Landon agreed and soon hired his family-which included Grassle, Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson, and Lindsay, and Sydney Greenbush. On Sept. 11, 1974, the series premiered on NBC.

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Gilbert thought about what she wanted Landon to call her so that there was no confusion between herself and Melissa Sue Anderson, who portrayed her on-screen sister, Mary Ingalls.

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NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Melissa Sue Anderson and Melissa Gilbert as sisters Mary and Laura Ingalls on 'Little House on the Prairie' ...