Griffin (born June 1996). She has lived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada since 2002. She and her husband became naturalized Canadians in 2007.

Usually with

Michael Landon
Michael Landon
(2 films)
John Lafia
John Lafia
(1 films)
Fred Wolf
Fred Wolf
(1 films)
William A. Levey
William A. Levey
(1 films)
Thomas E. Ackerman
Thomas E. Ackerman
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Melissa Sue Anderson (17 films)

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Actress

The Con Is On
The Con Is On (2018)
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Alice Eve, Sofía Vergara, Daniel Franzese, Maggie Q
Roles Guest Two
Rating38% 1.9041451.9041451.9041451.9041451.904145
A British con-artist couple, Harriet and Peter Fox plans a jewel heist in Los Angeles, after escaping from a notorious gangster, Ivanka.
While She Was Out
While She Was Out (2008)
, 1h28
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Christmas films
Actors Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas, Craig Sheffer, Luke Gair, Rachel Hayward, Melissa Sue Anderson
Roles Cassie (voice) (uncredited)
Rating48% 2.4064352.4064352.4064352.4064352.406435
On Christmas Eve, suburban housewife Della Myers (Kim Basinger) gets into an argument with her abusive husband Kenneth (Craig Sheffer). After putting her two children to bed, she drives to the mall to buy some wrapping paper and cards. At the mall, she can't find a parking space for a while and angrily leaves a note on the window of a car that is parked using up two parking spaces. She leaves the store as the mall is closing, and the parking lot is nearly deserted. She notices the note is gone from the 'offending' car. As she enters her own car, the car on which she had left the note pulls up behind her.
Crazy Eights
Crazy Eights (2006)
, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Dina Meyer, George Newbern, Traci Lords, Frank Whaley, Gabrielle Anwar, Melissa Sue Anderson
Rating38% 1.91091.91091.91091.91091.9109
Six people with a common past converge years later at the funeral of an old friend. While settling affairs, a map is presented to them and they follow the directions to find a forgotten time capsule from their youth.
10.5: Apocalypse
10.5: Apocalypse (2006)
, 2h49
Directed by John Lafia
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Kim Delaney, David Cubitt, Dean Cain, Carlos Bernard, John Cassini, Frank Langella
Roles Première dame Megan Hollister
Rating58% 2.9423252.9423252.9423252.9423252.942325
A magnitude 10.5 earthquake destroys Los Angeles, California and triggers a massive tsunami which causes massive damage to Honolulu, Hawaii. It turns out to be only the first of a series of seismic events, including the awakening of extinct volcanoes, sudden instability of aquifers, and awakening of ancient faults. The Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada collapses when Lake Mead starts to heat up and expand beyond the spillway's capacity. Las Vegas, Nevada is then destroyed when acidic water undermines underground limestone, creating a massive sinkhole. The worst of the seismic events is a massive fault which has opened up under South Dakota, destroying Mount Rushmore in the process.
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
, 1h38
Directed by Sam Weisman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors Mary McCormack, David Spade, Craig Bierko, Rob Reiner, Scott Terra, Jenna Boyd
Rating54% 2.7481452.7481452.7481452.7481452.748145
Dickie Roberts is a former child star who shot to fame on a TV sitcom called The Glimmer Gang with his catchphrase "This is Nuckin' Futs!". His career subsequently halted after his 6th birthday. Since his heyday, he has been reduced to parking cars at Morton's and appearing on Celebrity Boxing, where he is matched with Emmanuel Lewis. In the public eye and to his girlfriend Cyndi who apparently leaves him during a roadside incident, Dickie is washed up.
Earthquake in New York
Earthquake in New York (1998)
, 1h34
Directed by Terry Ingram
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Greg Evigan, Cynthia Gibb, Melissa Sue Anderson, Michael Moriarty, Götz Otto, Michael Sarrazin
Roles Dr. Marilyn Blake
Rating42% 2.1446752.1446752.1446752.1446752.144675
After an 8.2 earthquake strikes New York City, a detective searches for his wife and children in the ruins, while also hunting a serial killer.
Forbidden Nights
Forbidden Nights (1990)
, 1h36
Directed by Waris Hussein
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Melissa Gilbert, Khigh Dhiegh, Melissa Sue Anderson, Robin Shou, Victor Wong, Tzi Ma
Roles Marie Shapiro
Rating68% 3.442093.442093.442093.442093.44209
Set in Red China in 1979, the film focuses on Judith Shapiro, an American teacher who falls in love with Liang Hong, a Chinese radical, trying to bring political reform to his homeland. She puts all her wishes and dreams away to fit into his ideals, but soon, trouble starts to come.
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984)
, 1h42
Directed by Bruce Bilson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Rail transport films, American football films, Musical films
Actors Barbara Eden, George Kennedy, Melissa Sue Anderson, Christopher McDonald, Clu Gulager, James Horan
Roles Jennie
Rating50% 2.516262.516262.516262.516262.51626
The film follows the story of football team owner Bert (George Kennedy) who will inherit one million dollars from a railroad tycoon if he can successfully drive a steam train from New York City to its namesake of Chattanooga, Tennessee in 24 hours. He invites his girlfriend Maggie (Barbara Eden) and his team on the train, who invite their own guests and pick up new ones along the trip. The comedy is derived from numerous delays along the way.
Happy Birthday to Me
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
, 1h51
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Serial killer films, Teen movie
Actors Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Sharon Acker, Lawrence Dane, Frances Hyland, Tracey Elizabeth Bregman
Roles Virginia Wainwright
Rating60% 3.0000653.0000653.0000653.0000653.000065
Virginia "Ginny" Wainwright is a pretty and popular high school senior at Crawford Academy. She is one of her school's "Top Ten," an elite clique which comprises the richest, most popular and most snobbish teens at the Academy. The Top Ten meet every night at the Silent Woman Tavern, a pub near Crawford's campus.
Skatetown U.S.A.
Skatetown U.S.A. (1979)
, 1h38
Directed by William A. Levey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films
Actors Scott Baio, Patrick Swayze, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Katherine Kelly Lang, Ron Palillo
Rating48% 2.414912.414912.414912.414912.41491
One evening at a Los Angeles-area roller disco called Skatetown, U.S.A., a rivalry between two skaters (Patrick Swayze and Greg Bradford) culminates in a contest, the winning prize for which is $1000 and a moped. After a game of chicken played on motorized roller skates, the two rivals become friends.
The Survival of Dana
The Survival of Dana (1979)

Directed by Jack Starrett
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Melissa Sue Anderson, Robert Carradine, Marion Ross, Talia Balsam, Michael Pataki, Judge Reinhold
Roles Dana Lee
Rating60% 3.004413.004413.004413.004413.00441
Dana Lee Gilbert (Anderson) is a newcomer to the Valley's Tremont High School, the scene of late night vandalism by a suburban car clique led by Carradine called "The Roadrunners" the night before her arrival. After her first day at Tremont, she watches the school's ice skating team practice and waits for her grandmother at a shopping mall to buy some new clothes, but Rona's shoplifting causes them both to be arrested. Dana's life then goes downhill in a hurry and only a deadly tragedy among her new gangbanger friends gets her back on the right track.