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A legendary television series
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Few television celebrities of the 1970s were as widely known and loved as Melissa Anderson. Her big break came at the age of eleven, when she landed an audition for a pioneer western.” From among more than two hundred young actresses, she was selected to play Mary Ingalls on Michael Landons Little House on the Prairie.
In The Way I See It, Melissa Andersonremembered by many as the blind sister”tells her side of the story for the first time. From life on the set to her relationships on screen and off with other stars, this is a thoroughly absorbing, season-by-season journey into a series that has touched the lives of hundreds of millions of viewers across America and the world.
Melissa Anderson is an EmmyAward winning actress known to millions for playing Mary Ingalls on the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie, which aired from 1974 to 1983. She played First Lady Megan Hollister in the 2006 miniseries 10.5: Apocalypse. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Born and raised in California, she lives in Montreal, Canada, with her husband, television producer and screenwriter Michael Sloan, and their two children.
Synopsis
NOW IN PAPERBACK
A legendary television series--
as seen by one of its stars
Few television celebrities of the 1970s were as widely known and loved as Melissa Anderson. Her big break came at the age of eleven, when she landed an audition for "a pioneer western." From among more than two hundred young actresses, she was selected to play Mary Ingalls on Michael Landon's Little House on the Prairie.
In The Way I See It, Melissa Anderson--remembered by many as "the blind sister"--tells her side of the story for the first time. From life on the set to her relationships on screen and off with other stars, this is a thoroughly absorbing, season-by-season journey into a series that has touched the lives of hundreds of millions of viewers across America and the world.
Melissa Anderson is an Emmy-Award winning actress known to millions for playing Mary Ingalls on the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie, which aired from 1974 to 1983. She played First Lady Megan Hollister in the 2006 miniseries 10.5: Apocalypse. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Born and raised in California, she lives in Montreal, Canada, with her husband, television producer and screenwriter Michael Sloan, and their two children.
Synopsis
From age eleven in 1974 until she left the show in 1981, Melissa Anderson literally grew up before the viewers of
Little House on the Prairie.Melissa, as Mary, is remembered by many as the blind sister”and she was the only actor in the series to be nominated for an Emmy. In The Way I See It, she takes readers onto the set and inside the world of the iconic series created by Michael Landon, who, Melissa discovered, was not perfect, as much as he tried to be. In this memoir she also shares her memories of working with guest stars like Todd Bridges, Mariette Hartley, Sean Penn, Patricia Neal, and Johnny Cash.
About the Author
Melissa Anderson is an Emmy Awardwinning actress known to millions for playing Mary Ingalls on the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie, which aired from 1974 to 1983. She played First Lady Megan Hollister in the 2006 miniseries 10.5: Apocalypse. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Born and raised in California, she lives in Canada, with her husband, television producer and screenwriter Michael Sloan, and their two children.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface: I think its a
Western.”
Chapter 1: TOO WELL-FED AND A SEVEN YEAR CONTRACT
Chapter 2: THE PILOT, COOGANS LAW, HIVES AND WHIPLASH
SEASON ONE JUNE, 1974-FEBRUARY, 1975
Chapter 3: COUNTRY GIRLS” / ”A HARVEST OF FRIENDS”
Chapter 4: TOWN PARTY, COUNTRY PARTY” / ”THE LOVE OF JOHNNY JOHNSON” AND EATING FOR THE CAMERA 101
Chapter 5: THE RACCOON” / ”THE VOICE OF TINKER JONES”
Chapter 6: THE AWARD”
Chapter 7: MAGIC MOUNTAIN IN DISGUISE
SEASON TWO MAY, 1975-JANUARY, 1976
Chapter 8: FOUR EYES”
Chapter 9: THE CAMP OUT” / ”THE GIFT” AND THE LONLIEST RUNNER”
Chapter 10: REMEMBER ME, PARTS I & II” / SOLDIERS RETURN”
SEASON THREE MAY, 1976-FEBRUARY 1977
Chapter 11: THE COLLECTION” / ILL RIDE THE WIND”
Chapter 12: THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON”
SEASON FOUR MAY, 1977-January, 1978
Chapter 13: TIMES OF CHANGE” / ”THE HANDYMAN” AND
THE CREEPER OF WALNUT GROVE” / THE AFTERMATH”
Chapter 14: ILL BE WAVING AS YOU DRIVE AWAY” PARTS I & II
SEASON FIVE MAY, 1978-JANUARY, 1979
Chapter 15: THE WEDDING”, THE EMMYS AND COOKING? WITH STEVEN SPEILBERG
SEASON SIX MAY, 1979-JANUARY, 1980
Chapter 16: I WAS A BLIND PIONEER AND YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD PROBLEMS
SEASON SEVEN MAY, 1980-JANUARY, 1981
Chapter 17: BLIND JUSTICE” AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME”
SEASON EIGHT MAY, 1981-JANUARY, 1982
Chapter 18: A CHRISTMAS THEY NEVER FORGOT” AND WHERE PIGEONS GO TO DIE”
Chapter 19: REFLECTIONS
Epilogue