Melissa Sue Anderson

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Melissa Sue Anderson in La Semaine, March 2010 issue

Melissa Sue Anderson was my favorite actress during the late 1970's and 1980's. I had a major crush on her when she was on Little House on the Prairie during the 1970's. We are both the same age. I think we were both shy and quiet. I don't personally know her, but that was my impression of her from articles. I joined her fan club in the late 1970's and received some nice thank you notes when I sent her some bells as presents. Today, Melissa is married to Michael Sloan and has two children. She is semi-retired and lives in Montreal. She has spent most of her time raising her children. Melissa is a dual citizen of the United States and Canada. There are some recent articles posted on this site that describe her views on her semi-retirement. Also, the video clip from eTalk Daily is in the Filmography section. There are video clips and video captures from many of her TV and movie appearances in the Filmography section. I hope you enjoy this website. Please e-mail me with any comments or questions to Mike or my Facebook or MySpace page. Also, you can sign my guestbook.

About Melissa Sue Anderson

Birthdate: September 26, 1962

Birthplace: Berkeley, California

Hair: Blonde

Eyes: Blue

Height: 5' 4"

Zodiac sign: Libra

Married to Michael Sloan (1990)

2 children: Piper (b. 1991), Griffin (b. 1996)

Melissa Sue Anderson, husband Michael Sloan, Piper Sloan, and Griffin Sloan

Michael Sloan, Piper Sloan, and Griffin Sloan at Canadian citizenshhip ceremony

Michael Sloan, Griffin, Piper

(Melissa and her family became Canadian citizens in July 2007. Melissa couldn't make it to the ceremony)

Melissa Sue Anderson

The following information was from an interview in the 12/79 issue of iHola with Melissa:

Nationality: Swedish, Irish, English and German

Religion: Catholic

Awards

Nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1978) - Little House on the Prairie

Daytime Emmy award for Best Actress in a Dramatic Special - "Which Mother is Mine" (1979)

TP de Oro Award (Spain) for Best Foreign Actress in 1980 for Little House on the Prairie.

Nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1982 for Best Young Motion Picture Actress for "Happy Birthday to Me"

She won the 1984 NATO Female Star of the Year for her starring role in the feature film "Chattanooga Choo Choo".

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Melissa Anderson is now a member of Facebook.

Melissa Sue Anderson Fan YouTube Channel

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Melissa Sue Anderson book cover

Melissa Sue Anderson's memoirs, The Way I See It: A Look Back at My Time on Little House is available now at Amazon.com. The book is available now in stores. I highly recommend it for fans of Melissa and Little House fans.

TV Interviews with Melissa for her book tour 2010.

Radio Interviews with Melissa for her book tour.

Videos and Photos by fans during Melissa's book tour.

Melissa graciously answered some questions about her book for this website. Thank you, Melissa.

 

Melissa wanted me to post this letter

To: Alison Arngrim

From: Melissa Anderson

I have not bothered to repudiate the lies and innuendos about me that people have told me are in your book. I have not bothered to refute the lies and innuendos about me you have spread in various interviews. If that’s what you feel you need to do to try and sell your book, it’s pretty pathetic, but that’s your decision. But when you state that I renounced my American citizenship, this is going too far. This is COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY UNTRUE. No one is a more patriotic American than me and at no time did I, or would I EVER renounce my American citizenship. My attorney informs me that some of these statements could be construed as Defamation of Character, and if you do not cease this ludicrous smear campaign HE will be the next one to contact you. If you want to live in the Little House past and base your career on being the real life reincarnation of your nasty TV character, that is your affair. I have not uttered a single unkind word about you, either in print or in the media. Take a page from MY book, Alison, and grow up.

 

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March 2010 issue of La Semaine

The photo scans and article scan are on separate pages.

Thanks to Eric Caron for the scans.

Eric also shares some photos from his meeting with Melissa during the Little House DVD interview. He also has a great website that shows his Little House on the Prairie models.

 

Website Updates


Added new page for Melissa Sue Anderson in The Love Boat (1986) - The Spain Cruise


Added 2009 Cult Radio A-Go-Go radio interview with Melissa Sue Anderson


Added YouTube video to Hotel - Lifelines page


Added the 1st interview and the 2nd interview teases for Melissa's Today Show interviews to YouTube.


Added Katherine MacGregor page, Dean Butler page , Mathew Labyorteaux page, and Karen Grassle page.


Added clips for The Love Boat - Chubs , The Survival of Dana, and Advice to the Lovelorn.


Interview with Katy Kurtzman


Added a page for Darkness is My Friend


Added page for Melissa's husband Michael Sloan


Video clip from Sagas: Melissa Sue Anderson (2002) (French language)


Q & A with Mary McDonough with Midnight Offerings video clip

Includes book tour information and interviews


Video Clip from Shaft (1973) TV series


Q&A with Lesleh Donaldson (Bernadette) about Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to Me section from "Going to Pieces: Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film"

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