Melissa Sue Anderson played Mary Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie when the historical drama premiered in 1974. Just 11 years old at the time, Anderson had already appeared on some TV shows ...

Little House on the Prairie hit the airwaves in 1974, making young actor Melissa Sue Anderson ... though Anderson was still a teenager while Frank Jr was 33 years old. Anderson soon became ...

Melissa Sue Anderson shook my hand ... as it has so many times – forever as a 12-year-old. Forever Mary. I decided to see if I could track her down – a reporter, of course, on a legitimate ...

MUST-READ: See the Beloved ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Cast Then and Now Left to right: Melissa Sue Anderson, Lindsay Greenbush and Melissa Gilbert in Little House on the Prairie in the '70s ...

Based on the beloved series of children's novels by Laura Ingalls Wilder – portrayed by Melissa Gilbert in the series – the show premiere in September 1974 and ran for nine seasons.

Gilbert dishes on kissing boys on TV at just 15 years old. From left, cast members of Little House on the Prairie, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Sue Anderson and Lindsay ...

but the two did not bond with “prom queen type” Melissa Sue Anderson. “Melissa Gilbert and I wound up bonding and becoming best friends like sisters and Melissa Sue became sort of the ...