Editing Melissa Sue Anderson (section)

==Early life==
Anderson was born on September 26, 1962, in [[Berkeley, California]],<ref>{{cite book |page=[https://archive.org/details/screenworldvol530000unse/page/321 321] |title=Screen World 2002 |author=Lynch, Tom |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-557-83598-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/screenworldvol530000unse/page/321}}</ref> the second of two daughters, to James and Marion Anderson.<ref name=gritten/> Her sister Maureen is 12 years her senior.<ref name="gritten">{{cite web |last=Gritten |first=David |title=With Dates Like Sinatra Junior Melissa Sue Anderson Is Outgrowing Her 'little House' |url=http://people.com/archive/with-dates-like-sinatra-junior-melissa-sue-anderson-is-outgrowing-her-little-house-vol-15-no-21/ |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |volume=15 |number=21 |date=June 1, 1981 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212084104/http://people.com/archive/with-dates-like-sinatra-junior-melissa-sue-anderson-is-outgrowing-her-little-house-vol-15-no-21/ |url-status=live }}</ref> When she was seven years old, Anderson's family relocated from the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] to Los Angeles.<ref name=gritten/> Her parents divorced when she was 13 years old, and she was raised [[Roman Catholic]] by her mother.<ref name=gritten/> As a young child, Anderson appeared in commercials for [[Mattel]] and [[Sears]].<ref name=gritten/>