It was 46 years ago this week that NBC TV viewers first heard that theme music introducing a series called "Littel House on the Prairie."
For the next eight years, it was a perennial viewer favorite.
One of the stars of the series was Melissa Anderson -- known in those years as "Melissa Sue Anderson"; she'll explain why, in this interview.  Anderson played "Mary," one member of the Ingalls family.

It was 46 years ago this week that NBC TV viewers first heard that theme music introducing a series called "Littel House on the Prairie." For the next eight years, it was a perennial viewer favorite. One of the stars of the series was Melissa Anderson -- known in those years as "Melissa Sue Anderson"; she'll explain why, in this interview. Anderson played "Mary," one member of the Ingalls family.

It was 46 years ago this week that NBC TV viewers first heard that theme music introducing a series called "Littel House on the Prairie."
For the next eight years, it was a perennial viewer favorite.
One of the stars of the series was Melissa Anderson -- known in those years as "Melissa Sue Anderson"; she'll explain why, in this interview. &nbsp;Anderson played "Mary," one member of the Ingalls family.

Melissa Anderson

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